Inspiration for Today

"Love is not a thing to understand. Love is not a thing to feel. Love is not a thing to give and receive. Love is a thing only to become And eternally be....

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     “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience”       – Pierre Teilhard de Char...

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." - Mother...

Speak the truthSpeak kindlySpeak what is pleasantSpeak what is neededSpeak with intentionSpeak without criticismSpeak independentlySpeak well. Nagaju...

Real peace will arise spontaneously When your mind becomes free Of attachments, When you know that the objects of the world Can never give you what you really want. - Theraga...

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If you think you are beaten, you are.If you think you dare not, you don't.If you like to win, but think you can't,It's almost certain you won't.If you think you'll lose, you're lost.For out of the world we findSuccess begins with a fellow's will --It's all in the state of mind.If...

I asked for Strength......... And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong. I asked for Wisdom......... And God gave me Problems to solve. I asked for Prosperity......... And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work. I asked for Courage......... And God gave me Danger to overcome. I...

One day, the farmer's horse ran away, and all the neighbors gathered in the evening and said ‘that’s too bad.’ He said ‘maybe.’ Next day, the horse came back and brought with it seven wild horses. ‘Wow!’ they said, ‘Aren’t you lucky!’ He said ‘maybe.’ The next day, his son grappled...

There was once a little bird who was very nice, but very, very lazy. Every day, when it was time to get up, they had to shout at him again and again before he would finally struggle out of bed. And when there was some job he had to do, he would keep putting it off until there was...

One song can spark a moment,One flower can wake the dream,One tree can start a forest,One bird can herald spring,One smile begins a friendship,One handclasp lifts a soul,One star can guide a ship at sea,One word can frame the goal,One vote can change a nation,One sunbeam lights...

Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other...

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There was once an old lady who cried all the time. Her elder daughter was married to an umbrella merchant while the younger daughter was the wife of a noodle vendor. On sunny days, she worried, "Oh no! The weather is so nice and sunny. No one is going to buy any umbrellas. What...

A dog held a juicy bone in his jaws as he crossed a bridge over a brook. When he looked down into the water he saw a another dog below with what appeared to be a bigger juicier bone. He jumped into the brook to snatch the bigger bone, letting go his own bone, He quickly learned...