You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
GAUR GOPAL DASOffering gifts and accepting gifts, opening one’s mind and inquiring in confidence, sharing food, and receiving food are the six exchanges that develop loving relationships.
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The sands of time slow for no man. Things change for better and for worse, but what we choose to perceive is up to us.
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Fight the strong urge to judge someone based on an initial interaction with them. Everyone has a fascinating story that we know nothing about.
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The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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The eyes are the window to the soul,
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
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We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Offering gifts and accepting gifts, opening one’s mind and inquiring in confidence, sharing food, and receiving food are the six exchanges that develop loving relationships.
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When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry
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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.
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When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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Things do change over time.
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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.
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