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Be the Best
Whatever You Are
by Douglas Malloch

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley--

But be the best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.


If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--
But the liveliest bass in the lake!


We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.


If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail--
Be the best of whatever you are!

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"It Couldn't Be Done" Poem by Edgar A. Guest

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.  

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.  

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.  

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you. 

But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "couldn't be done" and you'll do it.

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One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

 

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk.

 

He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

 

“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.”

 

He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”

 

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

 

Year’s later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

 

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

 

Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.

 

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.

 

She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She began to read the following words:

“Paid in full with one glass of milk”

Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.

Author Unknown

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Today You Can
by Catherine Pulsifer

Today you can choose to count your blessings
or you can count your troubles.
Today you can live each moment
or you can put in time.

Today you can take action towards your goals
or you can procrastinate.
Today you can plan for the future
or you can regret the past.

Today you can learn one new thing
or you can stay the same.
Today you can seek possibilities
or you can overwhelm yourself with the impossible.

Today you can continue to move forward
or you can quit.
Today you can take steps towards resolving your challenges
or you can procrastinate.

You see today the choices are up to you
in deciding what you do today.

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"Start Where You Stand" Poem by Berton Braley

Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won't help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why that's enough, you're done with it,
you're through;

This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don't give the vanished days a backwards look,
Start where you stand.  

The world won't care about your old defeats
If you can start anew and win success;
The future is your time, and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress; 

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,
Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,
The future is for him who does and dares,
Start where you stand.  

Old failures will not hald, old triumphs aid,
To-day's the thing, tomorrow will soon be;
Get in the fight, and face it unafraid,
And leave the past to ancient history.  

What has been has been; yesterday is dead
And by it, you are neither blessed or banned;
Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead,
Start where you stand.

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The Optimist Creed
by Christian D. Larson

Promise Yourself -
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is
something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best
and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and
press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and
give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that
you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

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When by my solitary hearth I sit,
And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom;
When no fair dreams before my 'mind's eye' flit,
And the bare heath of life presents no bloom;
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!
 
- John Keats

The sun and stars that float in the open air... the
appleshaped earth and we upon it... surely the drift
of them is something grand;
I do not know what it is except that it is grand, and that it
is happiness,
And that the enclosing purport of us here is not a speculation,
or bon-mot or reconnoissance,
And that it is not something which by luck may turn out
well for us, and without luck must be a failure for us,
And not something which may yet be retracted in a certain
contingency.

- Walt Whitman

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A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: ”How heavy is this glass of water?”

 

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

 

She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

 

She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”

 

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

 

Author Unknown

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Take Time
by Author Unknown

TAKE TIME to think;
it is the source of power.

TAKE TIME to read;
it is the foundation of wisdom.

TAKE TIME to play;
it is the secret of staying young.

TAKE TIME to be quiet;
it is the moment to seek God.

TAKE TIME to be aware;
it is the opportunity to help others.

TAKE TIME to love and be loved;
it is God's greatest gift.

TAKE TIME to laugh;
it is the music of the soul.

TAKE TIME to be friendly;
it is the road to happiness.

TAKE TIME to dream;
it is what the future is made of.

TAKE TIME to pray;
it is the greatest power on earth.

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If today

If today was the last day of my life
I would leave all worries aside
I would be thankful to be alive
I would be all right
I would just smile


If today was the last day of my life
I would stop to smell the roses
I would appreciate all that surrounds me
I would be friendly, and I would laugh
I would take the time to be closer
If today was the last day of my life
I would pass on peace
I would be generous
I would pass on love
I would deeply breath
If today was the last day of my life
I would accept peacefully all that comes,
including my death,
for death
is just a new beginning.
- Cristina Diaz

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From the film Swami Vivekananda
 
The stars were not seen in day,
for that it is not the fact that
stars do not exists.
For that we have to wait for
whole day till night.
Like that God is there but the
travelling path is so long.

Ramakrishna Paramahansa

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“Compassion for living beings! Fool! Who are you, an insignificant creature, to show compassion?  No, no, not compassion, but service to all beings looking upon them as God himself” – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

 Knowledge is not something to be packed away in some corner of our brain, but what enters into our being, colours our emotions haunts our soul, and is as close to us as life itself – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

The world tomorrow will be, must be, a society based on non-violence.  That is the first law; out of it all other blessings will flow – Mahatma Gandhi

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The trouble tree...

 

The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start.

 

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet the family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.

 

After opening the door, he underwent an amazing transformation. His face was wreathed in smiles, and he hugged his two small children and then gave his wife a kiss.

 

Afterward, he walked me to my car. We passed the tree, and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

 

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied. “I know I can’t help having troubles on the job, but one thing for sure, troubles don’t belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning, I pick them up again.”

 

“Funny thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

 

Author Unknown

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We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through the darkness to a safe same future. – John F. Kennedy

A great teacher is not simply one who imparts knowledge to his students, but one who awakens their interest in it and makes them eager to pursue it for themselves, he is a spark plug, not a fad pipe - W.J. Berrill

All education springs from images of future and all education creates image of the future significant past of education must be seen as the process by which we enlarge, enrich and improve the individual’s image of the future. – Alvin Toffler

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“An individual took a diamond to the market place for valuation and asked several shopkeepers about it.  The brinjal seller opined that five baskets of brinjals might be bartered for that gem.  The rice merchant viewed that two bags of rice could be liberally given in exchange for it.  The draper in his turn held that a bale of linen might be unhesitatingly offered for that precious thing.  Finally, it was given to the diamond merchant who alone could value it at two lakhs of rupees!  In this fashion, the Lord is also beheld in varying ways according to the people’s power of understanding.  God’s glories are verify unfathomable.”

– Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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The solution of the vedanta is that we are not bound, we are free already.

God is man’s very self.

Every being is divine, is god.

The whole universe is a symbol and god is the essence behind.

The name of god is greater than god.

Repeating the name of god has wonderful power.

God comes to those who work hard.

God is not to be reached by the weak.

God has become man, man will become god again.

It is possible to find god outside of ourselves.

- Swami vivekananda

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Who loves all beings without distinction he indeed is worshipping best his god.

The goal of the universe is to realise oneness with the “om” or one existence.

No man is free who is subject to the bondage of matter.

God himself is your image.

God is as man is.

Love is god, freedom is god and everything that is bondage is not god.

God can only be known in and through man.

The nearer we approach god, the more do we begin to see that all things are in him.

The god in you is the god in all.

No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness – the rest will come of itself.

- Swami Vivekananda