Thought for Today

We all have issues, we all face problems at one time or another.  How we deal with them make all the difference. If we take a defeatist approach then we have already lost the battle. Today take a positive approach. Say no matter what comes my way, I will not give in, I will not quit, and I will overcome.

Inspirational Story

Porcupines And The Coldest Winter Ever

Author Unknown

It was the coldest winter ever, and many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they shared their heat with each other. 

After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other to stop being wounded.

As they did this, they began to die… alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it, was the heat that came from the others that enabled them to survive

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We might not get along all the time but no man stands alone and we need one another.

Refugees Fed Like Animals

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Feeding the refugees was a good gesture but it could have been done in a more humane manner. Remember they are people not animals and even animals are treated better than this.

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Inspirational Story

A Choice

A beggar asked Ibrahim ibn Al Adham for charity Ibrahim told him: “I’ll give you better than that; come with me.” Ibrahim accompanied the beggar to a merchant, and asked him to find a job for the beggar. As Ibrahim was well trusted, the merchant didn’t hesitate to give some merchandise to the beggar and asked him to travel and sell them in another city.

A few days later, Ibrahim found the beggar still in a miserable condition; surprised, he asked him about the matter. The beggar informed him: “While traveling, I found a blind eagle in the desert, and I was very curious how it got food though it was blind; I observed it for some time and, at my big surprise, another eagle came with food and fed it. Thus, I said to myself: it’s WHO took care of that blind eagle in this desert who will also take care of me! I returned to the city and give the merchant back his goods.”

Ibrahim, after reflection, asked him: “But tell me, why did you choose to be the blind eagle, not the other one, who could fly, chase, and take care of others?”

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Thought for Today

Thought for Today

I am determined to be cheerful and happy despite my circumstances.  The law of attraction dictates that whatever you gravitate towards is what you will most likely  end up getting.  Therefore if you want positive results rid yourself of a negative mind.

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young

Compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving

and tolerant with the weak and strong. Because some day in

Your life you will have been one of these.

G.W. Carver

Thought For Today

The first step towards success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

(Mark Caine)