Life is beautiful...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
I happened to read an article by Regina Brett of Ohio. She is a 90 year old lively soul and writes columns. Here are some lessons from her... lessons of life we all know but hardly practice
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
> > Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.
Candidate A. Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B. He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C. He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.
And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn't it? What does it tell us>> never judge anybody. Never be afraid to try something new.
Always remember that Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
> > Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.
Candidate A. Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B. He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C. He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.
And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn't it? What does it tell us>> never judge anybody. Never be afraid to try something new.
Always remember that Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where a family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
'I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news,' he said as he surveyed the worried faces.
'The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.'
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news.
After a time, someone asked, 'How much will a brain cost?'
The doctor quickly responded, '$5,000 for a male brain; $200 for a female brain.' The moment turned awkward... Some of the men actually had to 'try' not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women.A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, 'Why is the male brain so much more than a female brain?'
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, 'It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the female brains a lot lower because they've been used.'
'I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news,' he said as he surveyed the worried faces.
'The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.'
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news.
After a time, someone asked, 'How much will a brain cost?'
The doctor quickly responded, '$5,000 for a male brain; $200 for a female brain.' The moment turned awkward... Some of the men actually had to 'try' not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women.A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, 'Why is the male brain so much more than a female brain?'
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, 'It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the female brains a lot lower because they've been used.'
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Quotes from my favorite movies...straight out of the thinktank
Ever wondered how the greatest pearls of wisdom and feelings just come across us...just like that? Here's some for you to savour-
• I’m gonna treat you so good, you’re never gonna let me go [Pretty Woman]
• I love you … but I don’t have to like you right now. [How to lose a guy in
10 days]
• When people think you’re dying, they really, really listen to you, instead
of just…waiting for their turn to speak. [Fight Club]
• Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken [Fight Club]
• We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime,
poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity
magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear.
Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra. [Fight Club]
• Pretty impressive, huh? People tend to think of me as that, uh,
environmental nut. But whenever I get down to work they say, 'Mother Nature,
you're such a destructive bitch'. [I could never be your woman]
• Rosie: So that's how it ends? The most powerful male gets the most
babelicious female?
Mother Nature: That's right.
Rosie: Well, what if there's a really cute male antelope, or if there’s a
female that shows signs of leadership?
Mother Nature: Useless.
Rosie: Why?
Mother Nature: Look, there's an order to this mating business.
Rosie: Why can't we change things?
Mother Nature: Haven't you self-centered, pec-loading assholes changed
enough? It's not natural!
Rosie: What's so great about natural?
Mother Nature: What?
Rosie: Think about it. Tobacco is natural, Prozac's unnatural. Earthquakes
are natural, television's unnatural. Natural sucks! [I could never be your
woman]
• Only don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and
makes me very angry. [The Godfather]
• I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare
said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought.
I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly
amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare
who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For
some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But
then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then,
there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills
its victims. Its called unrequited love. [The Holiday]
• Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what
about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love
alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the
loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped
without the advantage of a great parking space! [The Holiday]
• I need some peace and quiet... or whatever it is people go away for [The Holiday]
• I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it
can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it
doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many
glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed
every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you
could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could
think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself
that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that,
however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people
who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will
finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that
you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade. [The Holiday]
• There's no man, alive or dead, who's going to fault you for living. [P.S. I love
you]
• We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent
it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone
who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond
repair. [P.S. I love you]
• I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail
polish and then 6 months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your
favorite colors like your storing up for the Apocalypse. [P.S. I love you]
• You gotta be rich to be insane. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle
class. [P.S. I love you]
• Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your
face. [P.S. I love you]
• Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. [Curious
Case of Benjamin Button]
• It’s funny how sometimes the people we remember the least, make the greatest
impression. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• Do not let anyone tell you different! You have got to do what you’re meant to do!
[Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• You never know what’s coming for you. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels
the same, and even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.
[Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• A hotel in the middle of the night can be a magical place.
A mouse running and stopping
A radiator hissing
A curtain blowing
There's something peaceful, even comforting,
Knowing that the people you love
are asleep in their beds, where nothing can harm them [Curious Case of
Benjamin Button]
• You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went.
