Tuesday, March 9, 2021

“You are what you believe yourself to be.” ― Paulo Coelho


“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”

“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.”

“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.”

“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”

“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”
― Paulo Coehlo

Monday, March 8, 2021

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”


 

There’s a thin line between making dumb decisions and taking calculated risks, which most people, unfortunately, don’t understand.

Cheating on your partner might not be the risk worth taking while giving up your corporate job to fulfill your dreams may be.

If you always try to play it safe, you don’t allow miracles to happen.

Whenever I need to decide whether to play it safe or take a risk, I remind myself of a quote by Jeff Bezos:

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

Next time you’re worrying whether to make a bold step or not, ask yourself if you’d regret not making it. What if you never find out whether it could work?

Paulo Coelho

 

Classic Vintage Houte Couture










 

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Beautiful Corsets























Cute old Teddy Bears











 

The two drops of oil


 A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for.

However, instead of finding a holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity; merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a small orchestra playing sweet melodies, and there was a table laden with the most delectable dishes of that part of the world.

The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for his audience.

The Sage listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the Secret of Happiness.

He suggested that the young man take a stroll around his palace and come back in two hours’ time.

“However, I want to ask you a favor,” he added, handling the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. “While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”

The young man began to climb up and down the palace staircases, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.

“So,” asked the sage, “did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining room? Did you see the garden that the Master of Gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”

Embarrassed, the young man confessed that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.

“So, go back and see the wonders of my world, said the wise man. “You can’t trust a man if you don’t know his house.”

Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and strolled again through the palace, this time paying attention to all the works of art that hung from the ceiling and walls.
He saw the gardens, the mountains all around the palace, the delicacy of the flowers, the taste with which each work of art was placed in its niche. Returning to the sage, he reported in detail all that he had seen.

“But where are the two drops of oil that I entrusted to you?” asked the sage.

Looking down at the spoon, the young man realized that he had spilled the oil.

“Well, that is the only advice I have to give you,” said the sage of sages.
“The Secret of Happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never forgetting the two drops of oil in the spoon.”

from the book “The Alchemist”

Morning Affirmations

 



                                                               I will be fearless today

Today is full of  possibilities

I will be a better person today

I love what I see in the mirror

Success will find me today

I have an abundance of energy

Today I will change my life

I am strong

I am beautiful

I am loved

I will be a giver of love today

I can overcome what ever challenge's today

The sunrise fills me with confidence and energy

Today I will learn and grow

I will help somebody today

I am free of pain

Today is my day

Unlimited energy will be with me today

Today I will be a magnet for ideas.








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