The Wise Sage

Author Unknown

There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched
him to help this child.

So the sage came to the village, and a crowd gathered around him, for such a man was a rare sight. One woman brought the sick child to him, and he said a prayer over her.

“Do you really think your prayer will help her, when medicine has failed?” yelled a man from the crowd.

“You know nothing of such things! You are a stupid fool!” said the sage to the man.

The man became very angry with these words and his face grew hot and red. He was about to say something, or perhaps strike out, when the sage walked over to him and said: “If one word has such power as to make you so angry and hot, may not another have the power to heal?”

And thus, the sage healed two people that day.

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Creed to Live By

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others, It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important, Only you know what is best for you.

Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart Cling to that as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.

Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give Nothing is really over … until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect, It is the fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don’t be afraid to encounter risks, It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tightly, And the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don’t dismiss your Dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope. To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget where you’ve been, But also know where you’re going.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored every step of the way.

Author Unknown

Keep climbing. If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means, keep moving!

-Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home”

~ Chief Tecumseh (Crouching Tiger) Shawnee Nation 1768-1813 ~

If you want others to be happy,
practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion.

~ Dalai Lama

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world.
It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

~ Henry Van Dyke

Follow your dreams of a better world,
and keep on trying, even when
there seems to be little hope,
because it is the right thing to do.
We may never know how the seeds of kindness
that we plant may help others on their journey,
today, or even sometime far in the future.
But every act of compassion makes a difference!

~ Robert Alan

I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle.
I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.”

~ Mother Teresa

Millions of people go to bed hungry
for a kind word, a pat on the back, or a smile.
That’s where you can make a difference.
~ AC Carlson