Choose to Be Happy 选择快乐

Happiness is

2011-08-24T13:18:00.004+08:00

Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

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Perhaps we can learn from her? =)

Quotes on Optimism

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"An optimist sees the glass half full while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty.”
- Anonymous

"When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities."
- Zig Ziglar

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Winston Churchill

"Real optimism is aware of problems but recognises the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile."
- William Arthur Ward

"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."
- William Arthur Ward

"Few things in this world are more powerful than A Positive Push, A Smile, A Word of Optimism, and Hope."
- Rich DeVos

"Positivity is a choice. Is the glass half empty or half full? YOU get to make the call."
- Anonymous

用乐观赶走悲观，
用积极取代消极，
用自信化解自卑，
慢慢你就会建立正确的思想。
－林庆昭作品“没有掉下来，就不曾攀登过”

乐观的人，永远有路可走。
－何权峰作品“生命发牌机会出牌”

Quotes on Growth

2011-06-10T16:02:00.001+08:00

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"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves… Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
- Viktor Frankl

"Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth."
- Jim Rohn

“Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.”
- Anthony Robbins

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety."
- Abraham Maslow

"Don't GO through life, GROW through life."
- Eric Butterworth

"If we are growing, we are always going to be out of our comfort zone."
- John C. Maxwell

"Without the rain, flowers don't grow. Without challenges, neither do you."
- John Di Lemme

How Do You Play Soccer If You Live On A Floating Village?

2011-04-12T10:49:00.018+08:00

This video again shows that Nothing is impossible. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill

Never Give up, Follow Your Passion!

2011-01-06T12:50:00.002+08:00

Courage is...

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Liu Wei, a pianist who plays with his toes

2010-10-14T13:11:00.002+08:00

The world is full of amazing people who choose not to let their circumstances defeat them. Liu Wei, 23, an armless Chinese pianist shocked the country on "China's Got Talent" playing the piano with his toes. He lost both of his arms when he was 10, after touching a high-voltage wire while playing hide-and-seek.

Wei, from Beijing, had always wanted to be a professional musician. His first piano teacher quit and said it was impossible for anyone to play the piano without fingers. At 18, he decided to teach himself.

He said, "For people like me, there were only two options. One was to abandon all dreams, which would lead to a quick, hopeless death; the other was to struggle without arms to live an outstanding life".

我的人生中只有两条路 - 要么赶紧死，要么精彩地活着。刘伟 [中国达人秀]

YOU CAN, WHEN YOU BELIEVE!

2010-10-14T12:30:00.003+08:00

A Small Country but A Big Dream

2010-08-18T11:51:00.011+08:00

The inaugural Youth Olympics Games is now held in Singapore! Being a Singaporean, I'm so proud of my country for hosting such a world-watching sports event. I was even more proud when I watched the spectacular performance at the opening ceremony last Saturday =)

Opening Ceremony of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics:
YOG Opening Ceremony 1
YOG Opening Ceremony 2

Watch the games live and get an update on the results at YOG TV Live

Choose to Live Your Dreams - Tererai Trent

2010-07-01T15:00:00.005+08:00

As a young girl in rural Zimbabwe, Tererai Trent lived without running water and electricity and had no hope for her future. "I remember very well my father pointing to my brothers and the other boys in the village and saying: 'These are the breadwinners of tomorrow. We need to educate them. We need to send them to school. The girls will get married,'" she says. "And that was just a painful experience for me."

Desperate to learn, this little girl with big dreams secretly did her brother's homework. "I learned to read and write from my brother's books," she says. Soon, Tererai's secret was exposed, and the teacher begged her father to let her learn.

Tererai attended only two terms before she was forced to marry at age 11. By age 18, she was the mother of three. "When my husband realized that I wanted to have an education, he would beat me," she says. "I have nightmares of that time of my life."

In 1991, a visitor changed Tererai's life forever. Jo Luck, from Heifer International, asked every woman about her greatest dream—something many of them didn't know they were allowed to have. "I remember very clearly saying: 'My name is Tererai, and I want to go to America to have an education, and I want to have a BS degree. I want to have a master's, and I want to have a PhD," she says. "And she just looked at me [and said], 'If you desire those things, it is achievable.'"

Hoping her daughter could break the cycle of poverty, Tererai's mother encouraged her to write her dreams on a piece of paper. The 20-year-old placed them in a scrap of tin and buried them under a rock in the pasture where she used to herd cattle. "As a woman without an education, life will continue to be a burden," she wrote. "I truly believe in these dreams, and I hope one day to work for the causes of women and girls in poverty."

Tererai not only broke the cycle—she shattered it. In 1998, Tererai moved to Oklahoma with her husband and now five children. Just three years later, she earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural education. In 2003—the same year her husband was deported for abuse—Tererai obtained her master's degree.

After every achievement, Tererai returned home to Zimbabwe, unearthed her tin of dreams and checked off each goal she accomplished, one by one. In December 2009, the now happily remarried Tererai will realize her greatest dream of all—a doctoral degree.

Tererai is a symbol of hope in her village. On a trip home in 2009, Tererai and her mother encouraged a new generation of girls to dream, giving them pens, paper and tiny metal tins. "It makes me feel happy, but at the same time, it makes me feel empty that there are more women who could have the same opportunity but they are not getting it," she says. "My story is not about me, but it's about what can come out of my story."

How I See Myself...

2010-06-03T14:45:00.005+08:00

Clay Dyer - The Most Inspirational Fisherman Ever

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Four Things We Cannot Recover

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The stone.... after the throw!
The word..... after it's said!
The occasion.... after the loss!
The time..... after it's gone!

The Clutter is All in Your Mind

2010-01-21T12:08:00.001+08:00

The Lunar New Year is nearing so it's time for the annual spring cleaning. So what are things we really need, and what the things we can donate to the needy or should toss away?

