When we redefine ourselves and refine the trajectory of our lives, we lose a lot of 'friends'. What we gain is not only a deeper meaning of self, but deeper bonds with those who are along for the uncut version of the full journey. Worth it.!

There is nothing so sweet to me as the innocence of a child. I love children with all my heart and soul and see them as defenseless without the help of decent adults that these innocent ones can trust with all their hearts and souls. We must do all that we can to bring our young up to believe in a better world so that they too can pass this wonderful thought onto their own children.

Evil has the world turned to accepting its practices. Let us turn the tide and bring love, faith and hope back to our innocent ones and keep them innocent and let Love be the controlling power on the earth once more.!

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.!

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.!

Success is sweet. The sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats.!

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.!

There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.!

There are moments in your life that make you and sets the course of who you're going to be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes, they're big moments you never saw coming. No one asks for their life to change, but it does. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.!

It's not what I have been through in my life that defines who I am, it's how I got through it that has made me the person I am today.!

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.!

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.!

Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future, he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never truly lived.!

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.!

Your happiness is what truly matters most, do what you have to do in order to be happy.!

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.!

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.!

Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.!

The next time you feel like you can't take one more step (or loss, or setback, or heartbreak, or......) think back on all of the times you've felt that way before. You could and you did. Know you can do it again.!

Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.!

Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.!

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.!

Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring.!

This is the key to life: To expect everything to be given to you from above, yet to be genuinely surprised and forever grateful, when they are. Expecting all good things to be yours, while not knowing how to take anything for granted. If there may be a key in life, this is the key.!

You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.!

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.!

Facing any obstacle with a positive attitude helps us get up faster after a fall. We tend to deal with situations better when we know that the end will be good and worthy and that we can do our part in what it is that we need to deal with in life and achieve.

A smile goes a long way and the good cheerful feeling that goes with the smile is contagious and will be passed onto other people around us. We humans have the ability to deal with any situation that happens - many of us just are not prepared to try harder, or want to do better. Some of us believe that we are unworthy or not capable, but we are worthy and are capable with time and practice.

Re-educating the mind with positive and happy conversation is a winner. Telling yourself all the time that you are good and healthy. Pray for guidance and help to do things. Keep the negative thoughts in your head at bay - every time a negative thought hits your mind make it a habit to crunch it down fast, push it aside.

Have you been in a room with people who all stand around claiming that the job at hand cannot be done for this or that reason and then someone walks into the room full of enthusiasm and keen to get the job done and this persons attitude and enthusiasm will infect all the people and everyone flies ahead and does what is needed. I have seen this a few times and it is impressive. If parents do this with their children and pitch in and help it really helps give the children enthusiasm.

A good attitude to anything, will lift people up physically and spiritually. Practice seeing life as a worthy adventure, something worth being a part of. You can find somewhere where you will be useful, we all can do something, somewhere to help out. This is a big world and there are many opportunities to be found. I am not talking about getting a job, I mean helping people with your heart, for free, to encourage and help people lives - God's worthy work from the heart and soul.

Feeling positive means we need to be optimistic about the future. Feeling that the future is bad will only keep the future outlook in our mind negative - how could a person say that everything is alright when they only see misery in the future! So we need to start plans in our mind of what we want to do sometime in the future - these are things that we will look forward to doing for ourself and for other people, animals and the world.

2013 could be a plan in itself as a year that you will want to try new things, be with new people, try to grow more spiritually, get more exercise, go for relaxing walks. Being positive needs positive people around us - people who think like us. Being positive is not chanting that you will be happy each morning, it is a feeling, and a feeling that will grow with true hope and a will to be part of goodwill in the world.!

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.!

If all you are doing is following someone else’s rules, then you have not grown, you have obeyed.!

When you no longer need approval from others like the air you breathe, the possibilities in life are endless. What an interesting little prison we build from the invisible bricks of other people's opinions.!

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.!

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.!

The most valuable asset is not a head full of knowledge but a heart full of love with an ear ready to listen and a hand ready to help.!

For every positive change you make in your life, something else also changes for the better - it creates a chain reaction.!

Never quit.!

If you fall.....get right back up. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday. Today's a new day. It's up to you to get back on track. It's up to you to move closer to your goals and dreams. You can do it.!

Start by doing what is necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible.!

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.!

Rudeness is the weak person's imitation of strength.!

Live life like a pair of walking feet. The foot that is forward has no pride and the foot behind has no shame. Because they both knows their situation will change.!

Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.!

Your life has so many happy hours, moments and days that failure and negatives are only sprinklings in your life. But if you give the negatives power over your mind and life, those negative dark miserable sprinklings can become hours, days, weeks and even years. Keep the power in you positive, love, laugh and live with joy in your voice and spring in your step. Don't let the negatives (even from other people who claim to know better) become you.

Remember these words:

Failure is just a moment.!

Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable.!

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.!

In order to move on in our lives, sometimes we have to accept that we might never understand what has happened, some things are just meant to be unknown.!

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides it's evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island. To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.!

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing.....not healing, not curing.....that is a friend who cares.!

A friend is someone who does things that count, but doesn't stop to count them.!

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.!

Beautiful has nothing to do with looks. It's how you are as a person and how you make others feel about themselves.!