You could swear, curse the fates,
but when it comes to the end,
you have to let go. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever
you want to be.
There's no time limit,
Start whenever you want.
You can change or stay the same,
there are no rules to this thing.
We can make the best or the worst of it
I hope you make the best of it.
And I hope you see things that startle you.
I hope you feel things you never felt before
I hope you meet people with a different point of view.
I hope you live a life you're proud of.
If you find that you're not,
I hope you have the strength to start all over again [Curious Case of
Benjamin Button]
• If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure,
or you lose complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my
eyes. You made my life. But I'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be
more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in
love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. P.S. I
will always love you [P.S. I love you]
.
Ever wondered how the greatest pearls of wisdom and feelings just come across us...just like that? Here's some for you to savour-
• I’m gonna treat you so good, you’re never gonna let me go [Pretty Woman]
• I love you … but I don’t have to like you right now. [How to lose a guy in
10 days]
• When people think you’re dying, they really, really listen to you, instead
of just…waiting for their turn to speak. [Fight Club]
• Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken [Fight Club]
• We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime,
poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity
magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear.
Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra. [Fight Club]
• Pretty impressive, huh? People tend to think of me as that, uh,
environmental nut. But whenever I get down to work they say, 'Mother Nature,
you're such a destructive bitch'. [I could never be your woman]
• Rosie: So that's how it ends? The most powerful male gets the most
babelicious female?
Mother Nature: That's right.
Rosie: Well, what if there's a really cute male antelope, or if there’s a
female that shows signs of leadership?
Mother Nature: Useless.
Rosie: Why?
Mother Nature: Look, there's an order to this mating business.
Rosie: Why can't we change things?
Mother Nature: Haven't you self-centered, pec-loading assholes changed
enough? It's not natural!
Rosie: What's so great about natural?
Mother Nature: What?
Rosie: Think about it. Tobacco is natural, Prozac's unnatural. Earthquakes
are natural, television's unnatural. Natural sucks! [I could never be your
woman]
• Only don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and
makes me very angry. [The Godfather]
• I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare
said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought.
I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly
amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare
who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For
some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But
then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then,
there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills
its victims. Its called unrequited love. [The Holiday]
• Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what
about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love
alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the
loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped
without the advantage of a great parking space! [The Holiday]
• I need some peace and quiet... or whatever it is people go away for [The Holiday]
• I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it
can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it
doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many
glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed
every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you
could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could
think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself
that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that,
however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people
who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will
finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that
you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade. [The Holiday]
• There's no man, alive or dead, who's going to fault you for living. [P.S. I love
you]
• We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent
it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone
who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond
repair. [P.S. I love you]
• I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail
polish and then 6 months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your
favorite colors like your storing up for the Apocalypse. [P.S. I love you]
• You gotta be rich to be insane. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle
class. [P.S. I love you]
• Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your
face. [P.S. I love you]
• Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. [Curious
Case of Benjamin Button]
• It’s funny how sometimes the people we remember the least, make the greatest
impression. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• Do not let anyone tell you different! You have got to do what you’re meant to do!
[Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• You never know what’s coming for you. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels
the same, and even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.
[Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• A hotel in the middle of the night can be a magical place.
A mouse running and stopping
A radiator hissing
A curtain blowing
There's something peaceful, even comforting,
Knowing that the people you love
are asleep in their beds, where nothing can harm them [Curious Case of
Benjamin Button]
• You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went.
You could swear, curse the fates,
but when it comes to the end,
you have to let go. [Curious Case of Benjamin Button]
• For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever
you want to be.
There's no time limit,
Start whenever you want.
You can change or stay the same,
there are no rules to this thing.
We can make the best or the worst of it
I hope you make the best of it.
And I hope you see things that startle you.
I hope you feel things you never felt before
I hope you meet people with a different point of view.
I hope you live a life you're proud of.
If you find that you're not,
I hope you have the strength to start all over again [Curious Case of
Benjamin Button]
• If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure,
or you lose complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my
eyes. You made my life. But I'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be
more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in
love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. P.S. I
will always love you [P.S. I love you]
.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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