Posts Tagged ‘Life’
You’re Never Alone
December 23rd, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
“The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery – not over nature but of ourselves”
Learning from Them
December 20th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
I have learned silence from the talkative; tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.
Pencils
December 11th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
No one is perfect… that’s why pencils have erasers.
Hammer
December 6th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. – Abraham Maslow
Perception
November 30th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
“Perception and perspective are the deciding factors which lead to choice.” - Submitted by Angela Talent
When was the last time a choice was made without thinking at all? Would it be
safe to say that all life events up until the point and where you have been
depend on what choice will be made? Perhaps.
Musings of An Old Man
November 26th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
Contributed by Cheurphil Renacido
I am old now.
But back in the days,
When I was young,
I had a wonderful time
I worked for a telephone company
They paid me four pesos every day
Because I did not go to high school,
I can’t find a better job
It was martial law at that time
And our work was in Mindanao
I was twenty- eight back then
I had to leave my family to feed them
When I got back to Manila,
I set up an upholstery business
I learned everything on my own
My customers included public officials
And now I am sixty-one years old
I drink alone, sometimes with friends
Liquor was not my thing back in the days
But now, I can do anything I want
That’s because my children are all grown up
The eldest is a manager of a big company
But my youngest is the blacksheep of the family,
A little troublemaker I have yet to break the horns
One afternoon, two strangers came to my door
They wanted to get a piece of furniture done
I had my drink and now I had good conversation
I offered the guy a drink, just two beers
It was raining and the shops were closed
I was in a bit of a drunken stupor so I spilled some beans
And that is why these lines are written by themselves
The musings of a man who has lived a full life
-and yet something’s missing.
God’s Wings
November 21st, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
Thanks to Jeannine Haslett for sharing this
After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park , forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno’s damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother’s wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast…because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live. ‘He will cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you will find refuge.’ (Psalm 91:4) Being loved this much should make a difference in your life. Remember the One who loves you, and then be different because of it. Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone Special.
Today
November 17th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
“Today is the best day of my life, for it is the only day you have for sure, yesterday is gone, and you are not sure what tomorrow will bring.” -Mr. Taylor
My quote applies to me in many ways. I am in Junior high, and many days I am looking in the past, wanting the goodtimes to come back. But they won’t. Many times I am “Living in the moment,” and that is the only time and day I will have for sure. It is very true!Author: Mr. Taylor
Source: My English teacher, Mr. Taylor
Shared by: Rebekah
You’re The Best Coach EVER!
November 11th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be
rather than what they are.” – Ara Parasheghian
Life is Like a Cup of Coffee
November 10th, 2009 | Author: Pure Thoughts Admin
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.
