All i want is Peace

Great achievement often requires long, tortuous, bitter experiences, powerful enough to drive one to despair. But one must rise above disappointments, Neglect and sorrow and renew the pledge of devoted action. There is just no choice. We cannot wait for things to happen to us; we must make them happen to us. We cannot wait... Read more »

Life’s hard to live and still people make it harder to live. Just living for right takes so much, that I wonder how people have time to do wrong, foolish things, to make life more complicated. Everyday is a duty, one hundred things to do and think of, you have your family, your friends, your work, your home, your God,... Read more »

Rule One Life is not fair; get used to it. Rule Two The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule Three You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with car phone,... Read more »

1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK: If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind… I will not respond in a like manner. 2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY “ENEMY”: If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will quietly ask GOD to bless that individual. I understand... Read more »

When we were young, we had dreams and expectations. We imagine things, we keep thinking about what we want to be, what we want to do, what makes us proud and happy and what will we become. We grew up, and things seemed like having its own way. We accept our success or failures and we move on. The rapid change, the need to... Read more »

Joy does not come about as the result of agreeable circumstances. Joy is, rather, a powerful and reliable cause of agreeable circumstances. There’s no need to wait for things to be just right before you begin to enjoy them. Instead, enjoy what is, and that joy will begin to transform what is into what you would like... Read more »

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one which has been opened... Read more »

She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under... Read more »

Life isn’t about keeping score. It’s not about how many friends you have Or how accepted you are. Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you’re alone. It isn’t about who you have kissed, It isn’t about who your family is or how much money they have Or what kind of car you drive. Or where... Read more »

When William Stidger taught at Boston University, he once reflected upon the great number of unthanked people in his life. Those who had helped nurture him, inspire him or cared enough about him to leave a lasting impression. One was a schoolteacher he’d not heard of in many years. But he remembered that she had gone... Read more »