LIFE IS LESS FORBIDDING WITH SOMEONE AT YOUR SIDE

          There is gratification in sharing joyful events and an advantage
to partnership.  More important is to discover someone to help shoulder
your misfortunes.  The hour of danger, the shadow of distress, will seem
less forbidding with someone at your side.  Some wish to carry off all
the applause, but end by carrying off all the sounds of disapproval
instead.  In such circumstances have a confidante or partner at hand to make
excuses for you, or at least to aid you in bearing the humiliation, for neither
fate nor the crowd readily attacks two!  This explains why the intelligent
physician, having missed the cure, does not miss calling another, who
under the name of consultant helps him carry the coffin.  Divide with another
your burdens and your sorrows.  For misfortune, always difficult, is doubly
unbearable to him who stands alone.

DO NOT ACT IN THE HEAT OF PASSION

                              

             DO NOT ACT IN THE HEAT OF PASSION

     The heart and the head are often at odds, do nothing in passion
 or everything goes wrong. He cannot work for himself who is not
 in command of himself, and passion invariably overrides reason.

 When embarking on something of importance, collaborate with
 one who is hardheaded and less impassioned.

They who judge from a distance always see more, as does the
audience viewing a play, for those in the play are ruled by excitement.

As quickly as you discover your temper beginning to stir, engage in

hasty retreat, for the blood has rushed into your head and emotion

has replaced the ability to think logically and clearly.
A lifetime of damage can begin in one brief moment.

FEW ARE FRIENDS OF WHO YOU  ARE: MOST ARE FRIENDS OF WHAT YOU ARE

There are friendships that are legitimate and others that are lightweight and matter little.  The former enrich your accomplishments, the latter give only fleeting pleasure. In our world today, where ambition abounds, few are friends of who you are; most are friends of what you have accomplished.  The best friends are those you have tested by time. They are friends chosen not only by desire, but by judgment, rather than those who enter your company through chance and intrusion.  Though choosing is exercised in its execution.  To find pleasure in a man does not prove him a friend, for the enjoyment may spring more from the high value you set upon his company than from his capacity.

Only Foolish Men Are upset by Events They Can't Control

He who grows in wisdom grows in impatience.

Just as he who knows much is hard to satisfy. At times we suffer most impatience with those upon whom we most depend. But this is a game of fools, for only foolish men are upset

by events they cannot control.

Learning to keep a rein on impatience when our nature is impetuous prepares us for

encountering misfortunes with perfect calm.

It is the lessons of restraint that force us to set up a school of self control.

Let him who cannot control his impatience take refuge within himself and test his strength

in putting up with himself......... B. G

Recognize The Power of Courtesy

Courtesy is the quiet, underlying power behind all negotiations. those of breeding fall under its spell, while the vulgar, confronted by it, fall over in confusion. It is said that only a fool keeps shouting while his opponent whispers. When you add courtesy to something you sell, it returns a twofold value. You receive the worth of goods and, at the same time, the respect of the satisfied buyer. Among mature negotiators, courtesy is a sign of sophistication and caring. Even in an exchange in which few words are spoken, the buyer and seller agree tacitly to trade again. There isn't much that the art of courtesy cannot improve........B G

LOVE

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put into what we do.

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference toward one's neighbor......................

Do not allow yourself to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

Joy is love-a joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love, for she gives most who gives with joy.

Only humility will lead us to unity and unity to peace.

Be kind to each other - I prefer you make mistakes in kindness, than that you work miracles in unkindness.

I do not agree with the big way of doing things. To us what matters is an individual. To get to love the person we must come in close contact with him. If we wait till we get the numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers. And we will never be able to show that love and respect for that person.

In these times of development, everybody is in a hurry and every body's in a rush, and on the way there are people falling down, who are not able to compete. These are the ones we want to love and serve and take care of.

Nakedness is not only for a piece of cloth. Nakedness is for human dignity, for respect. Homelessness is not only for a home made of bricks. Homelessness is being rejected, unwanted, unloved, uncared for, having forgotten what is human love, what is human touch......

Let us not make a mistake - that the hunger is only for a piece of bread. The hunger of today is so much greater: for love - to be wanted, to be loved, to be cared for, to be somebody.

We cannot condemn, judge or speak words that might hurt...By what right, then can we condemn anyone?

Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are.

INTENSE LOVE DOES NOT MEASURE - IT JUST GIVES.

We have no time to listen to the poor - often they have to come again and again - walk long distances-sick, tired, in pain- to tell us of their want - of their suffering, and we, because we are busy about many things, we have no time to sit at their feet and listen.. To all those who suffer and are lonely-give them not only your ears but also your heart.

Kindness has converted more people than Zeal, science, or eloquence.

Never let anyone come to you without coming away better and happier.

HOW DO WE LOVE? NOT IN BIG THINGS, BUT IN SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE.


The Words and Inspiration of MOTHER TERESA

The Cross Exemplifies Every Virtue

Virtues of the Cross:

If you seek the example of LOVE: Greater love than this no man has, than to lay down his life for his friends. Such man was Christ on the cross. And if he gave his life for us, then it should not be difficult to bear whatever hardships arise for his sake.

If you seek PATIENCE; you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth. Therefore Christ 's patience on the cross was great.

If you seek an example of HUMILITY; look upon the crucified one, for God wished to be judged by Pontius Pilate and to die.

If you seek an example of OBEDIENCE; follow him who became obedient to the Father even unto death. For just as by the disobedience of one man, namely, Adam, many were sinners, so by the obedience of one man, many were made righteous.

If you seek an example of despising earthly things, follow him who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Upon the cross he was stripped, mocked, spat upon, struck crowned with thorns, and given only vinegar and gall to drink.

THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST AND DOCTOR