Finding Inner Peace

If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can get going without sleeping and diet pills,

If you can always be cheerful ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your 

troubles,

If you can get the same food everyday and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when you are loved ones are too busy to 

give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

If you can conquer tension without any medical help,

If you can relax wothout liquor,

......Then You Are Probably The Family Dog!

And you thought I was going to get all spiritual with this,

huh?!

Don't Take Life Seriously

Life is one of those races in nursury school where you hav to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls there is no point in coming first. same with the life where relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but the spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark  - Don't take life seriously.  Life is not to be taken seriously as we are temporary here. we are like a pre paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 Yrs IS JUST 2500 WEEKENDS. Do we really need to get so worked up?? It's ok to bunk a few classes,  goof up a few interviews,  fall in love. We are people not programmed devices. 

" Don't be serious, be sincere. "!

A part of speech by chetan bhagat at Symbiosis.

I Have Learned That

I HAVE LEARNED

I have learned...

That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I have learned...
That when you're in love, it shows.

I have learned...
That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

I have learned...
That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I have learned...
That being kind is more important than being right.

I have learned...
That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I have learned...
That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

I have learned...
That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I have learned...
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I have learned...
That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I have learned...
That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I have learned...
That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I have learned...
That money doesn't buy class.

I have learned...
That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I have learned...
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I have learned...
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I have learned...
That love, not time, heals all wounds.

I have learned...
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I have learned...
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I have learned...
That there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

I have learned...
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I have learned...
That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I have learned...
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I have learned...
That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I have learned...
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I have learned...
That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

I have learned...
That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

I have learned...
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I have learned...
That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

Words by Andy Rooney