Diamonds In The Rough

[Marlene]

I found this quote in a book of meditation under the heading of healing:

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.
-Lillian Smith

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

People Are Meant to be Loved
(Community)
Author Unknown

People are meant to be loved.
Things are meant to be used.
Many of our problems stem from a disturbance of this reality.
People are used and things are loved.

 

[Marlene]

People are meant to be loved.
Things are meant to be used.
Many of our problems stem from a disturbance of this reality.
People are used and things are loved.

This one....this one hits the nail on the head!! I'd like to put this on poster-sized paper and hand this to a great many (too many!!!) people I know. Thanks for posting this. :kiss:

 

[goingonhope]

Thanks for posting this. :kiss:

:smile: You're very welcome Marlene. :music: Glad it hits the nail on the head and do hope you pass it on.

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

Listen With Your Ears
Author Unknown

When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.

Listen! All I asked was that you listen, not talk or do - just hear me.

Advice is cheap; fifteen cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper.

And I can do for myself. I am not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.

When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.

But, when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can quit trying to convince you and can get about this business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.

And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice.

Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.

Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes, for some people - because God is mute, and he/she doesn't give advice or try to fix things. "They" just listen and let you work it out for yourself.

So listen and just hear me. And, if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn, and I'll listen to you.

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

The Little Boy and the Old Man
(Community)
Shel Silverstein

Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the little old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded. "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "It seems
Grownups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

Choosing to Function
(Community)
Leonard Zunin

I believe that courage is all too often mistakenly seen as the absence of fear. If you descend by rope from a cliff and are not fearful to some degree, you are either crazy or unaware. Courage is seeing your fear, in a realistic perspective, defining it, considering alternatives and choosing to function in spite of risks.

 

[Marlene]

This is something my yoga instructor says at the end of each class. From the first time I've heard it, it's really resonated with me.
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May we be filled with loving kindness.
May we be well.
May we be peaceful and at ease.
May we be happy.
May we find the love that is within.
May we find the strength to persevere.
May we find our place under the sun.
May we find our true self.

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

Children
(Leadership)
Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters
of Life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you
yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.


..........just had to post a reading about children...just had to...and with the very limited
selection I have to choose from, this is what I chose
........hope it makes some sense and is enjoyed. I'm not always enlightened, and can grasp only some of it's understanding, but that doesn't mean you'all won't.
.............by the way, if you haven't yet seen the It's a boy thread, take a look now and see picture of Caleb Isaac Tyler Parsons. Caleb will make your day. What a cutie.

 

[Marlene]

Hope,

Kahlil Gibran's 'The prophet' is one of my all-time favorite books. My copy is about in pieces from being read so much.

IMHO, you couldn't have picked a better post about children. :smile:

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

Kahlil Gibran's 'The prophet'

Sounds like a book I'd be very much interested in reading. Must be rather excellent if not much is left of your copy, Marlene. Going to keep it in mind and check around.

And, thank you for the reassurance on choosing and sharing the "Children" reading. I needed it. Thanks again.


Courage is the Complement
Commitment
Robert Heinlein

Courage is the complement of fear. A person who is fearless cannot be courageous.

 

[goingonhope]

Diamonds in the Rough

The Last Bridge
(One-Liners)
Heinrich Harrer

I believe that no man can be completely able to summon all his strength, all his will, all his energy, for that last desperate move, till he is convinced the last bridge is down behind him and that there is nowhere to go but on.