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It's not what you have, but what you enjoy
That constitutes your abundance.
Your real riches are riches in your head and heart.
Wealth without enjoyment is little consolation.
True satisfaction comes from appreciating what you have.
There are two ways of being happy:
You must either diminish your wants or augment your means.
It's always better to appreciate things you cannot have
Than to have the things you cannot appreciate.
Your riches will always lie within you,
Not in your material possessions.
Max Steingart
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A time for love
Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived,
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all the others, including Love.
One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was
going to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
So, all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve
the island paradise until the very last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under water, Love
decided it was time to leave.
She began looking for someone to ask for help.
Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked,
Richness, can I come with you on your boat? Richness answered, I am sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my
boat and there would be no room for you anywhere
The Love decided to ask Vanity, who was passing in a beautiful vessel, for help. Love cried out Vanity, help me please!
I can’t help you, Vanity said, you are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat.
Next Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, Sadness please let me go with you. Sadness answered, Love, I’m sorry,
but, I just need to be alone now.
Then, Love saw Happiness and cried out, Happiness, please take me
with you. But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling him.
Love began to cry, then, she heard a voice say, come love I will take
you with me. It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name.
When they arrived on land the elder went on his way.
Love realized how much she owed the elder and when she met Knowledge she asked who it was that had helped her.
It was Time, Knowledge answered. But why did Time help me when no one else would? Love asked. Knowledge smiled
and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.
Spread love and receive love in return. Remember that we don't get a chance to re-live this life. Live in the present and
dream of a lovely future. Take care.
Sandeep Kawlra
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