The Great Feeling

"They tried to bury me, but they didn't know I was a seed"

(Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos)

'The Devil whispered in my ear: 'You're not strong enough to withstand the storm.'
I whispered back: 'I am the storm.'

- Unknown author -

Do something wonderful! people may imitate it.

"Albert Schweitzer"

Moment of stories: The Zen Master and the scorpion

A Zen Master saw a scorpion drowning and decided to pull it out of the water.
When he did so, the scorpion stung him.
Through pain, the Master let go of the animal and it fell into the water again.
The Master tried to pull it out again, and the animal stung it again.

A young disciple who was observing came up to the Master and said, “Sorry, Master, but why do you insist? Don’t you understand that every time you try to pull it out of the water it will sting you?”

The Master replied, “The nature of the scorpion is to sting, and it’s not going to change my nature to help.”
So, the Master reflected, and with the help of a leaf, he pulled the scorpion out of the water, saving his life.

Then, speaking to his young disciple, he continued:
“Don’t change your nature if someone hurts you, just take precautions. For men are often ungrateful for the benefits you bring them. This is no reason to stop doing good, to give up the love that lives in you.

Some pursue happiness, others create it.
Worry more about your conscience than about your reputation, because your conscience is, what you are, and your reputation is only what others think of you.

When life gives you a thousand reasons to cry, show it that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller.

“Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

(c) Picture of The Great Feeling

Use what talents you possess: The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best – Henry van D**e

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”

—Barbara Kingsolver.

It is not optimism. I just don't have time for unhappiness! 🙂

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"..there are different ways to get what you want and everyone has to find their own ... shyness and fear shouldn't stop us from discovering where our abilities can take us! When we leave our 'comfort zone' we discover the dimension of our strength and develop valuable resources. You begin to see people differently, you increase your chances, not only by learning a new language but also by exercising your new ability to adapt to different realities and to understand people who are very different from you .. and you begin to see the universe in a new way ... And among the greatest discoveries is the one that makes us understand that the barriers that limit us are like the borders on a map: created to be crossed. "

From the film: Diarios de un intercambio

Don't wait to have everything to enjoy life, you already have the life to enjoy everything!

© Picture of The Great Feeling

One day a rich man handed a basket of rubbish to a poor man.
The poor man smiled at him and left with the basket, then emptied it, washed it and filled it with beautiful flowers.
He returned to the rich man and gave it to him.
The rich man was amazed and told him:
"Why did you give me beautiful flowers if I gave you the garbage?".
And the poor man said:
“Each person gives what he has in his heart”.

(Anonymous)

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
It matters that you don't just give up.”
(Stephen Hawking)

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

– Milton Berle

“How long should you try? Until.”

― Jim Rohn

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right.” – Henry Ford

"When you are asking for something your need is to give... and when you give you achieve Love"
Franco Battiato

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

― Lao Tzu

“It doesn't matter where you come from. It only matters where you are and where you want to go.”
Dean Graziosi

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Moment of Story: Never Give Up!

In the 1940s, there was a man who, at the age of 65, was living off of $99 social security checks in a small house, driving a beat-up car.

He decided it was time to make a change, so he thought about what he had to offer that other people may benefit from. His mind went to his fried chicken recipe, which his friends and family loved.

He left his home state of Kentucky and traveled throughout the country, trying to sell his recipe to restaurants. He even offered the recipe for free, asking for only a small chunk of the money that was earned.

However, most of the restaurants declined his offer. In fact, 1,009 restaurants said no!

But even after all of the rejections, he persisted. He believed in himself and his chicken recipe.

When he visited restaurant n. 1.010 he got a YES.

His name? Colonel Harland David Sanders
(best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken - also known as KFC).

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Ella Fitzgerald

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You are the writer of your life! 🙂

(Sean Patrick Flanery)