People will ask you the question ‘how is life treating you?’ But my question is ‘how are you treating life?’ On that your happiness rests
RASHEED OGUNLARUOdd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our ‘education’. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.
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The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.
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Goals are only ever a guide; a winding, changing path. It’s your heart that will really keep you on tack… and nourished along the way.
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What people say and feel about you when you’ve left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.
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Sometimes in life there’s no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space – between these apparent poles – life flows.
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Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.
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The moment that you give gratitude is the moment that you find happiness. The moment that you lose gratitude your happiness will vanish and slip through your fingers
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If four of you are playing hide and seek you’ll only ever find the other three. For you are already right here. So what on earth is it that you’re looking for? You are the very thing that you seek.
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Sooner or later you’ll hear what your heart has always been telling you: stop trying to be who you think you should be – become who you are.
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Be a star not a diva!
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There are essentially two questions in life – a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is ‘Who am I?’ The material question is ‘What am I to do with my life?’ One leads to the other.
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All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do.
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It’s not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that
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The best way to get something good out of what you’re doing is to put something good into it.
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You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.
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Take a walk outside – it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.
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Legacy is not what’s left tomorrow when you’re gone. It’s what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you’re here that then happens to live on.
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Your job is to do your job with all your heart to the best of your ability. Life will go it’s own merry way at it’s own pace. But if you do then you – and life – will be the richer for you being here.
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Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.
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Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.
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While being you and truly sharing what you do will bring happiness to others, you won’t find contentment merely trying to keep others happy.
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The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be.
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On any day – in any given event – you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
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Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life’s magic.
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Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both.
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If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else.
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Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
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