I've Learnt

This quote is so profound:If you will take the time to read these I promise you'll walk away with an enlightened perspective. The subjects covered, affects us all, on a daily basis: They're  written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so  much with so few words.  .........Enjoy.........  

I've  learned ... That  the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly  person.
I've  learned ....  That when you're in love, it shows. I've  learned ....  That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!'  makes my day.

I've  learned ....  That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the  most peaceful feelings in the  world.
I've  learned ....  That being kind is more important than being  right.
I've  learned ....  That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've  learned ....  That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the  strength to help him in some other way.
I've  learned ....  That no matter how serious your life requires you to be,  everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've  learned ....  That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a  heart to understand.
I've  learned ....  That simple walks with my father around the block on summer  nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an  adult.
I've  learned ....  That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets  to the end, the faster it goes.
I've  learned ....  That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask  for.
I've  learned ....  That money doesn't buy class.
I've  learned ....  That it's those small daily happenings that make life so  spectacular.
I've  learned ....  That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be  appreciated and loved.
I've  learned ....  That to ignore the facts does not change the  facts.
I've  learned ....  That love, not time, heals all  wounds.
I've  learned ....  That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've  learned ...  That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've  learned ....  That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the  ones you miss.
I've  learned ....  That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock  elsewhere.
I've  learned ....  That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one  more time before she passed away.
I've  learned ....  That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because  tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've  learned .....  That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your  looks.
I've  learned .....  That when your newly born grandchild holds your little  finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for  life.
I've  learned ....  That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all  the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing

The Empty Boat⛵*

A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery.
He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes and begins his meditation.  

After a few hours of undisturbed silence, he suddenly feels the bump of another boat colliding with his own. With his eyes still closed, he senses his anger rising, and by the time he opens his eyes, he is ready to scream at the boatman who dared disturb his meditation.
But when he opens his eyes, he sees it’s an empty boat that had probably got untethered and floated to the middle of the lake.
At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization, and understands that the anger is within him; it merely needs the bump of an external object to provoke it out of him.

From then on, whenever he comes across someone who irritates him or provokes him to anger, he reminds himself, *“The other person is merely an empty boat. The anger is within me.”*

Take time for introspection & search for answers within.

This lovely parable is from "Your Sacred Self" by Dr. Wayne Dyer.

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”         “Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”
The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”
The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”
The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”
The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”
The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”
The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”
Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”
To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.”
May be this was one of the best explanation to the theory of 'After-death' and the concept of 'GOD' I have come across..