Many of us love to shop and often we ended buying things we like/want but do not need. And day by day these things start to clutter our space, shelves, cupboards, storeroom, and our mind.

Giving away or donating things we hardly use or don't really need is the step necessary for us to welcome newer and better things in our life. And not forgetting, "The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you."

The Clutter is all in Your Mind

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Quotes on Simplicity

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Timeless Treasures

"Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
- Lao Tzu

"Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life,
and the labors of life reduce themselves."
- Edwin Way Teale

"Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language,
and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying.
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things,
and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things."
- Elise Boulding

Success is...

2009-09-23T11:21:00.001+08:00

Success

1. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.

3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

4. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationship with people you love and respect.

5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.

6. Be generous.

7. Have a grateful heart.

8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.

9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.

10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.

12. Commit yourself to quality.

13. Take good care of those you love.

14. Be loyal.

15. Be honest.

16. Be a self-starter.

17. Be decisive even it it means you'll sometimes be wrong.

18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.

19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

Quotes on Family

2009-09-14T13:33:00.001+08:00

"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony."
- Eva Burrows

"Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and handholds.
Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and friends."
- Anonymous

"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family."
- Virginia Satir

"The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the "love account."
- Zig Ziglar

败犬女王－寻找幸福

2009-09-11T12:06:00.003+08:00

單無雙要出嫁了。。。阿母虽然很希望女儿可以嫁出去,却更希望女儿嫁的人是自己所爱的,并能得到最终的幸福。。。

"结婚证书它只是可以证明你有另外一伴,但是它不能保证你下半辈子会是快乐的"

"婚姻不是绑住幸福的工具。。。"

"结婚不是结局,反而是考验的开始"

Everyday is the Beginning of a New Chapter

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Picture by Zanastardust

Life is like a BOOK -
everyday is a new page;
Make your book a BESTSELLER with
adventures to tell,
lessons to learn and
tales of good deeds to remember.

Sharpen your axe

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John, a woodcutter, worked for a Company for five years but never got a raise. The Company hired Bill and within a year he got a promotion. This caused resentment in John and he went to his Boss to talk about it.

The Boss said, "You are still cutting the same number of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up."

John went back started hitting harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn't able to cut more trees. He went back to his Boss and told him his dilemma.

The Boss asked John to go and talk to Bill. "Maybe there is something Bill knows that you and I don't."

John asked Bill how he managed to cut more trees. Bill answered, "After every tree I cut, I take a break for two minutes and sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?"

This question hit like a bullet and John got his answer.

"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?"
If you want to progress in life, you cannot rest on your past achievements. You must continuously sharpen your axe of knowledge, skills and expertise in whatever field of activity you may be in!

Quotes on Work

2009-07-02T14:54:00.003+08:00

Give It All You've Got
"There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."
- William J. Bennett

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle."
- Steve Jobs

"The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves."
- Brian Tracy

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men.
No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
- Elbert Hubbard

"People who never do any more than they get paid for,
never get paid for any more than they do."
- Elbert Hubbard

"You got to like your work.
You have got to like what you are doing,
you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it..
because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?"
- Colonel Sanders

"Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow because of what you have done today?"
- William Arthur Ward

Quotes on The Future

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Sunbeams Radiating Through Clouds, Paro, Bhutan

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
- Peter Drucker

"Put your future in good hands - your own."
- Anonymous

"I'm an optimist.
I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past.
And I also believe I have a role in that.
The great thing about human beings, myself in particular,
is that I can change. I can do better.
If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times."
- Jeffrey Immelt

"The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day."
- Gloria Steinem

"My will shall shape the future.
Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own.
I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze.
My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny."
- Elaine Maxwell

Two Days We Should Not Worry About

2009-06-26T10:11:00.003+08:00

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry,
two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is Yesterday
with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders,
its aches and pains.

Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday.

We cannot undo a single act we performed;
we cannot erase a single word we said.
Yesterday is gone forever.

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow
with all its possible adversities, its burdens,
its large promise and its poor performance;
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise,
either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
for it is yet to be born.

This leaves only one day, Today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day.
It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down.

It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad,
it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened Yesterday
and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.

Let us, therefore,
Live but one day at a time.

Quotes on Worrying

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"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy."
- Leo Buscaglia

"It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control?
The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized."
- Wayne Dyer

"Clearly understand, there isn't any situation that isn't made worse by worry.
Worry never solves anything.
Worry never prevents anything.
Worry never heals anything.
Worry serves only one purpose... it makes matters worse."
- Bob Proctor

"The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise.
If we are preoccupied by worries, we have that must less attention to expend on figuring out the answers.
Our worries become self-fulfilling prophecies, propelling us toward the very disaster they predict."
- Daniel Goleman

Give away your Smiles =)

2009-06-17T09:28:00.002+08:00

Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.

I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin,
When he smiled I realized, I'd passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile, then realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine, Could travel round the earth.

So, if you feel a smile begin, Don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick, And get the world infected.

Don't you have a similar experience before?
Where you saw a stranger having a happy smile on her face and
before you knew it, you were grinning for no apparent reason too.
Then someone saw your grin, and he smiled too.

You probably felt a little silly for smiling without any reason at first,
but when your smile brought a smile to someone's face,
you knew that it costs nothing to brighten up someone's day.

May you freely give away your beautiful, happy smiles!

Quotes on Smiles

2009-06-15T10:50:00.000+08:00

"There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all."
- Anonymous

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."
- Phyllis Diller

"A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks."
- Charles Gordy

"The shortest distance between two people is a smile."
- Anonymous

"A smile costs nothing but gives much.
It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give.
It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and
none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it.
Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile.
Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give."
- Anonymous

Lead a Fisherman's Life

2009-05-27T10:40:00.000+08:00

Silhouette Of Boy Fishing At Sunset
An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.

Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long he took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, "Only a little while."

The banker then asked, "Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more fishes?"

The fisherman said, "With this, I have more than enough to support my family's needs."

The banker then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, go for walks with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends. As you can
see, I have a full and busy life."

The banker scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat! With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling
your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to a processor, eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, process and the distribution. You would need to leave this small fishing village and move to the capital city. After that, who knows, maybe you could take on the world!"

The fisherman asked, "But how long will all this take?"

To which the banker replied, "I'd say about 15 to 20 years."

"But what then?" asked the fisherman.

The banker laughed and said, "That's the best part! When the time is right, you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."

"Millions? Then what…?" asked the fisherman.

The banker said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, go for romantic walks with your wife, and in the evenings you could sip wine, play guitar and sing songs with your friends!"

To which the fisherman mused, "Now isn't that strange? Isn't that what I'm doing now?"

"Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast, you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
- Eddie Cantor

Live One Day at a Time

2009-05-25T11:46:00.001+08:00

Dalai Lama

Quotes on Living in the Present

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"Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future.
It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift."
- Oprah Winfrey

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."
- Dale Carnegie

"We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it.
But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today,
and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it."
- John Newton

"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."
- Ralph W. Sockman

"There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday."
- Robert Nathan

"Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
- Anonymous

"Nothing is worth more than this day."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Quotes on Purpose of Life

2009-05-20T11:50:00.000+08:00

The Purpose Of Life- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You are not here merely to make a living.
You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
- Woodrow Wilson

"Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives.
They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction.
The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.
Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term;
it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals,
that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment."
- Anthony Robbins

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Enjoy the cup of Coffee

2009-05-18T10:11:00.002+08:00

Café Espresso
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university Professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the Prof went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups.”

Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.

So friend, don't let the cups drive you, enjoy the coffee instead.

Life

2009-05-15T11:23:00.000+08:00

Lemons
Life is pretty simple,
When you asked for apples and life hands you lemons,
just make lemonades with them.

If you are on your way out, and it starts to rain,
feel glad that you won't have to water the plants today.

Life is a matter of seeing things in perspective.
The benefits may not be immediate or obvious, but do remember this:
In life, there's nothing you cannot handle. Nothing you can't triumph over.
There will be problems, there will be struggles.
But if they're not there, how would you know how strong you actually are?

Quotes on Life

2009-05-12T10:32:00.010+08:00

Photo by code poet

"Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?"
- Ivana Trump

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving"
- Albert Einstein

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that
great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.
The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."
- Michael E. Gerber

"Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once."
- Lillian Dickson

"We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything."
- Charles Swindoll

"Life is the sum of all your choices."
- Albert Camus

"Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away."
- Anonymous

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
- Norman MacEwen

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."
- Anonymous

“人活着，不是期待人生完全没有悲苦，
而是要期待自己能从悲苦中成长、感悟，
那么悲苦就不再是悲苦了。
就象吃苦瓜一样，不必去奢求苦瓜会变甜瓜，
而是去了解并超越苦瓜的苦，品尝出苦涩滋味后的甘甜。”
－何权峰 “哈哈笑过苦日子”

“每个人都在写自己的故事，
每个人都有机会改变故事的情节，填补以及丰富你的生命，
甚至决定整个故事的结局。”
－何权峰 “命运发牌机会出牌”

The A - Z Secrets to Success in Life

2009-05-09T16:38:00.002+08:00

Success: Soccer

A void working just for power and money. The most important thing in life cannot be bought.
B e Honest, Reliable, and Kind.
C hoose your friends carefully, stay away from negative people.
D on't be afraid to take risks.
E verything is possible. You have to believe that You Can Do It!
F ree rides don't exist.
G ratitude and appreciation towards life is the secret to living a happy life.
H appiness is a Choice. Being miserable is the other option.
I nvest in expanding your knowledge, learning is a lifelong process.
J ust doing enough to get by won't get you anywhere, you have to Go the Extra Mile.
K eep Going No Matter What, Press On!
L earn from your mistakes, and never repeat them.
M ean what you say, and say what you mean.
N ever, ever give up on your dreams.
O pportunities only knock on the door of the person who is Prepared.
P ut in only your Best Efforts.
Q uit the habit of procrastinating and making excuses.
R each out to people who need help.
S ometimes you have to slow down and smell the roses.
T reat everyone with Respect.
U se your most precious asset - Time wisely.
V isualise your dreams coming true in your mind's eye.
W ork hard, but do not forget to spend time with your Loved ones.
X pect obstacles in life but see them as Challenges.
Y ou are Responsible for your life.
Z oom in to the details of the steps you will take to achieve your goals.

Quotes on Success

2009-05-06T10:03:00.002+08:00

Success
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill

"The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose."
- E.M. Gray

"The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success.
The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not.
Success is tons of discipline."
- Anonymous

"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."
- Vince Lombardi

"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."
- Napoleon Hill

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
- Booker T. Washington

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
- Benjamin Disraeli

"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one's self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived — This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
- Danny Thomas

Quotes on Achievement

2009-05-01T10:07:00.000+08:00

Achievement: Climber
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."
- Edmund Hillary

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
- Napoleon Hill

"If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
- Henry David Thoreau

"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."
- Conrad Hilton

"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best."
- Theodore I. Rubin

Quotes on Enthusiasm

2009-04-30T09:31:00.003+08:00

Motivation
"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity."
- Bo Bennett

"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.
Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait, the grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to excite your ideas."
- Henry Tor

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
When you do a thing, do it with all your might.
Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality.
Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The worst bankrupt is the man who has lost his enthusiasm.
Let a man lose everything in the world but his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success."
- H.W. Arnold

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
- Charles Kingsley

212 degrees - The Extra Degree

2009-04-27T10:01:00.000+08:00

Are You Going to Finish Strong?

