Beautiful Stories
Installing Love
Customer Service: Can you install Love?
Customer: I can do that. I¡¦m not very technical, but I think I¡¦m ready to install now. What do I do first?
Service: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?
Customer: Yes, I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running?
Service: What programs are running?
Customer: Let me see? I have Pasthurt.exe, Lowesteem.exe, Grudge.exe and Resentment.com running right now.
Service:
No problem. Love will automatically erase Pasthurt.exe from your
current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but
it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually
overwrite Lowesteem.exe with a module of its own, called
Highesteem.exe. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge.exe and
Resentment.com. Those programs prevent Love from being properly
installed.
Can you turn those off?
Customer: I don¡¦t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?
Service: My pleasure. Go to your Start menu and invoke Forgiveness.exe. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge.exe and Resentment.com have been completely erased.
Customer: Okay, I¡¦m done. Love has started installing itself automatically. Is that normal?
Service: Yes it is. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for the life of your Heart. Do you see that message?
Customer: Yes I do. Is it completely installed?
Service: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts to get the upgrades.
Customer: Oops? I have an error message already. What should I do?
Service: What does the message say?
Customer: It says ¡§Error 412¡¨ Program not run on internal components.
What does that mean?
Service: Don¡¦t worry, that¡¦s a common problem. It means that the Love program is set up to run on external Hearts but has not yet been running on your Heart. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in non-technical terms it means you have to "LOVE" your own machine before it can "LOVE" others.
Customer: So what should I do?
Service: Can you find the directory called "SELF-ACCEPTANCE"?
Customer: Yes, I have it.
Service: Excellent, you are getting good at this.
Customer: Thank you.
Service: You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them to the ¡§Myheart¡¨ directory: Forgiveself.doc, Selfesteem.txt, Realizeworth.txt and Goodness.doc. The system will overwrite conflicting files and begin patching any faulty programming. Also, you need to delete ¡§Selfcriticize.exe¡¨ from all directories, and then empty your recycle bin afterwards to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.
Customer: Got it! Wow! My Heart is filling up with really neat files. Smile.mpg is playing on my monitor right now, and it shows that Warmth.com, Peace.exe and Contentment.com are copying themselves all over my Heart!
Service: Then Love is installed and running. You should be able to handle it from here. One more thing before I go?
Customer: Yes?
Service: Love is freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everybody you are meeting. They will in turn share it with other people, and they will return some really neat modules back to you.
Customer: I will. Thank you for your help.
Service: You're very welcome.
Bamboo & Fern
One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me... "Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" "Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of
them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from
the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from
the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year
the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from
the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. "He said, "In year
three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not
quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I
would not quit."
"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." He said to me.
"Did you know, my
child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually
been growing roots?" "I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit
on you."
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said.
"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make
the forest beautiful."
"Your time will come", God said to me. "You will rise high"
"How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned "Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and brought back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
He will never give up on you!
A letter from God
To : YOU
Date : TODAY
From : YOUR FRIEND
Subject : YOURSELF
Reference : LIFE
I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems.
Please remember that I do not need your help.
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it.
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box.
All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.
Once the matter is placed into the box,
Do not hold onto it by worrying about it.
Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.
If you find yourself stuck in traffic; don¡¦t despair.
There are people in this world for which driving is an unheard of privilege.
Should you have a bad day at work;
Think of the man who has been out of work for years.
Should you despair over a relationship gone bad;
Think of the person who has
never known what it¡¦s like to love and be loved in return.
Should you grieve the passing of another weekend;
Think of the woman in dire straits,
Working twelve hours a day,
Seven days a week to feed her children.
Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance;
Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.
Should you notice a new grey hair in the mirror;
Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.
Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what life is all about,
Asking what is my purpose? Be thankful.
There are those who didn¡¦t live long enough to get the opportunity.
Should you find yourself the victim of other people¡¦s bitterness,
Ignorance, smallness or insecurities;
Remember, things could be worse.
You could be one of them!
The Pencil Parable
In the beginning, the Pencil Maker spoke to the pencil saying, "There are five things you need to know before I send you into the world. Always remember them and you will become the best pencil you can be."
First: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand.
Second: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but this is required if you are to become a better pencil.
Third: You have the ability to correct any mistakes you might make.
Fourth: The most important part of you will always be what's inside.
Fifth: No matter what the condition, you must continue to write. You must always leave a clear, legible mark no matter how difficult the situation.
The pencil understood, promising to remember, and went into the box fully understanding its Maker's purpose.
Now replacing the place of the pencil with you; always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.
One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.
Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.
Three: You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through them.
Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside .
And Five: On every surface you walk, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to serve God in everything.
Everyone is like a pencil created by the Maker for a unique and special purpose.
By understanding and remembering, let us proceed with our life on this earth having a meaningful purpose in our heart and a relationship with God daily.
You are Made to do Great Things!
Two Wolves
An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life.
He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me....it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.
The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, truth, friendship, empathy, generosity, faith and compassion. The same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person too.
They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grand-father, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied..."The one you feed."
Why Women Cry
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."
Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"
God said:
"When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.
I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else
gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue
without complaining.
I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.
I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but
sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."
"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the
clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs
her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
Quotes
"If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it."
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
¡§Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.¡¨
¡§There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.¡¨
¡§Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.¡¨
¡§If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?¡¨
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted."
¡§Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.¡¨
¡§Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.¡¨
¡§The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.¡¨
- Albert Einstein
More Nice Quotes
The universe is one great
kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its
own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the
ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and
winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal
snowflakes--every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its
impress upon the soul of man.
- Orison Swett Marden
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
What makes humility so desirable is the marvellous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
- Monica Baldwin
If you're going through hell, keep going.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you
can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too
high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
- Robert Browning
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
- Sir Winston Churchill
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
- Unknown
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small
people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you
too, can become great.
- Mark Twain
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
- Erin Majors
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
- Bern Williams
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
- Henry David Thoreau
Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those
of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles.
- Sydney Bremer
The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand.
- Robert Vallett
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
- Leo Burnett
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
-
Eric Hoffer,
1902-1983, Author and Philosopher
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
- Stephen Covey
Joy
And Joy is Everywhere;
It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
in fighting evils...
Joy is there Everywhere.
by Rabindranath Tagore,
Indian Poet