Purpose in Life

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

- Dalai Lama 

Defensiveness

Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them. 

Life Partners

I no longer believe in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I am beginning to believe that, if you are lucky, you might meet someone who is exactly right for you. Not because he is perfect, or because you are, but because your combined flaws are arranged in a way that allows two separate beings to fit together as one!

Love

To love at all is to be vulnerable.
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.
Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements.
Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change.
It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.
To love is to be vulnerable. 

― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves   

Gratitude

Gratitude is what makes what we have enough.

Character

The true measure of a man is what he does for those who can do nothing for him!

Stress

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

-Lily Tomlin

Success

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

-William Somerset Maugham

Dad

Thank you for always believing in me, being proud of me and loving me unconditionally. Even though you are no longer with me, I always feel you by my side. You have given me precious memories which I will always cherish.

I love you Dad, now and always!

- In loving memory of my father on his 9th death anniversary

Favorite Songs

1. As it seems – Lily Kershaw
2.  I’ve got you – Mc Fly
3. Dream – Priscilla Ahn
4.  I won’t give up – Jason Mraz
5. Youth – Foxes
6. Everybody talks – Neon Trees
7. Freedom – Dido
8.  Running up that hill – Bo Bruce
9. Whistle – Flo rida
10. Payphone- Maroon 5
11. Diamonds – Rihanna
12.  Next to me – Emeli Sande

Friendship

Sometimes we think our job is to prevent our loved ones from falling down, but maybe our job is to pick them up when they do fall down.

Change

Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go, but rather learning to start over.

-Nicole Sobon

Actions & Consequences

Every action you take is a choice you make. You'll never succeed in changing your life unless you change your choices.

Joy

Never let anyone steal your happiness, joy or zest for life. Life is too precious to waste it on negative people.

Life

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

-Carl Sandburg

Luck

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Real Love

Real love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be and will not be.

Relationships

We accept the love we think we deserve.

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of being a Wallflower

Live a life that matters

Live a life that matters,
Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that one day seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant,
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success,but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance, but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters!

-Author unknown

Regrets

Regrets for the things said and the things left unsaid,
Regrets for opportunities missed and time wasted,
Regrets for people one always meant to get in touch with, but didn't,
Regrets for things you were planning to do, but didn't,
Need to seize the moment and live life to the fullest,
So that in the end we aren't left only with regrets...