Thought for the Week – 9th December 2019 (2)
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Thought of the Week – 9th December 2019
Thought of the Week – 25th November 2019
Should we buy fewer clothes?
“I won’t do something” is quite a different feeling than to think that “I’m a victim and I can’t.”
It must be remembered that we are free to acknowledge and surrender our feelings, and we are free not to surrender. As we examine our “I can’ts” and find out that they are really “I won’ts,” it doesn’t mean that we have to let go of the negative feelings that result in the “I won’ts.”
Thought for the Week – 11th November 2019 (2)
Thought of the Week – 28th October 2019 (2)
Happiness
Why Should We Care about Contributing?
1. To be part of something greater than ourselves. Here’s how others have explained it.
“To be a man is to feel that one’s own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.” (Antoine de Saint Erupery, 1900~1944)
“We are not here to merely make a living. We are here to enrich the world, and we impoverish ourselves if we forget this errand.”
(Woodrow T. Wilson, 1856~1924)
“The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.” (Leo Rosten, 1908~1997)
“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.” (Walter Reuther,1907~1970)
2. We do it for ourselves. Mohandas Gandhi (1869~1948) was laboriously serving the people…
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The Latifa is an ancient Sufi prayer meant to connect us with the essence of our being
I exist
I desire
I hope
I believe and I trust
I let go and Just be
I love and give my heart a chance to speak
I am prepared.
