Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. - Khalil Gibran

Music washes away from the soul...

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

True love is the ability so see something...

True love is the ability so see something in a person that no one else does.

Love is accepting people...

Love is accepting people for who they are, no matter what.

It's never OK to cheat...

It's never OK to cheat. If you're unhappy in the relationship, leave it, don't play with someone else's heart.

Waste no more time arguing about...

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. - Marcus Aurelius

Don't cry because it's over...

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss

Sometimes the one who tries to keep everyone happy...

Sometimes the one who tries to keep everyone happy is the loneliest. Never leave them alone because they will never say that they need you.

Love is our true destiny...

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. - Thomas Merton

If you live to be a hundred...

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. - A. A. Milne

If you have only one smile in you...

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. - Maya Angelou

If you love a flower, don’t pick it up...

If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation. - Osho

Love does not consist in gazing at each other...

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

If a thing loves...

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

You must love in such a way that...

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

Love is the most beautiful thing to have...

Love is the most beautiful thing to have, hardest thing to earn and most painful thing to lose.

There are all kinds of love in this world...

There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter...

The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of anothers fire...driven by a desperate hunger to the arms of a neon light, the heart is a lonely hunter when there's no sign of love in sight! - Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire...

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.

Grow old with me...

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. - Robert Browning

Anyone can catch your eye...

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.

Facebook 12th anniversary feted with #FriendsDay videos, stickers.

Facebook celebrated its 12th birthday on February 4, 2016, with the worldwide launch of Friends Day videos—editable and sharable clips that highlight shared memories with friends.

An automatically compiled video will appear at the top of your News Feed, or can be viewed by clicking the "Watch Yours" option on friends' videos.

Your own Friends Day video can be shared directly or edited and customized with photos of your choice.

Facebook is also launching special Friends Day sticker packs, which can be downloaded here.

Double growth in 5 years

Facebook claims its user base has doubled in the past five years alone to over 1.5 billion users as of early 2016. With so many people in the community, the chance of a close connection between any two users is more likely.

"The degrees of separation between a typical pair of Facebook users has continued to decrease to 3.57 degrees, down from about 3.74 degrees in 2011. This is a significant reflection of how closely connected we've become even as we've continued to grow," the company said in its press release.

Celebrating connections

Earlier in the week, Facebook invited 18 members of the social network from around the world to its Menlo Park headquarters to share their stories.

Zuckerberg said that the meeting helped reaffirm his company's efforts to bring people together.

"That's what the best movements do. You find ways to keep it focused on the needs of the community, and it's not about you. And that's the whole point of Friends Day. We felt like the world was making it too much about us and it's not about us," he was quoted as saying. — GMA News

Love will find a way through paths...

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. - Lord Byron

We are most alive...

We are most alive when we're in love. - John Updike

Love is our true destiny...

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. - Thomas Merton

Somedays you just have to create...

Somedays you just have to create your own sunshine.

Speak Sweetly and Touch Hearts

When speaking to others we usually speak from our head, or intellect. Words spoken from the head rarely touch the hearts of others. This means they don’t create any impact and are soon forgotten. When I speak to others I need to speak with my heart as well as my head and fill my words with love.

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Defeating Bad Habits

Some bad habits are like tyrants – they crowd the head and heart so strongly that under no circumstances do they wish to move. They have enjoyed their undisputed reign over us and will not depart easily.

To defeat them, it’s important to keep practising the silence of introspection and to connect to the Eternal Reservoir of benevolent energy.

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Valuable Life

There is always something we can do for others; and doing it will also increase the value of our own life.

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Everything’s Fine

To a truly contented and enlightened soul everything in the world, which means the way the world is right now, is just fine. To the unenlightened and discontented soul this will sound like a massive avoidance. But think about it. Does the masterful actor go to the theatre for their evening performance, and on entering the stage start shifting the backdrop, altering the scenery and moving the props around? Of course not, they are totally concentrated on the role they need to create and play to the best of their ability. And so it is with the world. The backdrop to our life is the way things are at this moment in time. The props are exactly where they are meant to be at this moment in time.

Many people spend their whole lives trying to change the backdrop and move the props around, little realising the futility of the exercise. Yes they may succeed in altering an angle here, a minute part of the picture there. But all at the cost of the focus and the energy needed to put on their best performance. Little did they realise that if they had fully focused on their performance and achieved their own highest standards of excellence, not only would those around them be immensely enriched, but the backdrop and the props of their life would have changed automatically, as the invitations roll in to perform their life elsewhere.

