What I Learned In Life by Paulo Ceolho

What I learned in life is,

That no matter how good a person is,
sometimes they can hurt you & because of this we must forgive.

It takes years to build trust and only seconds to destroy it ..
We don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change..

The circumstances and the environment influence on our lives,
but we are the one who responsible for ourselves..

That you have to control your acts or they will control you..

That patience requires much practice.. that there are people who love us,
but simply don’t know how to show it..

That sometimes the person you think will hurt you and make you fall..
Is instead one of the few who will help you to get up..

You should never tell a child that dreams are fake, it would be a tragedy if they knew..

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone,
in most cases you have to forgive yourself first..

That no matter in how many pieces your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop to fix it ..

May be God wants us to meet all the wrong people first before meeting the right one..
So when we finally meet the right one we are grateful for that gift ..

When the door of happiness closes, another door opens..
but often we look so long at the closed one.. we don’t see what was open for us ..

The best kind of a friend is the kind in which you can sit on a porch and walk…
Without saying a word & when you leave it feels it was the best conversation you ever had.

It’s true we don’t know what we have until we find it, but its also true,
we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives..

It only takes a minute to offend someone, an hour to like someone,
a day to love someone, but it takes a life time to forget someone.

Don’t look for appearances, they can be deceiving, don’t go for wealth even that can fade,
Find someone who makes you smile, because it only takes a smile to make a day better,
find what makes your heart smile..

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much..
that you wish you can take them out of your dream and hug them for real..

Dream what you want, go wherever you want to go.. because you have only one life..
and one change to do the things you want to do ..

The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything,
they just make the best of everything that comes their way.

The best future is based on the forgotten past..

You can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
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A professor finds himself sitting next to a farmer on a train. Bored, the professor decides to propose a game to pass the time.

“I’ll ask you a question,” the professor says. “If you can’t answer, you give me $5. Then, you ask me a question. If I can’t answer, I’ll give you $500. What do you say?”

The farmer nods in agreement.

The professor starts, “What is the distance between the Earth and the Moon?”

The farmer silently pulls out $5 and hands it to the professor.

Now it’s the farmer’s turn. He asks, “What animal has three legs when climbing a mountain and four legs when coming down?”

The professor is stumped. He racks his brain, searches for logical explanations, and even consults his notebook, but he can’t find an answer. Frustrated, he hands over $500 to the farmer.

The farmer takes the money with a smile and leans back to take a nap.

Curious and unwilling to let it go, the professor shakes the farmer awake and asks, “Alright, what animal is it?”

The farmer silently pulls out $5, hands it to the professor, and goes back to sleep.
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Don't leave anything for later.
Later, the coffee gets cold.
Later, you lose interest.
Later, the day turns into night.
Later, people grow up.
Later, people grow old.
Later, life goes by.
Later, you regret not doing something...
When you had the chance.

Life is a fleeting dance, a delicate balance of moments that unfold before us, never to return in quite the same way again.
Regret is a bitter pill to swallow, a weight that bears down upon the soul with the burden of missed chances and unspoken words.
So, let us not leave anything for later. Let us seize the moments as they come, with hearts open and arms outstretched to embrace the possibilities that lie before us. For in the end, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we left undone, the words left unspoken, the dreams left unfulfilled.

— Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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A Note to the Inner-self

Dear me,

"If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside could do us no harm." African Proverb

Change yourself! Harness your potentials not your flaws.

Count your blessings not your worries.

Be on the solution side than just cry over what went wrong.

Know that there is more you could achieve, more you could get and a lot more you could make.

You could reach the heights in life, make things work for you and people and circumstances align with you.

You have always the opportunity now, on the present moment, to better your best.

But it all happens when you believe in your self, know that you have the potentials and the passion and commitment to achieve it.

Take the moment, do it now - listen and connect with your inner self!

May you have a week filled with enlightenment.
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A Note for the Inner- Self

Dear Me,

“You cannot help getting older but you don’t have to get old.” George Burns

The best way to keep your soul young all the time is when you take a good care of your MIND, BODY and SPIRIT.

MIND – Always engage yourself in a continuous self development and learning. Read books, make it your everyday habit. Commit to at least read thirty pages a day. Don’t say it is impossible, just do it this way – ten pages in the morning, ten pages during the day and ten more in the evening. Surround yourself with people that inspire you, enlighten you and bring the best out of you.

BODY – Take a good care of your body, your temple. Mind what and how much you eat and drink. Develop a health plan – exercise, jog in the morning, take long walks or do dance as often as you can. And at all times do find a reason to smile, smile from the heart, smile till you cry your eyes out and hurts you at your tummy. A good laughter has the power to burn belly fats that you can’t get rid of even with physical exercise.

SPIRIT – Invest enough time in your everyday to meditate, to pray and to listen to your inner voice. Remember what you expose yourself to in the first twenty minutes when you wake up in the morning have power to shape your emotion of the rest of the day. Listen to inspiring audio books. And if you ever listen to music, please do make sure you listen to music with worthy contents and value and do make sure to avoid negatively tuned ones.

