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>Used Vs Loved – True Difference and Reality Check

February 27, 2010 by Mojo Man
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“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured”. -  Mark Twain  
 
A dear friend forwarded this anecdote in an email to me, which sheds a clear light on Twain’s aforementioned quote:

USED vs. LOVED

While a man was polishing his new car,
his 4 yr old son picked up a stone
and scratched lines on the side of the car.

In anger, the man took the child’s hand 
and hit it many times not realizing
he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers 
due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father….. 
with painful eyes he asked, ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ 
The man was so hurt and speechless; 
he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times.

Devastated by his own actions…… 
sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; 
the child had written‘LOVE YOU DAD’.
The next day that man committed suicide. . .

Anger and Love have no limits; 
choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely
life & remember this: 
Things are to be used and people are to be loved.
The problem in today’s world is 
that people are used while things are loved.

Let’s try always to keep this thought in mind: 
Things are to be used,
People are to be loved.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character;
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

I’m glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder.. 
I hope you have a good day no matter what problems you may face 
it’s the only day you’ll have before it’s over.

 
If we wait 24 hours before acting out any anger, so many of our problems would never escalate and turn into disasters or catastrophes…
Enjoy your day,
FM
 
 

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>How detached we have become – but it’s not too late to take a break and re-examine our lives for correction

February 3, 2010 by Mojo Man
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>“Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? ” T. S. Eliot 

This quote seems more powerful today than perhaps when it was written, I think…what is the true meaning of happiness, self-satisfaction and contentment?


What is success truly measure by?
 
-FM

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>Lessons about life from a Chinese Proverb

October 22, 2009 by Mojo Man
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A friend of mine emailed the following story to me a few days ago. It is a Chinese proverb and carries a lot of valuable lessons. It touched me and made me realize how important it is to see all the positive aspects of others. Truly one’s weaknesses may actually be hidden strengths if we learn to appreciate them and look at them from a different angle.

Here’s the story:

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole, which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this [process] went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it was made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”

The old woman smiled [and said], “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them [through the water that seeps out from your crack.]“

She continued, “For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”

Each of us has our own unique flaw…but it’s the cracks and flaws that we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just go to take each person for who he or she is and look for the good inside…

Smiling is contagious, so please pass it on…

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