2009-04-24T09:26:00.004+08:00

So what do you do if you fall down?

“Get back up, everybody knows to get back up, because if I stop walking, I'm not gonna get anywhere. But I tell you there are some times in life when you fall down you feel like you don't have the strength to get back up. Do you think you have hope?

Because I tell you I'm down here, face down, and I have no arms, no legs. It should be impossible for me to get back up. But it's not. You see, I will try 100 times to get up. And if I failed 100 times, if I fail and I give up, do you think that I'm ever gonna get up? No! But if I fail, I'll try again, and again, and again.

But I just want you to know that it's not the end. It matters how you're gonna finish. Are you gonna finish strong? And you will find that strength to get back up, like this...”

Ants' Philosophy - Never Quit

2009-04-22T09:46:00.001+08:00

Ants Philosophy

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Hang in There

2009-04-20T09:52:00.000+08:00

Hang in There
Don't quit when the tide is lowest,
for it's just about to turn;

Don't quit over doubts and questions,
for there's something you may learn;

Don't quit when the night is darkest,
for it's just a while till dawn;

Don't quit when you've run the farthest,
for the race is almost won;

Don't quit when the hill is steepest,
for your goal is almost nigh;

Don't quit, for you're not a failure
until you fail to try.

Don't Quit

2009-04-18T09:17:00.000+08:00

Quotes on Perseverance

2009-04-17T10:56:00.000+08:00

Perseverance
"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."
- Josh Billings

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
- Albert Einstein

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown."
- H. Ross Perot

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."
- William Feather

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge

"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before."
- Jacob A. Riis

"I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday."
- Anonymous

Quotes on Learning

2009-04-15T09:52:00.001+08:00

Knowledge
"That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game,
but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and
what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games.
Losing, in a curious way, is winning."
- Richard Bach

"If you accept failure as an opportunity to learn, it will change your whole perspective. Some people allow failures to stop them form ever attempting anything new. Rather than learn and move on, these people get stuck forever."
- Catherine Pulsifer

"I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned."
- Carol Burnett

"Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlive its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning."
- Gary Ryan Blair

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
- Alvin Toffler

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
- Henry Ford

"Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back."
- Chinese Proverb

Quotes on Failure

2009-04-13T10:20:00.001+08:00

Try, Try Again!- American Proverb
"What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."
- Mary Pickford

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."
- Marilyn vos Savant

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."
- John Christian Bovee

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas Edison

"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.
Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.
Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
- Dr. Denis Waitley

"We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.
It is a powerful obstacle to growth.
It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation.
There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling.
If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure — all your life."
- John W. Gardner

"Remember the two benefits of failure.
First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work;
and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach."
- Roger von Oech

"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."
- Scott Adams

The Cracked Pot

2009-04-11T17:19:00.003+08:00

Meadow Suite I
Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall.
Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.

"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you".

“Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"

"I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack on my side which causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it somehow. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."

Moral of the Story:
Each of us has our own unique flaws - we are all cracked pots. But it is the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. Tap on the cracks in those around you to make flowers. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. There is a lot of good out there and there is a lot of good in all of us!

Quotes on Mistake

2009-04-05T12:36:00.002+08:00

Mistakes - Esther Dyson
"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."
- Meister Eckhart

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein

"People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress."
- Dale Turner

"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
- Henry C. Link

"Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow."
- Henry S. Haskins

"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."
- Dale Turner

"Mistakes are stepping stones to success."
- Charles E. Popplestone

"Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time."
- George Bernard Shaw

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success;
we often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who never make a mistake never made a discovery."
- Samuel Smiles

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
- John Powell

Remember where Happiness Begins...

2009-04-02T10:03:00.003+08:00

All with a Smile =)

Let Us complain less and Give More

2009-04-01T16:55:00.008+08:00

How often do we complain that life is unfair? How often do we feel unhappy and unsatisfied with what we have?

If we compare ourselves with the rich people and CEOs, I could "see" how unfair life is when they drive around in Porsche and Ferrari while we have to take the public transport. They buy branded bags like LV and Gucci, while we can only afford their imitations. They stay in bungalows and private properties while we live in public housings. They go golfing during office hours, while we continue to slog after office hours.

They are born with a silver spoon while we are told to work very hard. They seem to be successful in everything they do while we keep facing problems.

However if we compare our lives with the people in the video, I could only say "You just don't realise how fortunate you are. Be grateful and appreciate what you have."

Quotes on Discipline

2009-03-28T09:08:00.001+08:00

Discipline
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."
- Jim Rohn

"Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!"
- Zig Ziglar

“Discipline itself brings pain, but the pain is temporary while the growth is permanent.”
- John Leddo

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first."
- Harry S. Truman

"Discipline is remembering what you want."
- David Campbell

Be Part of the Earth Hour

2009-03-25T15:04:00.005+08:00

Earth Hour is an annual global initiative organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that encourages households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour in order to raise awareness of climate change. It started in Australia in 2007, and achieved global participation in 2008.

This year, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights. It is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories, including Singapore, have pledged their support to Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.

Come join me and the world for Earth Hour as we switch off our lights for one hour from 8:30 - 9:30 pm on 28 March 2009.

