The Meaning of Humanity

do all the good you can,

by all the means you can, in all the ways you can,

in all the places you can, at all the times you can,

to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

~ John Wesley

Let Not Blind Faith Blinds Us

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

~Buddha

Positive Thoughts

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” Buddha

We’re halfway through 2009. I remember starting the year with a fear; a fear that this year might not be as good as last year. Indeed, I could not have a worst start than this. I could hardly point to a thing that I do since the start of the year, and say “This is good, I’m happy and satisfied”. I have taken so many wrong routes, and made lots of wrong choices. I can only hope that I have not done some irreversible damages. The first half of the year have been exceptionally difficult for me.

Then I realised today, that this so called “unlucky streak” could be the result of my negative thinking. My fears, all of them have become realities, because I have conditioned them to be in that way through my thoughts.

I started last year with so much zest and enthusiasm, nothing but a positive outlook towards life; and everything turned out well.

We are what we think we are, and we are who we think we are.

So, this is my new-half year resolution; that I shall have nothing but positive thoughts!