Hate is a powerful emotion. Unless kept in check, hate can cause an
avalanche of destruction. It wreaks havoc on relationships, breaks up
families, and even takes away innocent lives. With hate, dark thoughts
of revenge and destruction can cloud the mind. Hate not only destroys
people around us; it also erodes our own character. Never let hate
engulf your mind. ~Simran Khurana, Quotations Expert

“It
is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole
scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and
bad things are very easy to get.” Rene Descartes

Be a reflection of what you’d like to see in others. If you want love, give love, if you want honesty, give honesty, if you want respect, give respect. You get in return, what you give…

Always be yourself. Never try to hide who you are. The only shame is to have shame. Always stand up for what you believe in. Always question what other people tell you. Never regret the past…It’s a waste of time. There’s a reason for everything; Every mistake, every moment of weakness, every terrible thing that has happened to you. Grow from it. The only way you can ever get the respect of others is when you show them that you respect yourself… ~Unknown

People who search for happiness think that money and fame will make their life perfect. As good as that sounds most of the time, that statement is not true at all. You have to be thankful for everything you know and own. Just when you want something better than you already have (Example: a new iPhone,) remind yourself that someone in the world has never even had the privilege of using such technology. There is somebody always better than you and always somebody less fortunate than you. Until you find the middle ground and accept what you have, you will not reach happiness.

Source: Inspirationfeed

Perfect love casts out fear. If fear exists, then there is not perfect love.
You have so little faith in yourself because you are unwilling to accept the fact
that perfect love is in you, and so you seek without for what you cannot find within.

Source: A Course in Miracles

AP, October 4, 2014

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A longtime endurance runner and peace activist whose latest goal was to reach Bermuda in a homemade floating “Hydro Pod” was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after he began suffering from fatigue.

Coast Guard air crew were able to safely pick up Reza Baluchi and the bubble Saturday morning, Coast Guard spokeswoman Marilyn Fajardo said in a statement. He was transported to a nearby Coast Guard station and found to be uninjured, Fajardo said.

A statement on Baluchi’s website said the Iranian exile had planned to make the 1,033-mile (1,660-kilometer) trip in his self-designed bubble to raise money “for children in need” and “to … inspire those that have lost hope for a better future.”

Baluchi has made headlines many times before with previous efforts to break long-distance running and cycling records , including one six-month journey in which he ran around the perimeter of the United States, and a seven-year bike trip that he said brought him across 55 countries on six continents. His self-professed mission is to promote world peace and unity. His perimeter run was to raise money for a children’s hospital, according to his website.

Baluchi was granted asylum in the United States in 2003 after being arrested in Iran for so-called pro-Western and anti-Islamic activities, including eating during the holy month of Ramadan, according to his lawyer at the time, Suzannah Maclay. Baluchi served 1 1/2 years in jail for associating with “counterrevolutionaries” and was hung from a tree by handcuffs for carrying a prohibited movie, Maclay said. The Coast Guard described him as a U.S. Citizen.

Caption: In this Oct. 1, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard arrives on scene off the coast of Miami to respond to a report of a man aboard an inflatable hydro bubble who was disoriented. Coast Guard air crew were able to safely pick up Reza Baluchi and the bubble Saturday, Oct. 4, Coast Guard spokeswoman Marilyn Fajardo said in a statement. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

The “Hydro Pod” is a large bubble made of 3-mm- (0.11-inch)-thick plastic, Baluchi’s website, “Run With Reza” says. The bubble, which he propelled forward by running inside and pushing it with his arms, was housed in a large aluminum-type frame studded at intervals with inflated soccer balls. A man who appears on a video during the bubble’s construction compares it to a hamster wheel.
According to the site, Baluchi planned to run in the bubble in the mornings, cool off in the sea while leashed to the floating sphere, and sleep in a hammock inside it at night. In addition to the protein bars the Coast Guard said it found in his bubble, he planned to catch and eat fish, the site said.

Officials originally received a report of Baluchi floating in the bubble on Wednesday. The Coast Guard arrived on the scene about 70 nautical miles east of St. Augustine to find him disoriented and inquiring how to get to Bermuda. Crew members conveyed the dangers of the proposed trip and asked Baluchi to end it.

He refused, but activated his locator beacon Saturday because of fatigue, Fajardo said.

AP, October 4, 2014

TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers on Saturday retrieved four more bodies near the summit of a Japanese volcano that erupted last weekend, raising the death toll to 51, authorities said.

More than 900 rescue workers resumed searching the slopes after rain had halted their activity the previous day, Nagano prefecture said in a statement.

The four bodies were near the ash-covered summit area of 3,067-meter (about 10,000-foot) Mount Ontake in central Japan.

Many hikers had been resting or having lunch in the summit area when the surprise eruption threw out large rocks, ash and fumes a week ago.

It was not immediately known if the four were among the 16 people that authorities said are believed still missing.

Most of those who died and many of the nearly 70 injured were hit by boulders or rocks that flew out of the crater.

Caption: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and other rescuers
arrive to conduct search operations at the ash-covered Ontake Shrine
near the summit of Mount Ontake in central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 4,
2014. Rescuers on Saturday retrieved four more bodies near the summit of
the Japanese volcano that erupted last weekend, raising the death toll
to 51, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

In this Satuday, Sept. 27, 2014 photo found in a camera possessed by 59-year-old hiker Izumi Noguchi who fell victim to the eruption of Mount Ontake, and was offered to Kyodo News by his wife, Hiromi, Friday, Oct. 3, Noguchi poses on the summit of Mount Ontake shortly before the eruption of the volcanic mountain in central Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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it's good to glance back and see how far you've come,
but if you stare too long
you'll miss what's right in front of you.
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