Mind is the master power that molds and makes,
And Man is mind and evermore he takes
The tools of thought and shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills,
He thinks in secret and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking glass.

am i doing it right?

A mother's unconditional love towards her child...
(From 4:35 to end of video is really touching)

We read a lot about mother's love, this is a story about a father's love

Hopefully not a repost.

Description for the video





This post has been edited by yuying1: Dec 10 2008, 03:32 PM

Rick Gettle © 2003

How would you like to see a permanent end to all of your problems?

We all have problems – and our problems only end - when we do. The only people without problems are in the cemetery. I’d like to stick around – problems and all. How about you?

No matter what problems we have to face today, there is a solution, because we have nothing to deal with but our own thoughts. As long as we think that our destiny is in the hands of other people, the situation is hopeless. We need to confront our problems with courage, boldness and action.

There’s an old Chinese saying that goes, “If you live with a problem long enough, it could eventually become a blessing.” Within every adversity in life, there is always a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. We have to look for it - find it - and act on it.

We learn courage - when we face danger. We learn patience - when we endure suffering. We learn tenderness - when we taste pain. We learn to prize true friends – when false ones forsake us. We treasure health - when illness strikes. We learn to prize freedom - when we are in danger of losing it. Without trouble we would be like plants that have sprouted, grown, and been nurtured in the overprotected shelter of a hothouse -- too tender ever to live in the open.

How can we possibly become a strong person, if we have an easy life? The tougher it is, the tougher we have a chance to become – if we choose to fight back. Tough times never last – but tough people do.

When you see a highly decorated military person all dressed up with rows of battle ribbons and awards on their chest, you are looking at someone who courageously faced and conquered danger, hardships, adversities, problems, life-threatening situations, torture, injury, and heartbreak, watching their buddies die terrible deaths. These people had fortitude - the ability to endure and last. They wouldn’t quit, give up or run away. Yes there were times, I’m sure they knew, when they bit off more than they could chew, but through it all when there was doubt – they ate it up – and spit it out – the records show – they took the blows – and did it their way.

We don’t just get the sweet out of life without the bitter - we’d like to, but we don’t. The sun doesn’t always shine; sometimes there are storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, car accidents, fires and death. No one escapes the problems of life. If it doesn’t happen sooner in life, it will happen later.

We can overcome just about any problem, obstacle, or adversity that life deals us – if we have a strong enough will. Where there is a will, there is a way. Create a “bull-dog” determination and a “burning desire,” that will eventually mow down all opposition.

Success is not measured by what a person accomplishes, but by the opposition they have encountered, and by the courage with which they have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Don’t pray for an easy life, without problems – pray to become a strong person. The higher you go in life, the more problems you will have to deal with.

The End




This post has been edited by Laguna: Dec 13 2008, 11:18 PM

Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan

- Surah Al-Insyirah

u can run..but u cant hide

Warm Thoughts for the Holidays

Gratitude opens the heart.

Among friends there are no good-byes.

We cannot always do great things in life, but we can do small things with great love.

The organs weep the tears the eyes refuse to shed.

The important thing is this; To be ready to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.

A ship is safe in harbor - but that's not what ships are for.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Our prayers are always answered - it's just that God sometimes says no.

That you should find your happiness.

Dreams are where your realities are exchanged for infinite possibilities.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

Faults are thick when love is thin.

When all is said and done - More is said than done.

Posting in MayAnne Thread

This post has been edited by sunmenghao: Dec 23 2008, 08:38 PM

~respect each other, and each other will respect you~

~You will succeed no matter what~

"Faith, means making a virtue of out not thinking...its nothing to brag about...and those who preach faith, enable and elevate it are intellectual slaveholders, keeping mankind in a bondage, to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned so much unjustified lunacy and destruction"


"Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all of the answers to think that they do..."

both quotes r from Bill Maher

do not assume something is right just because everyone else is doing it

Glass Of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent t o her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words .. "Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this:
Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all about?!

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which -- To burn

p/s Happy New Year, people!!! Let us all come together and Kiss Year 2008 Goodbye.

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This post has been edited by Noobimus: Dec 31 2008, 11:41 AM

I like to wish all LYNers a Happy New Year.

For this coming new year, I hope all of us can become more compassion and loving to one another without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

I like to share a touching video (snippet) from Journeyman Pictures about the plight of untouchables in India.

Video Summary:

June 2008
Toji, Vidhya and Bency are three beautiful and charismatic young girls living with HIV in Kerala, India. Orphaned by the deaths of their AIDS infected parents, disowned by their extended families and ostracised by their communities, their grandmothers struggle to care for them. We follow these charming girls as they talk openly and eloquently about the daily hurdles they face. A film about human resilience in the face of the greatest obstacles.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAqC2Z7hKL8...re=channel_page

LOVE is a powerful statement - I capture this picture of an infant silver leaf monkey snugging tightly to momma. I can feel the love...do u?



cheers!
mylo