Ben abuyah and learning

Rabbi Elisha ben Abuyah used to say:

“Those who are open to life’s lessons and who nurture no prejudices are like a blank sheet of paper on which God writes his words with divine ink.

“Those who are always looking on the world with cynicism and prejudice are like a sheet of paper already written upon and on which there is no room for new words.

“Don’t bother about what you already know, or what you don’t know. Don’t think about the past or the future, just let the divine hands write down each day the surprises of the present”.

The meaning of life?

'Death is imminent for everyone..

When u are about to die, you want to leave something behind for those around you.

Even if you pass away, you want those you leave behind to live happily.

I'm able to do my best to live because i thought this way.'

** came across this dialogue when i was watching a drama **

Life is short.. I really cannot understand why people insist to be calculative with each other, petty with each other, picking on each other. It especially sad when we are working in a cancer setting, dealing with patients who faces death angels everyday, for what????? clueless.. =(

Antique Bakery

Synopsis:
Jin-hyuk was brought up as the well-bred heir to a corporate fortune. He has got the looks, the money and the charm, but even so, true love is hard to find. Jin-hyuk opens up a cake shop and hires Sun-woo, a talented patissier who had a crush on Jin-hyuk back in high school. Together with Gi-beom, an ex-boxing champion and Su-young, a clueless bodyguard, four unique and handsome men stir up a quiet neighborhood when they show up at the cake shop, Antique.

p/s: Watch this movie on-line today. The shop antique is so cool.. and the cakes makes one drool! the show explore gay theme.. when the gay looks so good, it's no wonder men falls for him ;p

Realised

I think I am finally starting to realise the meaning of all the stuff that I have been reading and reflecting all these time.

All this while i guess i'm just reading them, ponder over their meaning, thought that i understand it, and promptly forgot about it as time past..

I didn't really practise what i believe in that's why i'm constantly pondering over the same old issues over and over again... talk about pot calling the kettle black..ha..

Yesterday night just before i fell asleep, it just suddenly strike me in my head, How long does this have to go on or what have to happen before i realised?


Hmm.. think i'm getting there, it's still at the tip of the ice-berg but i think i'm finally heading towards the right direction.

hope it continues...

*******crossing fingers***************

Soul food of the day

"Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing. But is becomes a curse when its only use is to prevent us from thinking about what our life means."

Paulo Coelho

Quotes.. Quotes.. & more Quotes ;)

From confucius;

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

"We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression."

"When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

From Dalai Lama;

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."

Brillant

“If you want something, first of all you have to show your eyes.”

We can have all the available means of communication in the world, but nothing, absolutely nothing takes the place of the human look.


quote from paulo coelho's blog

yipee!!

Yipee.. got back my music ;p

Hohohoho

www.mixpod.com

Wondering

Everything happen for a reason.

There's always something to be learn, it's whether or not u want to see it or face it.

Someone told me today, sometimes the important thing is to be aware of it, then try to strike a balance in your emotions. It might not be easy to change everything, but alot of times, negative emotions are self-induced.

So instead of inducing negative emotions, why not induced positive ones =)

I will try.

p/s: enough of whining liao..

The art of listening

Was reminded recently that one of the skills that I want to master is the art of listening.

Not really doing a great job of that. Must try harder.

I must learn to listen, really listen and give full attention to the person that's talking to me.
That's the basic respect that i can give to another person.

Equally important is, I must also learn to listen to my own inner voice, acknowledge what is in there before it's too late.

wise..

Soul food of the day

Should one listen to ones heart or brain? Or a mixture of both?

The world is a mixture of matter and spirit so: listen to your brain whenever you need to make material and practical decisions.
But listen to your heart whenever the problem at hand concerns your dreams and hopes.

As Saint Paul wrote in his letter to the Corinthians: “If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing.

If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but without love, then I am nothing at all.

If I give away all that I possess, piece by piece, and if I even let them take my body to burn it, but am without love, it will do me no good whatever.”

Paulo Coelho

p/s: met up with an old friend today, he told me something that really coincide with what i have just posted today... The signs are all out there.. I just need to listen.

upset..

Something upsetting happen at work today with a fellow colleague and i had really wanted to make the scene ugly but I hold myself back, there's no need for me to go to that level but it really is so disappointing.

Then as i was reading my daily soul-food..

today post was:

"It’s normal that we don’t always keep our enthusiasm in front of obstacles. Indeed some people truly make an effort in destroying our plans and hopes and so they appear as evil."

"But in these moments, if you are able to remind yourself of the reason of your actions and also see that those that are committed in creating pain around them are actually their first victims – then you may at least find an extra dose of consolation in your path. Ally yourself with those that wish you the best and don’t give strength to those that want to see you down. Don’t even grant them the right to be called your “enemies”. "

How apt an entry..


p/s: The key now is how to balance my emotions cos i don't know how to behave around her liao. I can't pretend nothing happen.