Happiness is not some ‘thing’ to be pursued it is a way of being born from appreciating
RASHEED OGUNLARU
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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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Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru 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 OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru 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.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru What people say and feel about you when you’ve left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru We’re merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The head thinks. The heart knows.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Our abilities and possibilities are at one and the same time very limited and quite infinite dependent on the depth of our relationship to our ‘self’, others and life itself.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru 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.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru It’s not just a question of doing what you love for a living. It’s about doing what you love with love. Then your life and all be transformed.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru On any day – in any given event – you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru 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.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Love is the only answer to every question. It is the only thing that will serve you in every situation. It is the route and the destination. It is medication, liberation and should be at the heart of and expression of your vocation.
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