Saturday, December 26, 2020

DOGS ARE FAMILY


"A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'

'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.

Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.

Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'.The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked.

'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'

'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in..'

'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.

There should be a bowl by the pump.'

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.

This is Heaven,' he answered.

'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'

'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'

'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'

'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'"

Dogs are family

~Anonymous Author and Artwork


 

REMEMBER - LOVE YOURSELF FIRST


Honestly, I’m glad I met everyone in my life. The good and the bad. The good make me thankful, the bad make me learn my lessons.


Sometimes the long way is the only way home


Make sure you love yourself before you start to love someone else.



Less busy, more focus. Less news, more art. Less complaint, more appreciation. Less noise, more peace. Less hate. More love. – Robin Sharma


No matter what happened yesterday, today is a chance to make tomorrow better. Make the most of the present and the future will be brighter.


Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with. – Unknown


Not everyone will understand your journey. Just be yourself and carry on.


Keep your circle small and your mind at peace


If you want to do something, then do it now, because life is short, and you never know if you’ll get that chance to do it.

 

NO WEAPON AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER.


EVENTUALLY ALL PIECES FALL INTO PLACE. 
UNTIL THEN, LAUGH AT THE CONFUSION, LIVE FOR THE MOMENT AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.




SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES IN LIFE WILL TURN OUT TO BE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST BLESSINGS. HOLD ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.


WHEN LIFE DOES NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE IT WITH GRACE.


STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT.


IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO TREAT YOU BY THE WAY IN WHICH YOU TREAT YOURSELF.

 

NOTHING IS HOPELESS EXCEPT TRYING.

Manifest your dream.


“Dreams are whispers of our ambitions, which guide us in the right direction and our actions are the means of transportation to achieve them.”
― Efrat Cybulkiewicz


“We all have the power to make little choices that can change the course of our lives forever.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice


“Believe you can get what you want and define what you want in such a way that you begin to visualize it as though it is a memory and not a dream.”
― Germany Kent


“Empower Your Thinking. Empower Your Life.”
― Wesam Fawzi

“You don’t need anyone’s consent to live your dreams”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive

Friday, December 25, 2020

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades. Audrey Hepburn


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.     

Audrey Hepburn



Being classy is a culmination of being yourself, being positive, and doing good in all the places you can by all the means you can. Clothes, hair, music, film....none of these things a classy person makes.  



Showing a great amount of skin when you dress up isn't the way to find prince charming. Prince charming likes his gifts wrapped.     

unknown


Classy is when a woman has everything to flaunt but chooses not to show it.    



You create beauty with your attitude,you make an impression with your behaviour,you make statements with your elegance & scream out with your actions     

Sophia Elemara



Classy women never lose their dignity.   


Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.     

Leonardo da Vinci



The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.    


GOOD THINGS ARE COMMING YOUR WAY - KEEP THE FAITH

 


BECOME TOTALLY EMPTY. LET YOUR HEART BE AT PEACE.


LETTING GO OF INNER RESISTENCE, YOU OFTEN FIND CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.



WHATEVER YOU FIGHT, YOU STRENGTHEN, AND WHAT YOU RESIST, PERSISTS.


LIVE IN THE SIMPLICITY OF EVERYTHING


THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STUMBLING BLOCKS AND STEPPING STONES IS HOW YOU USE THEM.


WHEN YOU CAN THINK OF YESTERDAY WITHOUT REGRET AND TOMORROW WITH OUT FEAR, YOU ARE NEAR CONTENTMENT.



KEEP ACTING AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
KEEP SEARCHING AND YOU WILL FIND.
KEEP KNOCKING, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. 
MATH. 7.7


A HEALTHY MIND HAS AN EASY BREATH.


THE MOMENT YOU ACCEPT YOURSELF -  YOU GROW.

WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT.

 


FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS AND ATTENTION ON WHAT YOU WANT AND NOT DWELL ON WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT.



GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU GET THERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FARTHER.


FAITH IS SEEING LIGHT WITH YOUR HEART WHEN ALL YOUR EYES SEE IS DARKNESS.




THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR