If you have nothing nice to say don’t say it. - Snippets

At a banquet in Washington, Wellington Koo the Chinese diplomat, was seated next to a smart-alec journalist who remarked: 'Likeee soupee'? And laughed at his own joke. Ambassador Koo kept his cool, bided his time, said nothing. Later when called upon to make a speech, he delivered an address in flawless English. As he sat down beside his companion the Chinese turned good-humouredly to the red-faced journalist and asked: Likeee Speecheee?

Allan Finn narrates this story in his collection, 'I wish I hadnt said that'. So today, tomorrow, and everyday after, remember If you have nothing nice to say don’t say it.

Author Frank Scully was a cripple forced to spend his many years in bed, yet he found time, energy and courage to write many book and articles which were lapped up by the press.

When Gloria Swanson asked him how he managed to write so much when in bed here’s what He said: "After a few days of illness, the patient has to decide whether he is going to be alive or dead. Since I am labelled an invalid I wake up each morning and look up the obituary column of the local newspaper. If my name does’nt appear among the dead, I start planning out the days work. In my enjoyment of hours of creative work, I forget my illness and also have plenty to show at the end of the day".

Frank Scully:'you’re not really crippled unless your mind is also in a splint'. 

AJ Cronin was a medical doctor who was froced to take a long rest-cure. He decided to spend his time writing, something he had never done, yet his first novel Hatters Castle became a runaway success. Cronin gave up doctoring and took to full-time writing as a profession.

Gems of Wisdom:

Men who have much to say use the fewest words.

In killing time, see that you don’t murder opportunity.

When there is a ghost of a chance, never give up until you give up the ghost.

Wht you do tomorrow will never make up for what you lost today.

Tact is the act of making the other fellow feel more important than he is.

Nearly all men can stand adversity; but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.

Its only when I want to hurt someone that I need power, for everything else love is enough.

Whatever the disappointments, failures, losses etc., you might have had in the past month, let the quotes above inspire you to new opportuinity, infuse new impetus to begin the new month, today with renewed energy, vision and growth that follows. Great people dont do different things they do the same things, only differently. 

Remember: "The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun."
-Napoleon Hill

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Opportunity - the importance of putting into practice

As three travelers crossed the mountains of the Himalayas, they discussed the importance of putting into practice everything they had learned on a spiritual plane. They were so engrossed in their conversation that it was only late at night that they realized that all they had with them was a piece of bread. They decided not to discuss who deserved to eat it; since they were pious men, they left the decision in the hands of the gods. They prayed that, during the night, a superior spirit should indicate who should receive the food. 

 

The following morning, the three men rose together at sunrise. "This is my dream," said the first traveller. "I was taken to places I had never visited before, and enjoyed the sort of peace and harmony I have sought in vain during my entire life on earth. In the midst of this paradise, a wise man with a long beard said to me: "you are my chosen one, you never sought pleasure, always renounced all things. And, in order to prove my allegiance to you, I should like you to try a piece of bread." 

 

"That's very strange," said the second traveller. "For in my dream, I saw my past of sanctity and my future as a master. As I gazed at that which is to come, I found a man of great wisdom, saying: "You are in greater need of food than your friends, for you shall have to lead many people, and will require strength and energy." 

 

Then the third traveller said: "In my dream I saw nothing, went nowhere, and found no wise men. However, at a certain hour during the night, I suddenly woke up. And I ate the bread." 

 

The other two were furious: "And why didn't you call us before making such a personal decision?" 

 

"How could I? You were both so far away, finding masters and having such holy visions! Yesterday we discussed the importance of putting into practice that which we learn on a spiritual plane. In my case, God acted quickly, and had me awake dying of hunger!" 

 

 

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Story of the Locksmith - The words of the Scholar are to be understood. The words of the Master are not to be understood.

Once there lived a metalworker, a locksmith, who was unjustly accused of crimes and was sentenced to a deep, dark prison. After he had been there awhile, his wife who loved him very much went to the King and beseeched him that she might at least give him a prayer rug so he could observe his five prostrations every day. The King considered that a lawful request, so he let the woman bring her husband a prayer rug. 

 

The prisoner was thankful to get the rug from his wife, and every day he faithfully did his prostrations on the rug. Much later, the man escaped from prison, and when people asked him how he got out, he explained that after years of doing his prostrations and praying for deliverance from the prison, he began to see what was right in front of his nose. One day he suddenly relized that his wife had woven into the prayer rug the pattern of the lock that imprisoned him. Once he realized this and understood that all the information he needed to escape was already in his possession, he began to make friends with his guards. 

 

He also persuaded the guards that they all would have a better life if they cooperated and escaped the prison together. They agreed since, although they were guards, they realized that they were in prison, too. They also wished to escape, but they had no means to do so. So the locksmith and his guards decided on the following plan: they would bring him pieces of metal, and he would fashion useful items from them to sell in the marketplace. Together they would amass resources for their escape, and from the strongest piece of metal they could acquire, the locksmith would fashion a key. 

 

One night, when everything had been prepared, the locksmith and his guards unlocked the prison and walked out into the cool night where his beloved wife was waiting for him. He left the prayer rug behind so that any other prisoner who was clever enough to read the pattern of the rug could also make his escape. Thus, the locksmith was reunited with his loving wife, his former guards became his friends, and everyone lived in harmony.

 

******

 

The disciples were full of questions about God. Said the Master, “God is Unknown, the Unknowable. Every statement about Him, every answer to your questions, is a distortion of the Truth.”

The disciples were bewildered. “Then why do you speak about Him at all?”

“Why does the bird sing?” said the Master. "Not because he has a statement, but because he has a song".

The words of the Scholar are to be understood.

The words of the Master are not to be understood. 

They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.

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Dare to be Different!

A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft.

The HR manager interviewed him, then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

“You are employed,” he said.” Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”

The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, nor an email.”

“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager, “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And those who don’t exist, cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a crate of tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door campaign. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he could survive this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return later. Thus, his money doubled or even tripled every day.

Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 5 years later , the man becomes one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to buy an insurance policy.

He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, “I don’t have an email.” The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!”

The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

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The Battle Within - Which one will win?

One day, a scorpion stood on the side of a stream and asked a frog to carry it to the other side.

'How do I know you won't sting me?' the frog asked. 'Because if I sting you, I'll drown,' the scorpion said.

The frog thought about it and realized that the scorpion was right. So he put the scorpion on his back and started ferrying him. But midway across the stream, the scorpion plunged its stinger into the frog's back. As they both began to drown, the frog gasped,'Why?'

The scorpion replied, 'Because it is my nature.'

*****

 

An old Cherokee describes an experience going on inside himself.... 

"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. 

 

The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." 

 

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf will win?" 

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." 

 

*****

 

"Am I prepared to invest myself into what I believe will succeed"

 

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Life is like a Homemade Cake!

A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong: school, family problems, and severe health problems in the family. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he does. 

 

"Here, have some cooking oil," she says. "Yuck" says the boy. 

 

"Then how about a couple raw eggs?" "Gross, Grandma!" he replies. 

 

"Would you prefer some flour then? Or maybe some baking soda?" she asks. 

"Grandma, those are all yucky!" he replied. 

 

To which Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem to taste bad all by themselves. But when they are mixed together in the right amounts and the right manner, they make a delicious cake!" 

 

She continued, "God works the same way. Many times we wonder why he would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!" 

 

And so I tell you that we should learn to see God in all gifts and works, neither resting content with anything nor becoming attached to anything. For us there can be no attachment to a particular manner of behaviour in this life, nor has this ever been right, however successful we may have been.

 

 

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Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.

"Sometimes we get used to what we see in the movies, and end up forgetting the true story," a friend said to once while we were looking at the port of Miami, "remember the Ten Commandments?" 

 

Of course I remembered. Moses, played by Charton Heston, at one point raises his staff and with that action the waters were divided and the Jewish people walked through the sea. 

 

"In the Bible it is different," says my friend, "in the Bible, God orders Moses to do this by saying, 'Tell the children of Israel to go forward,' Ex.14:15, and only after they start walking does Moses raise his staff to part the Red Sea. 

 

Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself. 

 

Sometimes we pray and pray about something but nothing seems to change. Maybe God is saying the same thing to us as he said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Do something!” There are times in which we can be like little children sitting on the floor crying and just waiting for someone to pick us up and fix everything. The truth is that God picked us up at the point of our salvation, and He fixed everything at the cross. From there it is our responsibility to take hold of what has been accomplished for us, apply it to our lives and go forward.
Too often we think that God should be moved by our “need,” but God is not moved by need, He is moved by faith. Faith requires action. It starts by knowing what God’s promise is for you in your specific area of need. Get into the word and find the scriptures that speak the truth about the matter and start to saturate your mind and spirit with that truth. This is what it means to have our “minds renewed” (Romans 12/2).

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Don’t be afraid to fill your heart with the people and things you love

Overheard outside a concert hall:

“What a singer! His voice filled the hall.”

“Yes, several of us had to leave the hall to make room for it!”

Overheard in a spiritual counselling session:

“How can I love God as the Scriptures tell us to? How can I give Him my whole heart?”

“You must first empty your heart of all created things.”

Misleading! Don’t be afraid to fill your heart with the people and things you love, for the love of God won’t occupy space in your heart any more than a singer’s voice occupies space in a hall.

Love is not like a loaf of bread. If I give a chunk of the loaf to you I have less to offer to others.

Love is like eucharistic bread: I receive the whole Christ—and so do you; and the next person; and the next.

You can love your mother with your whole heart; and your spouse; and every one of your children.

And the wonder is that each stands to gain because love improves in quality each time the heart is given to another person. If a friend loves you alone and no one else, you would be wise to urge him to give his heart to others for, unless he does this, it is a feeble (and hungry!) heart he offers you.

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Am I Prepared to Invest Myself into what I Believe Will Succeed?

A daughter complained to her father about life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of struggling. It seemed that as soon as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her he asked. “What do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. She said, “What’s the point?” He explained that each of the items had faced the same adversity - boiling water – but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Many of you may have read/heard this before, but it always takes on a new meaning, depending on how we put it to practice. 

Many times, over the past few months, I have been tempted to change the motto I chose when entering into this business of teaching/training under-privileged children: "Am I prepared to invest myself into what I believe will succeed"? But when I 'encounter' stories like this, I know I made the right decision. What did you 'encounter' in this story?

 

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You can do something, I can do something. Together we can do great things - Live life to the fullest

A miser had accumulated five hundred thousand dinars and looked forward to a year of pleasant living before he made up his mind how best to invest his money, when suddenly the Angel of Death appeared before him to take his life away.

The man begged and pleaded and used a thousand arguments to be allowed to live a little longer, but the angel was obdurate. "Give me three days of life and I shall give you half my fortune," the man pleaded. The angel wouldn't hear of it and began to tug at him.

"Give me just one day, I beg of you, and you can have everything I accumlated through so much sweat and toil."

The angel was adamant still.

He was able to wring just one little concession from the angel -- a few moments in which to write down this note:

"Oh you, whoever you are that happen to find this note, if you have enough to live on, don't waste your life accumulating fortunes. Live!

My five hundred thousand dinars could not buy me a single hour of life!"

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof. — Barbara Kingsolver - 

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Knowing how to take Criticism

In a kingdom of Arabia lived a queen called Layla. Her wisdom illuminated the land like the sun, her beauty blinded men, and her wealth was greater than any of her subjects. 

One morning, her chief advisor asked to see her, and said: "Great queen Layla! You are the wisest, most beautiful and wealthiest women in the world. But I have heard unpleasant things; some people laugh at or complain about your decisions. Why, in spite of all you have done for your subjects, are they still not content?" 

The queen laughed and replied: "Loyal advisor, you know how much I have done for my kingdom. Seven regions are under my control, and all of them have enjoyed peace and prosperity. In all the towns, the decisions of my court are just and inspired. "I can do almost everything I wish. I can order the frontiers to be closed, the gates of the palace to be locked, the treasury coffers sealed indefinitely. 

"But there is one thing I cannot do: make the people shut their mouths. It matters not what false things people say; the important thing is to continue to do that which I consider to be true." 

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The changes he proposes always cut too deep.

Brother Hammer served as the chairman. The other members of the tool belt informed him that he must leave, because he was too noisy. But brother Hammer said, "If I have to leave this carpenter's shop, then brother Gimlet must go too. He's insignificant and makes a very small impression." (A gimlet is a small tool with a screw point, grooved shank, and a cross handle for boring holes). 

Little brother Gimlet arose and said, "All right, but brother Screwdriver must go also. You have to turn him around and around to get anywhere with him." 

Brother Screwdriver turned to the other tools in the belt and said, "If you wish, I will go, but brother Plane must leave too. All of his work is on the surface; there's no depth to what he does." 

To this brother Plane leveled his terse reply, "Well, then, brother Saw will have to depart too. The changes he proposes always cut too deep." 

Brother Saw complained, saying, "Brother Ruler will have to withdraw if I leave, for he's always measuring other folks as though he were the only one who is right." 

Brother Ruler then surveyed the group and said, "Brother Sandpaper doesn't belong here either. He's rougher than he ought to be, and is always rubbing people the wrong way." 

In the midst of the discussion, the Carpenter of Nazareth walked in. He had come to perform his day's work. He put on His tool belt and went to the workbench to make a pulpit. He employed the ruler, the saw, the plane, the hammer, the gimlet, the screwdriver, the sandpaper, and all the other tools. When the day's work was over, the pulpit was finished, and the carpenter went home. All the accusations against each of these tools were absolutely true, yet the carpenter used every one of them. No matter which tool He used, no other tool could have done the work better.

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. 

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Its not what you do that counts, but how you do it, that will make all the difference.

One day, two flower merchants set up shop next to one another. They opened for business on the same day, carried the same lovely selection of aromatic flowers, and maintained similar prices for their marvelous plants. Both merchants took great care raising their plants and both were kind and courteous to their customers. In fact, their stores appeared to be equal in every way. 

At first, the merchants received equal traffic through their shops, but -- as time went on -- the first merchant's shop became more popular among the people. The second merchant noticed this and became concerned. One particularly slow day, he decided to look into the matter. 

As he stepped out his door to visit his neighbor, he passed one of his regular customers leaving the first merchant's shop carrying their weekly purchase of flowers. In disbelief, the second merchant hurried into the next store. Indeed, the store was teeming with customers. 

The second merchant noticed his competitor wasn't taking the money himself, as he always did. The first merchant was out among the aisles, talking with his customers. To his amazement, the second merchant watched as the first would chat at great length with the customers and even would occasionally talk to the flowers themselves! The second merchant prided himself on being a serious store owner and could not understand this leisurely approach to running a shop. Yet this behavior seemed to be working for the first merchant, as his thriving store would attest. 

When the second merchant could stand it no longer, he approached the first and politely asked to interrupt the conversation. The first merchant smiled, handed his customers to one of his clerks, and turned his attention to his exasperated neighbor. The second merchant asked, "Brother, I am your humble student. Our stores are nearly the same in all ways, yet your results are doubling while mine are halving. I do not understand." 

"Brother," the first merchant said, "We are the same in most ways, this is true. The difference lies in what we see with our hearts. You see your store as a store, your plants as plants, and your customers as customers. I see my store as a beloved home and my cherished friends are my customers, clerks and plants, all present to be adored. In that way, we are very, very different."

Its not what you do that counts, but how you do it, that will make all the difference. 

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Genesis Chapter3 : Verse11

When an accident deprived the village headman of the use of his legs, he took to walking on crutches. He gradually developed the ability to move with speed — even to dance and execute little pirouettes for the entertainment of his neighbors.

Then he took it into his head to train his children in the use of crutches. It soon became a status symbol in the village to walk on crutches, and before long everyone was doing so.

By the fourth generation no one in the village could walk without crutches. The village school included “Crutchery — Theoretical — Applied” in its curriculum and the village craftsmen became famous for the quality of the crutches they produced. There was even talk of developing an electronic, battery-operated set of crutches!

One day a young Turk presented himself before the village elders and demanded to know why everyone had to walk on crutches since they had been provided with legs to walk on. The village elders were amused that this upstart should think himself wiser than they so they decided to teach him a lesson. “Why don’t you show us how?” they said.

“Agreed!” replied the young man.

A demonstration was fixed for the following Sunday at the village square. Everyone was there when the young man hobbled on his crutches to the middle of the square, stood upright, and dropped his crutches. A hush fell on the crowd as he took a bold step forward — and fell flat on his face.

With that everyone was confirmed in their belief that it was quite impossible to walk without the help of crutches.

When I hear the phrase: This is what you need to, this, that or the other ..... I refer to that all encompassing verse from scripture - Gen 3:11 and  evaluate what needs to be done.

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Sometimes, in order to teach something good, you have to be a little rough.

I remember having shared this wildlife fact before, but I just could'nt resist the urge to share it again, as it demonstrates a lot for us to learn. I myself enjoy sharing some of the works of people who are making an impact on/in society, families, small groups with big 'results'.  Results - not measured by common methods but the extraordinary scale of compassion. The numeric value has rescinded and the human/e value has arrived. Take a moment (not more) to visualize this scene and then evaluate it - honestly.

The mother giraffe gives birth standing up, so the first thing that happens to a new-born giraffe is a fall of about two metres.

Still dazed, the baby tries to stand up on its four legs, but its mother behaves very strangely: she gives the baby giraffe a gentle kick which sends it sprawling. It tries to get up and is again knocked down.

This process is repeated several times, until the new-born giraffe is too exhausted to stand. At that point, the mother kicks it again, forcing it to get to its feet. After that, she does not push the baby giraffe over again.

The explanation is simple: in order to survive predators, the first lesson a giraffe must learn is to get to its feet quickly.

The mother’s apparent cruelty finds support in an Arabic proverb: “Sometimes, in order to teach something good, you have to be a little rough.”

I'll give it a little twist with another (Arabic) proverb: 'The nature of the rain is the same, yet it brings forth thorns in the brush and flowers in the garden'. Both proverbs seem contradictory and yet complimentary!

And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.

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