"I believe that it is not dying
That people are afraid of, something else.
Something more unsettling and more tragic
That dying frightens us,
We are afraid of never having lived,
Of coming to the end of our days
With the sense that
We were never really alive.
That we never figured out what life was."- Harold Kushner
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Written by Ingit on October 20th, 2008
Written by Ingit on July 5th, 2008
I like this quote by Benjamin Franklin. Keeps me doing things which are of significance.
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of."
~ Benjamin Franklin, 18th century US statesman, writer and scientist
Do you value every moment?
Or, do you fritter away precious time ...
Written by Ingit on June 25th, 2008
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th Century German Poet, Dramatist & Scientist
It was 1897 when Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist, was studying wealth and income distribution in 19th Century England. During the course of his studies, ...
Written by Ingit on June 3rd, 2008
Purposeful living is not just about personal enrichment. After we have enriched ourselves, it is about being a change agent, being an influencer for good and making a positive impact on the lives of others - making this world a better place.
Here is a lesson from the Bible about making ...
Written by Ingit on June 2nd, 2008
Purposeful Living - Make the Most of the Day
All other good gifts depend on time for their value. What are friends, books, or health, the interest of travel or the delights of home, if we have not time for their enjoyment? Time is often said to be money, but it ...
Written by Ingit on May 23rd, 2008
" it is not the fast tempo of modern life
That kills but the boredom
A lack of strong interest
And failure to grow that destroys.
It is the feeling that nothing is worthwhile
That makes men ill and unhappy."
- Harold W. Dodds
There is nothing worse than being lukewarm. Being interested in nothing and seeing ...
Written by Ingit on May 22nd, 2008
"Fear not for I am with you, be not dismay for I am your God, I will uphold you, I will uplift you with My victorious right hand" - Psalms
"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." -Karl Barth, Swiss Theologian
Courage isn't an absence of fear. It is doing ...
Written by Ingit on May 15th, 2008
"The greatest achievement
was at first and for a time a dream.
The oak sleeps in the acorn;
the bird waits in the egg;
and in the highest vision of the soul
a waking angel stirs.
Dreams are the seedlings of realities."
~ James Allen, 19th century English writer from As a Man Thinketh
All of us are ...
Written by Ingit on May 15th, 2008
"Do not run through life
so fast that you forget
not only where you have been,
but also where you are going.
Life is not a race,
but a journey to be savored
each step of the way"
~ Author Unknown
Good reminder. Are you sprinting through life so fast that you miss to savor each moment, and ...
Written by Ingit on May 14th, 2008
I like this poem. It re-focuses my priority in life. It reminds me of what is important against what is urgent. It is about living and experienceing life to the full .....
"When's the last time you watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain as it tickled the ground?
Have ...
