ALWAYS LIVE LIFE
TO THE FULLEST

Don’t let go of Hope.
Hope gives you the strength to keep going
When you feel like giving up.

Don’t ever quit believing in Yourself.
As long as you believe you Can,
You will have reason for Trying.

Don’t let anyone hold your Happiness in their Hands;
Hold it in yours, so it will always be
within your Reach.

Don’t measure success or failure by material wealth,
But by how you Feel;
Our feelings determine the richness of our Lives.

Don’t let bad moments overcome You;
Be patient,
and they will pass.

Don’t hesitate to reach out for Help;
We all need it
from time to time.

Don’t run away from love but towards Love.
Because it is
your deepest Joy.

Don’t wait for what you want to come to You.
Go after it with all that You Are,
Knowing that Life will meet you Halfway.

Don’t feel like you’ve lost
When plans and dreams fall short of your hopes.
Anytime you learn something new
About Yourself or about Life,
You have progressed.

Don’t do anything that takes away
From your Self-Respect.
Feeling good about Yourself
Is essential to feeling good about Life.

Don’t ever forget how to Laugh
Or be too proud to Cry.
Or too stubborn to Smile

Don’t ever forget a friend who TRULY LOVES YOU
As it could be that friend who is true to your Needs
Don’t ever forget who helped you Grow as your need
for more seeds may often re-appear
With all the above live life to its Fullest…

Working Life

Working is a major influence on who we are as people and who we will become in life. Understanding the importance of the job we do is the first step towards appreciating the gift of work and learning how to use it to our advantage. Rather than seeing our work as just being something that we begrudgingly do each week day from 9 to 5, we have to see it as something more meaningful.

Work Creates Discipline
The commitment involved in getting up and going to work each day to devote many hours to a particular job is a major accomplishment. Regardless of the type of work one does, the simple fact that a person can make it to the workplace day after day is impressive.

Work is Giving
By giving your time and commitment to your work you are contributing to society in many ways. You may be working to keep food on the table for your family, providing valuable products or services to society, or creating jobs for others if you're the boss.

Work Encourages Growth
The skills we learn at work can involve everything from spiritual growth through to improved physical health. The contacts we have with customers or coworkers encourages social interaction, which is a great way to learn how to deal with people from a variety of backgrounds. Many skills from particular industries can also be of benefit in our home life.

Work Improves Life
For the person that has little motivation or the ambition to do better in life, their conditions are improved by working because they can provide for their family and perhaps take the occasional holiday. But for those seeking more out of life, with big hopes and dreams, work is the key to change. It may start with a job that merely feeds and clothes you, which later leads to creating the change necessary to rise above your current circumstances. That could mean attaining further education while you are still working to get a better job, creating a product that could improve the life of others, or getting the savings needed to start your own business.

We can let work use us and become just another number clocking on and and off each day, or we can use work to create the person we wish to become in life. By choosing to learn from the work we have to do, we can eventually do the work we really want to do. If we collect chicken eggs or are the mayor of a city we are learning everyday, contributing to society, and improving the life of those around us.

- Article by Michael Dylan

"You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it." Oprah Winfrey Quote

L I F E

Every life has its share of setbacks and disappointments—of tragedy and loss. So the question we all confront, in the face of negatives that may assail us, is: How do we keep our inner fire alive?

The first question keeps us focused on positives; the second keeps us proactive and reminds us that we are responsible for our own happiness and well-being.

The pleasures that nurture me personally may be as simple as enjoying the view of the city and the ocean from the window of my living room, or spending time in the garden, or appreciating good health. Of course, one of the greatest joys that nurtures me is that I have a loving relationship with my love one.

One aspect aspect of nourishing the soul is the ability to stay focused on the present, to live in the present. The impulse to focus on the future can be quite strong. It’s natural to look ahead. Yet I realized that the key to happiness lay in enjoying the process, not just the final result—because the greater part of my life was going to be spent at the level of process and not at the stage of contemplating the finished product. So now I bless each day I can get up and go to my computer and sit down to write and know and love the fact that this is what my life is about.

Nothing I am saying about the importance of living in the present denies the value of being concerned with the future. We want to keep in mind our goals, what we’re moving toward, and to see the progression and direction that underlie our activities. We need to be able to plan for the future without sacrificing the present, and enjoy the present without making ourselves oblivious to the future. Obviously, we cannot control every single aspect of our life. We are not omnipotent. But we do have an enormous degree of responsibility for the shape our life takes. We have many options about how we will respond to events. We are not passive spectators, but active contestants in the drama of our existence. We need to take responsibility for the kind of life we create for ourselves.
How do we nurture the soul? By revering our own life. By treating it as supremely important. By reaching for the best within ourselves. By learning to love it all, not only the joys and the victories, but also the pain and struggles.