Why Nothing Is Impossible

2009-03-23T09:47:00.002+08:00

有事没事

2009-03-22T15:38:00.006+08:00

Wish or Work
一些事没人做，一些人没事做
没事的人盯着做事的人，讲论做事的人做的事
使做事的人做不成事做不好事
于是，老板夸奖没事的人因为他看到事做不成
于是，老板训诫做事的人因为他做不成事
一些没事的人总是没事做
一些做事的人总有做不完的事
一些没事的人滋事闹事
使做事的人不得不做更多的事
结果，好事变坏事，小事变大事，简单的事变复杂的事

你若不想做，会找到一个藉口；
你若想做，会找到一个方法

Quotes on Excuses

2009-03-21T14:00:00.000+08:00

Excuses for Missing Class
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
- Benjamin Franklin

"For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future but an excuse can last for life."
- Eric Hoffer

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
- Edward R. Murrow

"The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse."
- Anonymous

"Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible."
- Francois La Rochefoucauld

Quotes on Opportunities

2009-03-19T10:19:00.000+08:00

Opportunity
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
- Ann Landers

"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared."
- Whitney Young, JR.

"Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly."
- Anonymous

"The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come."
- Gloria Estefan

"It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity."
- George Matthew Adams

"Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending."
- Anonymous

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of Oolong tea

2009-03-17T10:46:00.000+08:00

Tea leaves steep in a cup of hot water for green tea
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed Oolong tea. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in another bowl.

Then she ladled the Oolong out and placed it in the third bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and Oolong tea," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed a hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the Oolong tea. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. However each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The Oolong tea was unique, however. After they were put into the boiling water , they had changed the water color and taste.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a Oolong tea?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the Oolong tea? The tea actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the tea, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level?

How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a Oolong tea?

"People are like tea bags.
You have to put them into hot water before you can know how strong they are."

Quotes on Adversity

2009-03-16T12:25:00.001+08:00

Adversity

"When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters -
one represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."
- James Russell Lowell

"Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you."
- Jeffrey Gitomer

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage.
In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."
- Robert Collier

Accept Challenges of Life

2009-03-12T11:15:00.000+08:00

A Woman Aboard a Sailboat on a Rough Sea
Smooth roads never make good drivers.
Smooth seas never make good sailors.
Clear skies never make good pilots.
A problem-free life never makes a strong and good person.
Be strong enough to accept the challenges of life.
Don't ask Life: "Why me?"
Instead, "Try me..."

Quotes on Challenges

2009-03-11T14:00:00.001+08:00

Challenge: Skier
"Challenge is the core and the mainspring of all human activity.
If there's an ocean, we cross it;
if there's a disease, we cure it;
if there's a wrong, we right it;
if there's a record, we break it;
and finally, if there's a mountain, we climb it."
- James Ramesy Ullman

"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse."
- Helen Keller

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."
- Bernice Johnson Reagon

"Every result you get in your life is the combination of the challenge you receive from the reality around you and your capacity to respond to that challenge."
- Fred Kofman

"The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit."
- Jim Rohn

"There is no Challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself."
- Michael F. Staley

Risks We Must Take

2009-03-06T10:00:00.002+08:00

Risk
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken,
because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

Quotes on Risk

2009-03-05T11:22:00.002+08:00

Risk
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
- Wayne Gretzky

"Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever."
- Philip Adams

"A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for."
- John A. Shedd

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain

"There was a very cautious man,
who never laughed or cried.
He never risked, he never lost,
he never won nor tried.
And when he one day passed away,
his insurance was denied,
For since he never really lived,
they claimed he never died."
- Parable of the Cautious Man

Sassy Girl, Chun-Hyang 豪杰春香

2009-03-04T13:35:00.005+08:00

近来我迷上了这部韩剧“豪杰春香”，老实说当电视预告将播出这部剧时，我并不认为我会迷上它。因为我对trailer的第一印象是中学或高中生的谈情说爱，会有些幼稚或愚蠢。可当我看了两三集之后，我真的又迷上了。

故事不只有情豆初开，纯纯的爱，也有严厉父亲对调皮捣蛋儿子的父爱，能主观对待事情和一直呵护息妇春香的Father-in-law。学生时期很单纯的爱也让我禁想起过去。。。

Quotes on Courage

2009-03-03T13:26:00.002+08:00

Picture by @rina

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
- Andre Gide

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
- Anais Nin

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney

“Without the courage to take the first step, we are going to remain right where we are.”
- Zig Ziglar

You - You've got the most beautiful smile =)

2009-02-28T12:58:00.001+08:00

Trust me, you really gotta watch this video! Though this is a 16-minute video, once you started watching it, you will definitely want to finish watching the whole video (^-^)

More Quotes on Fear

2009-02-28T12:14:00.003+08:00

Quotes on Fear

2009-02-27T10:52:00.011+08:00

Fear- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real."
- Author Unknown

"Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop."
- Usman B. Asif

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
- Dale Carnegie

“It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you."
- Brian Tracy

“Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."
- Louis E. Boone

"Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power."
- Oprah Winfrey

“Too often we’re scared.
Scared of what we might not be able to do.
Scared of what people might think if we tried.
We let fears stand in the way of our hopes.
We say no when we want to say yes.
We sit quietly when we want to scream.
And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut.
Why?
After all, we do only go around once. There’s really no time to be afraid.
Just do it.”
–Nike Ad

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
- Marie Curie

“犯错是成长的一部分，
如果我们因为害怕失败而避免去做一件事，
也丧失成长的机会，
如果你避开失败，也就避开成功。”
－何权峰作品《命运发牌机会出牌》

Quotes on Choices

2009-02-24T09:16:00.005+08:00

Life Is Made Of Choices
"I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude."
- Judith M. Knowlton

“The choices you make today will determine what you will have, be and do in the tomorrow of your life.”
- Anonymous

"To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life."
- Arbie M. Dale

"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself."
- Robert F. Bennett

"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice."
- William James

"In every single thing you do, you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of choices."
- Dr. Kathleen Hall

"When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by them."
- Zig Ziglar

"Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles."
- Brian Tracy

"In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

“监牢也许限制了你的行动，
但它无法限制你思想的自由；
你可以选择悲伤，也可以选择欢笑；
你可以选择沮丧，也可以选择振作，
都看你自己。”
－何权峰著《命运发牌机会出牌》

Life is too short for any regrets

2009-02-23T14:01:00.006+08:00

Gifts of Time II
A man is on the verge of dying.