Excellence is a much more powerful influence in the world than discontent. So everything is fine out there. No one said it’s perfect. But it is exactly the way it should be …at this moment. So here is the paradox of effective change – if you want to influence change for the better, then the most effective way to begin is with contentment with the way things are. The way things are, are the way things are meant to be!

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Lightness

Lightness is like hitting a spring of water inside. A sudden break out from the dryness of your normal reactions as you begin to express from within, rather than just responding to what you see outside.

It usually happens when you come upon a quality that hasn’t been destroyed or jaded by time, something very old and inherent in you that has survived. Most qualities and talents are developed through use, but are also in some way diluted and changed. Lightness is touching what makes you unique, because it has never changed.

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The Best Language For Communication

Silence is the best language for communication. It helps us understand and realise the eternal truths about the self, God and the world. In silence we are able to comprehend and express sincerely and powerfully the true values of the soul such as peace, love and joy. Silence is not the absence of thoughts but it is a state in which the mind is engaged in pure elevated thoughts that nuture these values within. The power of silence develops all mental and spiritual powers that are needed to tackle various situations successfully.

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Perseverance

Learning to enjoy the present moment and give my best, no matter  what the situation, protects me from becoming jaded by life.

If when my stamina begins to diminish I remind myself to enjoy whatever I do and pour love into every task, then my energy will be replenished.

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Mindful Moments

Most of us are of sound mind, but many of us have trouble maintaining a note of harmony and peace. Most of us know how to think, but few of us are able to control our thoughts. We all have the capacity to be creative, to image new ideas, but few of us are able to do it together and co-create in harmony with each other. We could all do with some mental training so that we may use the most powerful energy in the universe, the mind, which is always at our instant disposal.
We can begin with mindfulness. It’s a simple way to gently help our mind go where it is best to go, do what is the best thing to do. It begins by simply being fully aware of what you are doing. Mostly we are not fully aware, as our minds wander into the past and then into possible futures. We spend most of our time watching others and so rarely fully focus on what we are actually doing ourselves.

Next time you sit down to a meal, watch your self. Be aware of only what you are eating. Every time your mind wants to wander, bring it gently and lovingly back to the action and sensation of eating. Then do the same when cleaning, when writing, when working. The more you do it stronger and more focused and more rational will be your concentration, the more natural will be your actions, the more peaceful you will feel, and the more relaxed you will be, no matter what you are doing.

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Enjoy Everything You Do

Most of our time goes into pleasing others and making them happy. Often despite our best efforts we find that people do not appreciate what we have done. When we have tried hard to please someone we feel disheartened and upset.

Whatever I do is for myself. When I recognise this fact, I will never do anything just to please others. When I am content with the effort I put in, I will never be dependent on others’ recognition of what I have done. When I enjoy everything I do, I will be truly happy. The more content I am, the more others will start appreciating my effort.

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Humility

Humility grows a little more each time I step away from my own feelings and opinions and genuinely listen to the experience of another human being. Humility is dedication to the extent that no acknowledgement is sought for the self. Only when I have learned to value others no more or less than I value myself can I be said to be truly humble.

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Open Mind

The mind is like a parachute – it works best when it is open. How quickly we make assumptions and jump to conclusions. How easily we form and hold fast to our opinions. An open and understanding mind never assumes, doesn’t jump to conclusions and won’t hold fast to any opinion. Yet we know there are always many points of view (ing), and that seeing each one is much more rewarding, entertaining and enlightening.

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Forgiveness

Why is it hard to forgive others? Usually because we believe that they are 90% to blame for the problem, that I am not as bad as they are. So I start to carry the load of other people’s actions. If my ego is too hurt, I will have the sense of correction, of justice: ‘I know I am right’, ‘That is not fair’. But if I start to forgive from the heart, sincerely, then this kind of feeling and attitude begins to dissolve. I remain humble and this forgiveness will bring me closer to others. Then I do not carry regrets or anger, I just let go and remain light.

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Non-violence

True non-violence means never hurting others even through words. Most of us make a great effort not to hurt people physically, but sometimes we hurt others through our words, often accidently.

Today I will really think about the consequence of my words before I speak and consider how they might hurt others, I will also notice how when I do express negativity it makes those around me feel negative, which in turn affects me for the worst too.

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