You don't need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely.!

Always believe something wonderful is about to happen.!

No relationship is a waste of time. The wrong ones teach you the lessons that prepare you for the right one.!

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.!

You should appreciate what you have, before it becomes what you had.!

Being hurt is something you can't stop from happening, but being miserable is always your choice.!

Sometimes the hardest things in life are what make you the strongest.!

We are all a part of a great, infinite, ocean of consciousness. In other words, we all share a similar human consciousness that interconnects us. As individuals, we are the wave that arises from the wider ocean of consciousness. We are both the wave and the ocean. We are both individuals, and a collective consciousness.!

With every hardship there is an ease.!

One day I was running in the rain, having all my burdens and pains.

Unable to see as everything was dark. I was finding the way in the light of spark.

Cars were passing me side by side. I asked everyone, can you give me a ride???

They replied we can't as this is all your fate and I was in dilemma to love them or hate.

Tears on my face were mixing with rain. All my efforts were going in vain.

I felt so fear and I felt alone. Pain of loneliness diffused in to bones.

All of a sudden a thought warmth my brain. As a cup of coffee in acute strain.

I closed my eyes and said: "Oh Allah Kareem.! Shower your blessings indeed You are Raheem."

And what I saw when I opened my eyes.

Believe.! There was a rainbow in blue skies. Everything was shinning and looking bright.

Is it really me who was shivering with fright?

Yes!!! It's only Allah who gives us peace.

With every hardship there is an ease.!

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.!

When things go wrong.....

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.!

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.!

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.!

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.!

If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done.!

Forget it enough to get over it, remember it enough so it doesn't happen again.!

Good things come to those who believe...better things come to those who wait and the best things come to those who "Never and don't easily give up".!

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.!

Success is obtained only by increasing our strengths, not by the elimination of old weakness.!

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.!

You may think the grass is greener on the other side. But if you take the time to water your own grass it would be just as green.!

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.!

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.!

When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.!

You can't go through life protecting yourself from everything; you have to take chances, because if you don't then you might as well not be Living.!

It is not about who hurt you and breaks you down, it's about who was always there to make you smile again.!

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.!

Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strength: it shows your courage.!

I choose to make, the rest of my life. The best of my life.!

Don't wait until your life is almost over to realize how great it's been.!

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.!

Self Improvement is about changing ones ways. And the only way that this can be done is by being tough on yourself and demanding that you respect yourself enough to want the best for yourself. Its about change for the better. Being tough means that when people come along to tempt you to places or things that you know you shouldn't be doing you say "No!" and are firm about it.


Part of self improvement is moving forward and not falling back to the ways of the past (no matter how much we liked it in the past or are tempted - it won't kill us to say no and it may save our life saying no) because the old ways will only bring what you have already experienced that held you back and that is why you want self improvement now.

Its not about making money, or redefining yourself, or becoming famous, or school degrees - self improvement is about bringing forth the person that you want to love and respect and feel good about every day when you wake up. The person you want your children to love and accept and respect. Its about being someone that is important and reliable in peoples lives.

Be strong and of good courage and be tough enough on yourself to find the changes you want to make and then make them. Don't rush too much but do make a strong effort. And don't let yourself down, God and you know you are worth more than that.

I read a few times that the most successful people are only about 5% of the population because they get tough on themselves and don't weaken to temptations and stay on course for self improvement. Lets improve on that number and add ourselves to that with dedication to make this year a very important one in our lives.!

Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.!

The past is like using your rear-view mirror in the car, its good to glance back and see how far you've come, but if you stare too long you'll miss what's right in front of you.!

Whatever you do doesn't just have an effect on you. It affects everyone that knows you, your family, friends and their family and friends. So be mindful of your actions because it doesn't just begin or end with you.!

A good friend is a connection to life. A tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.!

Friends are relatives you make for yourself.!

Don't let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow. Live for today.!

Refuse to ruin a perfectly good today by thinking about a bad yesterday.!

Once they move on, it's a great day.!

For better or worse.....but not for granted.!

It is never too late to be what you might have been.!

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.!

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.!

Sometimes problems don't require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them.!

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.!

Happiness is a state of mind. To keep the happy heart happy we must be doing what we know is right and avoid the darkness that kills a joyful heart.

Being happy now and in the future needs planning. Do avoid the things that make your heart tired and weary.

Avoid the people who suck the spiritual life from you. Be where your heart is happy then you can mature in the right conditions.!

The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and put them to use in the future.! 

Do not be discouraged by setbacks and failures.....They make you strong.!

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.!

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.!

The deeper we honestly and humbly search into our spiritual heart the more amazed at how much love, grace and forgiveness that we have inside us waiting to be shared with the world.!

A little spark of kindness can put a colossal burst of sunshine into someone's day.!

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless when facing them.!

Geese Facts;

Geese Facts;

Next fall when you see geese heading south for the winter.....flying along in V formation...you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way:

As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in V formation the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range, than if each bird flew on its own.

People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone... and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front. If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are.

When the head goose gets tired it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs...with people or with geese flying south.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. What do we say when we honk from behind?

Finally.....and this is important.....when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshots, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their group.!

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.!