His dream came to pay its last respects and bid farewell to the man who had never used it.

As it entered the room the man looked down in shame.
“Why did you not realise me?” the dream asked.

“Because I was afraid,” the man said.

“Afraid of what?” asked the dream.

“I was afraid I would fail.”

“But haven’t you failed by not attempting to use me?”

“Yes I have, but I always thought there would be tomorrow.”

“You fool!” said the dream, “Did it never occur to you that there was only ever today… the moment that you are in right now? Do you think that now that death is here you can put it off until tomorrow?”

“No.” said the man, a tear gently rolling down his cheek.

The dream was softer now, because it knew that there were two types of pain - the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret - and while discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs pounds.

Then the dream leaned forward to gently wipe away the tear and said, “You need only have taken the first step and I would have taken one to meet you, for the only thing that ever separated us was the belief in your mind that you couldn’t have me.”

Quotes on Regrets

2009-02-21T11:08:00.001+08:00

Take Two
"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
- Jim Rohn

"As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do."
- Zachary Scott

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we did not take.
If you think something will make you happy, GO FOR IT!
Remember that you pass this way only once!"
- Anonymous

Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams

2009-02-20T22:07:00.001+08:00

Beauty of Dreams- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whenever you have a DREAM inside your HEART,
Never let it go coz DREAMS are the TINY SEEDS,
From which BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW GROWS.
Have a wonderful dream tonight…
GOOD NIGHT (^-^)

Believe and Persevere

2009-02-17T10:41:00.006+08:00

Horizon
Life can be unfair at times,
When you must maintain Faith
and never let go.

It is especially during the difficult time,
That you must Live your life,
To its Fullest Potential,
Those are the times to triumph
Over circumstances
With Hope and Courage.

Life isn't always fair,
But if you Keep Going and Persevere
To the very best of your ability
You will gain strength to manage
The new Challenge Ahead.

Each goal that you reach
Is another important step forward.

Believe that there are
Bright and Wonderful days,
Ahead for You and you will
FIND THEM.

Quotes on Goals

2009-02-16T10:19:00.004+08:00

Photo by @rina

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else."
- Lawrence J. Peter

"You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have."
- Zig Ziglar

"Goals are dreams with deadlines."
- Diana Scharf Hunt

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams."
- Og Mandino

"You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures."
- Charles C. Noble

"Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in striving toward an important goal."
- Maxwell Maltz

"The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach."
- Benjamin E. Mays

"If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new day brings."
- Susan Polis Schultz

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. ”
- Les Brown

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-13T11:01:00.003+08:00

When you love someone truly,
you don't look for faults,
you don't look for answers,
you don't look for mistakes.
Instead, you fight the mistakes,
you accept the faults and
overlook the excuses.

Let love be the guide to your dreams,
let love be the light to your heart,
let your love be the reason why
somebody else's heart still continues to beat.

Quotes on Possibilities

2009-02-13T10:42:00.000+08:00

American Moon Landing
"The impossible is often the untried."
- Jim Goodwin

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
- John Keywood

"Think about your future possibilities and the fact that your potential is virtually unlimited. You can do what you want to do and go where you want to go. You can be the person you want to be. You can set large and small goals and make plans and move step-by-step, progressively toward their realization. There are no obstacles to what you can accomplish except the obstacles that you create in your mind."
- Brian Tracy

"Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."
- Pope John XXIII

Quotes on Passion

2009-02-12T12:48:00.002+08:00

Find Your Song
"Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit."
- Mary Lou Retton

"If you have ever felt such tremendous enthusiasm and desire for something that you would gladly spend all your waking hours working on it, that you would happily do without pay, then you have found your passion."
- Sharon Cook & Graciela Sholander

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
- Albert Einstein

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”
- Hebbel

"If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you."
- T. Alan Armstrong

Live Your Dreams

2009-02-11T10:57:00.004+08:00

Follow Your Dreams
The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.

Keep your heart open to dreams.
For as long as there's a dream, there is hope,
and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living.

To accomplish great things
we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.

A dream is in the mind of the believer
and in the hands of the doer.

Yesterday is but a vision,
and tomorrow is only a dream.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow a dream of hope.

You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it come true.

To Be A Star
You must shine your own light
Follow your own path
And don't worry about the darkness
For it is when stars shine the brightest!

The A to Z secrets to Achieving your Dreams

2009-02-10T12:12:00.006+08:00

Dream, Explore, Discover
Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits.
Believe in Yourself!
Consider things from every angle.
Don't give up and don't give in.
Enjoy life Today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come.
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.
Give more than you planned to.
Hang on to your dreams.
Ignore those who try to discourage you.
Just Do It!
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier.
Love yourself first and most.
Make things happen!
Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal.
Open your eyes and see things as they really are.
Practice makes perfect.
Quitters never win and winners never quit.
Read, study and learn about everything important in your life.
Stop procrastinating!
Take control of your own destiny.
Understand yourself in order to understand others better.
Visualise your dreams coming true.
Want to realise your dreams more than anything.
Xcelerate your efforts.
You are unique and nobody can replace you.
Zero in on your target and Go For It!

Quotes on Dreams

2009-02-09T12:10:00.001+08:00

Reach for a Dream
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here."
- Susan Taylor

"The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking."
- Robert H. Schuller

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney

一直往前走

2009-02-06T11:26:00.003+08:00

不久前，我看到了这一个小短片，让我感触很多。。。生命其实是很宝贵的，因为我们无法知道它的长短。也因为无法预知生命，所以要懂得珍惜并开心地过每一天。

所以我们应该好好利用每一分，每一秒，好好珍惜与家人和好友一起的美好时光，让生命过得有意义。

生命的意义，生命的价值是自己给予的。只有我们自己知到什么对我们最重要。如果真的不知道，那就用心去寻找答案吧！

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

2009-02-05T12:35:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
YESTERDAY I met a stranger… Today this stranger is my friend.
Had I not taken the time to say “hello” or return a smile,
or shake a hand, or listen, I would not have known this person.
Yesterday would have turned into today and our chance of meeting would be gone.

