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Chinese novelist 杨绛 (YANG JIANG) wrote the following at age 103, she passed away at 105 on May 2016:Be Kind to Your Twilight Years “Seasons after seasons, we are unknowingly approaching our twilight years. From the first cry on coming to the earth till the hairs turn grey, the baggage of our journey through lifeContinue reading “Enjoy the twilight years!”

Thoughts about dealing with mistakes “SPEAK THE TRUTH. PEOPLE WILL FORGIVE AN HONEST MISTAKE; THEY WON’T FORGIVE YOU IF YOU LIE.” “Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices –Continue reading “Dealing with mistakes!”

Finding Happiness! I think we’ve been taught from such a young age that happiness is meant to be this big, all-consuming thing. That it is this moment that cracks open our bones and changes our lives and sweeps all of the weight inside of us away. That it is something that is awarded to us,Continue reading “Finding Happiness!”

Find a “vacation” moment every day. This is important. I need you to stop whatever you’re doing and read this. I see you trying. Trying to do the right thing. Trying to stay open. Trying to hold on. Trying to let go. Trying to find your flow. Trying to stay afloat. Trying to meet eachContinue reading “Do it!”

Thoughts that inspire to practice all the time… “Practice relentless kindness.” “If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.” —Douglas Coupland “A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.” —Saint Ambrose Kindness is always the best response to any situation. When you grow older and you look back on your life,Continue reading “Practice Kindness”

Choose your words carefully and only speak to those who have earned the right to hear them. Sometimes, remaining silent can be the most powerful communication. Hope is another name of lifeSince the day we are bornWe wear the unfading garland of hope!! A thousand petals of bloomsOpen up in the courtyard of mindWith variousContinue reading “Choose Words Carefully!”

No matter what hardship you are facing know that there is wisdom in everything that is happening. Don’t ever ask why me- ask instead what is the wisdom? The sooner you accept your difficulties as being prescribed to you the better you can get through them. Always search for the WISDOM. Sometimes you may notContinue reading “Follow your heart!”

Hard to believe that its been 30 something years since we first had a glimpse of Pamela Anderson running along the California beaches in Baywatch-the lifeguard drama that remains one of the most-watched series ever-fans and the critics have become so acquainted with the life of Pamela: the Playboy covers, many marriages and the infamousContinue reading “Pamela, a love story!”

If you are not experiencing problems, you are not succeeding.“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

I know that growing can be uncomfortable but please keep going.Keep growing. You are moving on from this part of your journey and into the next.Sometimes your arms can’t carry everything and everyone into the next chapter, and that’s okay. Whatever you do, please don’t shrink yourself and resist change.Please don’t let the weight ofContinue reading “Listen to your heart!”