Archive for July, 2007

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Motivation, The Heart of Self-Improvement

Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting flunked grades make us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of our inability to look for a source of income. Being humiliated gives us the ‘push’ to speak up and fight for ourselves to save our face from the next embarrassments. It [...]

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Saturday, July 21st, 2007

The Battleship & The Lighthouse

“Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one’s status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one’s inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.“ Lao [...]

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Struggles in Life

“Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.” Author unknown
A man found a cocoon of an [...]

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Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Flowers Grow

As we celebrate the birth of this great nation, may we remember the sacrifices of those who have given so much for the freedoms we enjoy and pay tribute to that unfailing desire that perserved this Land of Liberty.
Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi

Destruction’s path has ended
Strewn with chaos and debris
Mournful desolation
Is [...]

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