YESTERDAY I hugged someone very dear to me. Today they are gone…
and tomorrow will not bring them back.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we all knew TOMORROW we would all be here?
But this is not to be, so take the time TODAY to give a hug, a smile and “I Care”.

JUST FOR TODAY, Smile at a stranger; Listen to someone’s heart;
drop a coin where a child can find it; Learn something new then teach it to someone; tell someone you’re thinking of them; hug a loved one; don’t hold a grudge; don’t be afraid to say “I’m Sorry”; look a child in the eye and tell them how great they are.

Don’t kill that spider in your house, he’s just lost so show him the way out; look beyond the face of a person into their heart; make a promise and keep it; call someone for no reason than to just say “Hi”; show kindness to an animal; stand up for what you believe in; smell the rain, feel the breeze, listen to the wind; use all your senses to their fullest;
Cherish all your TODAYS.

Today I thought about you.
Send this to your friends and loved ones,
let them know they were also thought about TODAY.
As each day is a GIFT to be shared . . .

The Present

2009-02-04T13:20:00.002+08:00

Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course?

Each of us has such a bank. It's name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day.

If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against "tomorrow."
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!

The clock is running!! Make the most of today!

To realise the value of one year, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realise the value of one month, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realise the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realise the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realise the value of one minute, ask a person who just missed a train.
To realise the value of one second, ask someone who just avoided an accident.
To realise the value of one millisecond, ask the person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! Remember time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why its called the Present.

Times of Your Life

2009-02-03T13:16:00.012+08:00

This song always catch my attention whenever it is being advertised on tv, and definitely the attraction was due to the special voice of the singer - Joanna Wang, and the well written lyrics =)

Good morning, yesterday
You wake up and time has slipped away
And suddenly it's hard to find
The memories you left behind
Remember, do you remember

The laughter and the tears
The shadows of misty yesteryears
The good times and the bad you've seen
And all the others in between
Remember, do you remember
The times of your life (do you remember)

Reach back for the joy and the sorrow
Put them away in your mind
The mem'ries are time that you borrow
To spend when you get to tomorrow

Here comes the saddest part (comes the saddest part)
The seasons are passing one by one
So gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life

Gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life
Of your life
Of your life

Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life
Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life

I remembered one month plus ago, we were busy decorating our house and Xmas tree. Then welcomed the New Year. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were tired and busy with spring cleaning, buying goodies etc for the Lunar New Year. And a week ago we celebrated the Lunar New Year with family and friends - went visiting, eat, drink and a little gambling. And very soon, the 15 days of Lunar New Year celebrations will be over...

Just how fast time flies, we are now into the second month of 2009... As we all know there's no turning back of the time, it will only keep going and going, ticking and ticking, so let's cherish the time, cherish the moments we will be spending with our loved ones and creating beautiful memories for us to remember the "Times of your Life".

Quotes on Responsibility

2009-02-02T17:23:00.003+08:00

Responsibility
"If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain."
- Charles B. Newcomb

"Take time to accept responsibility. Your life is exactly that - It's your life. It is created by you. You are constantly making choices, constantly creating new experiences. And although we can be affected by circumstances which can seem to be completely out of our control. Essentially, we decide the direction in which we walk."
- Nicolas Watkins

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."
- Oprah Winfrey

"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

恭喜发财！

2009-01-26T13:21:00.002+08:00

祝大家牛年行大运，新年快乐！！

Friends

2009-01-06T11:13:00.003+08:00

Many Seasons of Winnie The Pooh - ©Disney

Don't count your friends on a sunny day
when the sky is blue and laughter is abundant.
Instead, wait for a storm
when the clouds are dark and smiles are scarce.
When someone stands beside you and lifts your spirits to the sky,
then you'll know who deserves to be called a Friend.

Quotes on Friendship

2009-01-02T15:02:00.007+08:00

Friends

"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails."
- Donna Roberts

"A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."
- William Penn

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
- Walter Winchell

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
- Oprah Winfrey

"A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart."
- Anonymous

"Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are - chaff and grain together - certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away"
- Dinah Mulock

"The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had."
- Anonymous

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
- Albert Camus

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009 - 新的一年，新的开始，一切会更好 (^-^)

2008-12-31T10:59:00.010+08:00

Photo by Jerry

当我们撕下最后一张日历，
也就告诉我们，过去的已经过去，
不好的就随那张日历而去，好的让它成为回忆。
未来是未知数，所以拥有每天的今天才是最实际，
珍惜今天，在乎今天，珍惜我们所拥有，
珍惜我们身边一切的一切，懂得珍惜，就是幸福。
让我们以欢心迎接2009年，一定会比往年更好，
我忠心祝福你：事事顺心，平安健康！

Happy New Year!

2008-12-30T12:56:00.001+08:00

Happy New Year
A smile for the sweet memories,
a valued experience from the obstacles,
goodbye 2008 and welcome 2009.
Wishing you a year full of happiness and good health.
Happy New Year to you!

Smile Always =)

2008-12-30T12:47:00.005+08:00

I Just Smile And Look Pretty
Every Little Smile Can Touch Somebody's Heart.
May You Find Hundreds of Reasons to Smile &
May You Be the Reason for Someone Else's Smile Always.
Have A Great Smiling Day! =)

The Story of Love

2008-12-23T12:07:00.000+08:00

Love And Dreams
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”

“Is the man of the house home?” they asked.

