Fulfilled Existence

We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
- Plato

The first time I came across this quote, it really struck me and made me ponder.
Yes when men are afraid of the light, I ask myself a question, what is the light that men are afraid of and why? When a place is lighted, it is easy to see everything around the place. Infact like Epitaph said, There is not darkness enough in the entire world to put out the light of one little candle. It means that light as it were brings to open, illuminates every trace of hidden ness, brings radiance, brightness and glow to anywhere

To realize the value of a sister Ask someone who doesn’t have one.
To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize the value of four years: Ask a graduate.
To realize the value of one year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam.
To realize the value of nine months: Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
To realize the value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute: Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.
 To realize the value of one-second: Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
To realize the value of a friend: Lose one.
Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special
And spend every little time you can get with your Father in heaven, He is waiting!
GOD BLESS!!

Have you ever noticed that sometimes our keenest insights come out of the times when we’re in trouble? Times when we’re forced to wipe the slate clean and look for new solutions?

On a cold December night in 1914, Thomas Edison’s factory burst out in flames that consumed all of the inventor’s current projects and much of his life’s work. At 67 years old he watched everything he had worked for being destroyed in front of his own eyes. The next morning, Mr. Edison looked at the ruins of his factory and said this of his loss: ‘There’s value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God, we can start anew.’

‘Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.’ — Carl Bard

‘Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.’- Pope John XXIII

‘The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.’ — Louise Hay

Watch your “Thoughts,”
they become words;

Watch your “Words,”
they become actions;

Watch your “Actions,”
they become habits;

Watch your “Habits,”
they become character;

Watch your “Character”,
for it becomes your “Destiny”

To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly.  He who aspires to nothing, which learns nothing, is not worthy of living. -Helps

When a baby is born into this world, the usual expectation is that after some time the baby begins to grow. Parents are excited at the first signs of development shown by their babies. They watch out for when the baby would be able to sit without support, crawl, bring out teeth, walk etc. it usually brings a sense of happiness to the parents when they see their babies progressing. Some even go as far as taking pictures of the first sign of activity shown by the baby or record the dates.

“When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser I discovered the world would not change ¯
So I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country,
But it too seemed immovable.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt,
I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me,
But alas, they would have none of it.
And now I realize as I lie on my deathbed, if I had only changed myself first,
Then by example I might have changed my family,
From their inspiration and encouragement I would
then have been able to better my country,
And who knows,
I might have even changed the world.”

“Blessed is he who has found his work. Let him ask no other blessing.” Thomas Carlyle

“God gives every bird its food, but He doesn’t throw it in the nest.” J.G. Holland

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” William James

“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” Edward Phelps

“In the world of the future, the new illiterate will be the person who has not learned how to learn.” Alvin Toffler

‘Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.’ — F. Scott Fitzgerald, US author

Of course you know the “frog in the kettle” story. If you throw a frog in a pan of hot water, he’ll immediately jump out. But if you put that frog in a pan of lukewarm water, you can slowly turn up the heat and that poor frog will cook to death sitting right there. The changes were slow and subtle and he just never responded at all.

One evening, an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a “battle” that goes on inside people.He said, “My son, the battle is between the two wolves inside us all.“One is Evil. It is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.“The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.” –Author Unknown