Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied..."Things aren't always what they seem".
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen! The first man had everything, yet you helped him. The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their cow die. "Things aren't always what they seem", the older angel replied.
When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I told him to take the cow instead.
Things aren't always what they seem. Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way we think they should. If you have faith in God, just trust that every outcome is always to your advantage.
You might not realize it until much later.

Time for Humanity

Once upon a time, there was an island (ironically “Our World”) where all the feelings lived:Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge,and all of the others, including Humanity.

One day it was announced to thefeelings that the island would sink, so they all prepared their boats and left. Humanity was the only one who stayed. Humanity wanted to stay with the island until it started sinking.
When Humanity was almost sinking, he decided to ask for help.
Richness came by Humanity in a beautiful boat.Humanity said,"Richness, can you take me with you?"Richness answered,"No, I can't... There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.There is no place here for you."
Humanity decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by,"Vanity, please help me!""I can't help you Humanity.You are all wet and you may damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so againHumanity asked for help,"Sadness, let me go with you.""Oh...Humanity, I am so sad that I prefer to go alone!"
Happiness passed by Humanity too, butshe was so happythat she did not listen whenHumanity called her!
Suddenly, there was a voice,"Come Humanity, I will take you."
It was an elder.Humanity became so happy that he evenforgot to ask the elder her name.When they arrived on dry land,the elder went on her own way
Humanity asked Knowledge, another elder, thename of the elder who had helped him."It was Time," answered Knowledge."Time? But why did Time help me?" asked Humanity."Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Humanity is,"answered Knowledge.

The moral of this wee story is:"Take the time to know what Humanity is"

You create your personal universe!

Whatever happens to you - anything - is what you have created. You are the master of your world and you have made it what it is. Whatever you have created, notice now the wonder of achievement - whether you view your life as good, bad or so-so, you have made it how it is.
You don't, for example, catch 'a lack of confidence', you make it by the way you think, by what you believe and by what you do and feel.
Imagine biting into a lemon. You may be aware that your face changes and you might even grunt, as you think of the bitter taste. Now what causes you to react to the imagined bitterness? Not a lemon. There isn't one! What makes you react as you do is the mental image you created.
Compare 'a lack of confidence'. How can you believe, think, feel and act and speak so you consider you lack confidence? What mental images (of being rejected, of failing), what facial expressions (of sadness, and fear) and what feelings (of nervousness and hopelessness) do you create to make yourself lack confidence?
And what pictures, feelings, sounds do you create to make yourself be full of confidence?
Whether you lack self confidence or have it in abundance - you have created the mental pictures, sounds and feelings that make you what you are.
So, if you wish for different things, you can achieve them.
This is about how you can make these changes easily and quickly in a way you have never realised before. These pages are not about mere inspiration, but about how you can understand your mind so that you can create that which you sensed you could attain, but have not yet noticed how you can use your skills of making your world the way it is, to making it different.

Some tips for A Better Life

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. Sleep for 7 hours.

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

5. Play more games.

6. Read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

11. Drink plenty of water.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime..

17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

18. Smile and laugh more.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Forgive everyone for everything.

26. What other people think of you is none of your business.

27. GOD heals everything.

28. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

29. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

30. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

31. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

32. The best is yet to come.

33. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

34. Do the right thing!

35. Call your family often.

36. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

37. Each day give something good to others.

38. Don't over do. Keep your limits.

39. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.