Thought for the day 5th of May 2011

“When you feel dog tired at night, it maybe because you’ve growled all day long” by unknown author. 

It is very easy to find rest from physical tiredness. You sleep longer during a weekend, go outdoors, and maybe have a little bit of entertainment by playing some game. And you are strong and rested again. It is a little bit more complicated when your soul gets tired. Most people don’t know what to do then. There are very many reasons why soul can get tired in the first place. And there are also a lot of ways how it can find rest. 

If you are always unhappy, complain and are irritated your soul will always be tired. Negative emotions weary your soul. Attitude of complaining and finding faults weary your soul too. How do you get rid of those and find rest? First, you need to go somewhere where you can be alone and calm down. Then, you have to meditate on the bright side of life and thank God for all good that He has done to you. Focus on the good. Evil will always weary you and you will always be tired if you look at it and concentrate on it. Shift your focus. There is a lot of good in this life. Dwell on it, meditate on it, experience it, speak about it and… you will find rest for your soul.

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You don’t have to be in chains because you have a key to your freedom

Thought for the day 21st of April 2011

“I have found that that if you love life, life will love you back” by Arthur Rubinstein. 

What a wonderful way to get love from life! Love it! I believe Rubinstein here talks about love for the principles of life, and entertainment of those principles in your soul. These principles can be put in other words:”You will reap what you sow”. Sowing and reaping works on a daily basis. If you are doing good and not getting it back yet, do not worry there is God who set up those principles and He takes care that those principles would work for good or for bad (depending on what you sow).

It takes time for seeds to grow and give fruit. Do not lose hope or stop doing good, wishing other people all the best and blessing them for the time of reaping will come for you. It is an eternal principle and nobody can stop it from working. Nobody! The greatest dictators who killed millions of people had finally to reap what they had sown. It is the grace of God and not artfulness of a person that he does not immediately reap bad stuff for doing bad things. Rewards come and we should love the principles of life and practice them to get back love from life. So, keep on loving life and the love of it will come back to you. 

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Things cannot disturb you, your view of them does

Thought for the day 19th of April 2011

“Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved” by Marcus Antonius. 

We often think that we have a right to be angry about something or somebody and most often we feel righteous when we pour the anger on the object, which in our opinion causes us to be angry. However, have we asked ourselves who suffers most in this situation? Is it the object at which we direct our anger? He/she might not even know that we are angry about him/her. So, the object, most probably does not feel the consequences of your anger at all.

Who feels them then? It is us, who entertain anger in our hearts. The biggest damage that the anger causes is for us, who decide to be angry. It is a very destructive emotion that causes our bodies to break, if it is not dealt with in proper time. Anger releases chemical elements that eventually might cause a lot of destructive diseases in our brains and bodies. Why not forget the wrong that the person has done to you? You will be much happier yourself. I know it can be difficult, but it will be much easier than to carry the anger around. It is your choice. Drop negative emotions and suffer no more.

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Changing geographical location does not change you

Thought for the day 15th of April 2011

“Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves” Italian proverb. 

Would you behave according to this Italian proverb? I guess not. I wouldn’t either. Of course, we shouldn’t accept the proverb literally. It tells about people attitude in difficult situations. I think that most of us would go crazy if our house burnt down. What thoughts would turn in your mind if that happened? You would be depressed for a month at least. Difficult situations show what kind of people we are, how strong we are, how we are able to cope with difficulties, tragedies and losses. 

We should not look at any situation only from present perspective. Very often, we behave like this when something bad happens. We think that it is the end of the world for us. Well, I have some good news for you: it is not. Try to see everything from future perspective. Maybe the situation you are facing now will be the greatest lesson of your life that will enable you to achieve and accomplish unimaginably great things. So, train yourself to see everything from a future perspective and try to see positive outcomes for problematic or even bad situations that you experience now.

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