“No”, she said. “He’s out.”

“Then we cannot come in”, they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in,” he said.

The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a house together,” they replied.

“Why is that?” she wanted to know.

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!” he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

Their daughter-in-law who was listening from the other corner of the house, jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him.

Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

Quotes on Love

2008-12-22T12:10:00.011+08:00

Photo by @rina

"Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
- Robert Heinlein

"Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. "
- Julins Gordon

"Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have."
- Anonymous

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world."
- Anonymous

"You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh,
but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry."
- Anonymous

"Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship.
It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end."
- Anonymous

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love."
- Leo Buscaglia

"Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others."
- Brian Tracy

"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."
- Henry Drummond

Counting down to Christmas! (^-^)

2008-12-21T12:32:00.005+08:00

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

路一直都在

2008-12-15T17:05:00.009+08:00

刚才收拾储藏室时，看到一盒装满着旧信件和卡片的盒子。。。看到十年前，同窗好友（B）写给我的一些信件和另个好友（A）送的生日卡片。。。。。让我想起曾经我们三剑客的友情是如此的深厚，如此的投机，但为一些误解而各分东西了。

这么多年来，我还是很想念我们三剑客在一起的时光，我相信我这辈子也不可能忘记。可是过去已经过去，一切也不能挽回了。

感谢A和B曾和我一同走过的一段路，我会珍藏这些美好的回忆。希望你们都过得很好。。。希望B已放下不愉快的过去，“永远向前路一直都在”

Smile from Your Heart (^-^)

2008-12-15T11:18:00.002+08:00

World is Full of Beauty

The joy that you give to others is the joy that goes back to you.
A happy heart makes the face cheerful.
May your day be as happy as your heart.
Have a Happy, Wonderful Day (^-^)

My Favourite Quotes

2008-12-13T19:00:00.009+08:00

Words to Live by: Life

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you
as by the attitude you bring to life;
not so much what happens to you
as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
- Kahlil Gibran

"A ship in harbour is safe but that is not what ships are built for."
- William Shedd

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills

"Losing hurts
but it hurts even more
when you realise that you haven't done your best."
- Anonymous

"If you don't have a vision for the future,
then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past. "
- A. R. Bernard

"You don't have to ask for what you need
as long as you don't mind not getting it. "
- Anonymous

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the external hanging on of an uncompleted task."
- William James

"If you keep doing what you have been doing,
you will keep getting what you have been getting."
- Anonymous

"If you are miserable about all the things you want and haven't got,
think about all the things you don't want and haven't got."
- Anonymous

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it’s good to check up once in a while to make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”
- George Claude Lorimer

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen,or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller

"The man with no shoes grumbled in the street, until he met a man with no feet."
- Anonymous

"Failure is not falling down.
Failure is not getting back up."
- Anonymous

Maybe Someday? . . . Maybe Today!

2008-12-13T12:09:00.004+08:00

Someday I'm Gonna Be King!

Maybe Someday
you will start living every day true to the best that is within you
and seriously pursue your most treasured dreams.

Maybe Someday
you will stop holding back and live the richness of every moment
and show the world who you really are.

Maybe Someday
you will explore the best of these possibilities
that you know in your heart are there.

Maybe Someday
you will see how truly beautiful life can be and
understand that nothing can hold you back.

Maybe Someday
you will wake up, see how useless most of your worries have been
and stop letting others hold you back.

Maybe Someday
you will decide that your life cannot wait any longer and
you wonder why you ever waited so long to start living.

Maybe Someday you will decide to Go For Your Dreams!

Maybe Someday is Coming.

Maybe Someday is Here!

Maybe Someday is TODAY!

Quotes on Effort

2008-12-11T12:01:00.006+08:00

Effort
"You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile."
- Brian Tracy

"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is he price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."
- Vince Lombardi

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it."
- Anonymous

"For things to get better, we have to get better.
Today will be much like yesterday unless we put in that effort."
- Anonymous

"Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb

Easy vs Difficult

2008-12-07T12:17:00.003+08:00

It's Easy

Easy is to get a place is someone's address book.
Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others.
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes.

Easy is to talk without thinking.
Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others.
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness.

Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream...

Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side...

Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up...

Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value...

Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise...

Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day...

Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself...

Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them...

Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.

Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action...

Easy is to think bad of others.
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt...

Easy is keep the friendship with words.
Difficult is to keep it with meanings.

Easy to read this.

Difficult to follow....

Things are usually not as difficult as they seem
the moment we start to take action and put in the efforts.

Life's Little Wisdom

2008-12-06T10:45:00.003+08:00

It's a Wonderful Life
Face your past without regrets.
Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear.
Keep faith and drop the fear.
Don’t believe your doubts and never doubt your beliefs.
Life is wonderful if you know how to live it.
Have a great day!

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Happiness is

Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

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Never Give up, Follow Your Passion!

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Liu Wei, a pianist who plays with his toes

YOU CAN, WHEN YOU BELIEVE!

A Small Country but A Big Dream

Choose to Live Your Dreams - Tererai Trent

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Clay Dyer - The Most Inspirational Fisherman Ever

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Sharpen your axe

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Give away your Smiles =)

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Lead a Fisherman's Life

Live One Day at a Time

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Enjoy the cup of Coffee

Life

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212 degrees - The Extra Degree

Are You Going to Finish Strong?

Ants' Philosophy - Never Quit

Hang in There

Don't Quit

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The Cracked Pot

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Remember where Happiness Begins...

Let Us complain less and Give More

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Be Part of the Earth Hour

Why Nothing Is Impossible

有事没事

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A carrot, an egg, and a cup of Oolong tea

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Accept Challenges of Life

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Risks We Must Take

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Sassy Girl, Chun-Hyang 豪杰春香

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You - You've got the most beautiful smile =)

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Life is too short for any regrets

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Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams

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Happy Valentine's Day

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