ALPHABETS OF WISDOM 4

"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

AOW 4

Life is replete with both good, as well as the not so good experiences. And sometimes it throws in some bad ones too, but don't fall down and die when it happens. Instead apply it as lotion, on your skin when it does and move on. Try to see the hilarious side of every experience. It's there. Try to:

R: RELAX - Relax and refuse to let worry and stress rule your life. Remember, things always have a way of working out in the end.

S: SHARE - Share your talent, skills, knowledge, and time for the good of others. Anything you invest in others will return to you many times over: pressed down, shaken together and running over.

T: TRY - Even when your dreams seem impossible to reach, try anyway. You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish by trying.

U: USE - Use your gifts to the best of your ability. Wasted talent has no value, but one utilized properly will bring unimaginable rewards.

V: VALUE - Value people - friends, family, etc. - who support and encourage you. Try to be there for them as well.

ALPHABETS OF WISDOM 2

"...and the reason the windshield is large and the rear view mirror small is because your past is not near as important as what's in your future." - Joel Osteen

Most people tend to drive forward, looking back and this usually results in casualties. It's not supposed to be so. We continue "Alphabets of Wisdom" from yesterday, beginning with letter G, today.

G: GROW - Leave the childhood mannerisms and monsters behind. They can no longer benefit, hurt you or stand in your way.

H: HOPE - Hope for the best as you strive to move ahead. Remember that ANYTHING is POSSIBLE as long as you remain dedicated and determined.

I: IGNORE - Ignore the negative voices: inside your head and around your life. Focus on your goals and remember that your past successes, are only a tiny aspect of what the future holds.

ALPHABETS OF WISDOM

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn 

Wisdom

There's so much wisdom everywhere for every situation sometimes, when we take the time to look into the happenings around us. For instance, take a look at the meaning of the following. Quite insightful.

 

A: ACCEPT - learn to accept others for who they are and for the choices they make even though you have difficulty understanding them.

B: BREAK - Break away from everything that stands in the way of you accomplishing your dreams and/or goals, so you can make a mark with your life.

C: CREATE - Create a family of friends with whom you can share your fears, dreams, sorrows, and happiness.

D: DECIDE - Decide that you’ll be successful and happy irrespective of what happens, and that good things will find you, roadblocks are only minor obstacles along your path.

THE WOUND, OR THE WARMTH?

"A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably." - William Penn 

No man is an Island. A tree cannot make a forest. No one can become anything significant in isolation. Without the team, there cannot be that outstanding player. Ronaldo, Messi and the great names in the soccer hall of fame wouldn't be where they are today by themselves. They need the support of team mates.

It was probably the coldest winter ever: many animals had died, the cold was unbearable. The hedgehogs, realizing the situation, grouped together to keep warm. By this they covered and protected themselves sharing body heat to keep warm but the quills of each one wounded their closest companion. After awhile, they decided to leave a little distance between themselves - one from the other - but they began to die. Freezing. They had to make a choice: stick with the injury from the next animal and stay alive and warm or die from cold and comfort. So, they learned to live with the little wounds

DRIVE IN

"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary." - Richard Whately 

Service

Have you ever driven your car, and all of a sudden you start noticing irregular sounds from the engine, and you wonder, "What in the world can that be?" You wonder, because you didn't expect it to do anything else but function optimally. As a result the next thing you consider - if the sound continues - is to place a call across to your mechanic. If your car is very useful to your daily routine, then for most people taking it to their local mechanic regularly for "check-ups" isn't an option, if they don't want to wake up one morning to find it completely non-responsive. It could get to that point if it is unattended to for a long time.

Whoever thought of the invention called, vehicles must have been endowed with so much insight into the need of man, because having a functional car is a NECESSITY, not a LUXURY, and so it has to be serviced regularly so it can continue to serve diligently. Using your car only, with regularly check-ups is inadvertently calling for a dismal disappointment when you least expect it.