May your day be filled with gratifying moments and inspiring encounters.
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All We Need is Today

“All we need is the morning. As long as there is sunrise, then there is the possibility that we can face all of our misfortunes, celebrate all our blessings, and live all our endeavors as human beings.

Spirituality is something that has become necessary in these troubled times. Yet it is inherently superfluous.

We need it to remind ourselves, to bolster ourselves, to integrate ourselves, to fulfill ourselves.

If we could simply acknowledge the mystery of night and the glory of morning, we would need neither civilization nor spirituality.

At its simplest, life begins with dawn. That is blessing enough. All else becomes fullness immeasurable. At dawn, kneel down and give thanks for this wonderful event.

We may think mornings are so common they are unworthy of veneration, but do you realize most places in the cosmos do not have mornings?

This daily event is our supreme goodness. Greet the dawn. That is your miracle to witness. That is the ultimate beauty. That is sacredness. That is your gift from heaven.

That is knowledge that life is not futile. That is enlightenment. That is your meaning in life. That is your directive.

That is your comfort. That is the solemnity of duty. That is inspiration for compassion. That is the light of the ultimate.”

~Deng Ming-Dao from 365 Tao: Daily Meditations
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A Note for the Inner-self - From My Month Memoir

Dear Me,

Each person you meet is like a book; filled with experiences, talents and wisdom while some might be like the kind of person you want to avoid because of their negative personality, bad perspectives or self centered attitudes others are like social magnets; they are the kind of people you want to have around all the time through their charm, optimism, kindheartedness and never ending alluring personality.

As Ann Frank once said every person is kind at heart and its only the experiences they go through that sores their being. So if you manage how you react to your encounters in your everyday, some end up being your inspirations while others through the rough times you have with them end up being your biggest sources of lessons.

May your everyday be colored with people who end up being your source of motivation, inspiration and reason for your betterment.
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Note for The Day

"It's not the problems that we face that define us but how we choose to handle them." From the movie series 'The Missing'

Dear me,

Be wise in how you deal with what you face, both the good and the bad. Don't forget you are your own close guide and mentor just as much as you are your own best enemy sabotaging your way forward. And at all times bear this words in your mind "If there is no enemy from within, the enemy outside can do us no harm."

Learn to hold your head up and cultivate the greatness that lies within you.

An inspiring productive day to you!
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A Note for the Inner- Self – From My Month Memoir

Dear Me,

Most often you are so much engrossed by the ‘ME’ mentality or by the “I AM ALWAYS RIGHT!” syndrome and ignore the feelings of many around you. Whether people feel good or bad about you, you rarely take time to ask the two most essential questions:

“What is it that they see in me that they preferred to stay around?” or

“Why are they always the critiques for my deeds and actions?”

Your most frequent reaction is mainly driven from ego and too often by fear. When people appreciate you, talks highly of you or when they take you as their charming champion, your egoistic self takes over and you just want to consider that as if it’s all because of what have done, who you are or have achieved. And when you encounter people who find the flaws in your deeds, points out your weak point or at times punish you the wrongs you might have done, you always find them as your enemy and strive to disprove them. Not because you wanted the change but because of the fear of not to be who they thought you were.

Seriously though, before you go on to your egoistic high horse or fear takes over how you are and how you react, I really wish you take the time to ask yourself the two basic questions. The love and respect people may have to you, how they say you make them feel or their unwavering desire to listen to you because they say you inspire them, goes beyond who you are and what you have done. It is mainly because that’s what they are and what their heart seeks to see in you. And if you find people criticizing your every act, dictate you to do this and that or be blunt enough to tell you upfront your flaws and failings, it’s not to demean your personality or be seen as the better achiever than you, but most often it is to bring out the best you in you. And maybe, just maybe, they don’t want you to make the same mistake they have done. Isn’t it always the case that we see in others what we have in us or seek to have in us?

I know you don’t worry that much about what people feel, think and say about you. But only if you give yourself the chance to connect to the souls of the people around you, you would be amazed and by far more inspired by the perspectives they have of you to shape your life for a better.

Don’t always see yourself from your own ego driven mindset. Give chance for others to have footprints in your souls and let them give you the honor to see yourself from their glasses.

May you have a weekend filled with enlightening moments!
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A Note for the Inner-self

Dear me,

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." Groucho Marx

Invest your energy on what brings you more joy, happiness and gratitude. Because what you give power and attention breeds and grows more. So may you live every moment of the day with purpose and meaning. May you practice kindness and humility. May you also be a channel of hope and inspiration for yourself and all those around you. And may you learn the joy of being passionate in what you do.

Remember, you take charge of your life by how you choose to respond to the events that happened rather then by how you react to the conditions.

May you have a rewarding day.
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