A Kind of Immortality (from "Tuesdays with Morrie"
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Posted:May 6, 2006 6:05 am
Last Updated:May 15, 2024 9:12 am 2741 Views
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Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.
As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on -- in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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A More Meaningful Life
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Posted:May 6, 2006 5:49 am
Last Updated:May 6, 2006 6:00 am 2713 Views
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.
- "Tuesdays with Morrie"
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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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Posted:Apr 8, 2006 3:13 am
Last Updated:Aug 4, 2008 6:41 pm 3133 Views
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from reading my latest blogs here, i'm sure some of u have reached the conclusion/realization that i've read the book 'tuesdays with morrie'. among the many books i've read that claim to give u advice, this is one of the gems that live up to ur expectations and then some. it's a chronicle of the last days of an extraordinary man who was slowly dying and yet...he was able to view his death and life not with despair, bitterness or anger but with equanimity and grace. for those of us who feel down, fed up with life, this book serves as a reminder of the things that really matter in life. the things that we should really care about, so that at the end of it all, or more importantly, as we go thru it all, we know and feel we are living a life worth living. wouldn't that make each of us feel happier? i know i would. 
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The Very Thought Of You/Ray Noble (quoted in 'Tuesdays with Morrie')
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Posted:Apr 8, 2006 2:09 am
Last Updated:May 15, 2024 9:12 am 2633 Views
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The very thought of you and I forget to do
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in a kind of daydream
I'm happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem
To me that's everything
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
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Some thoughts on life, love and marriage....
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Posted:Apr 8, 2006 12:07 am
Last Updated:May 6, 2006 5:59 am 2849 Views
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On love:
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said, "Love is the only rational act."
Love is so supremely important. Love each other or perish.
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
On trust:
Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.
On life:
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
On marriage:
If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike. (and the biggest of those values is) Your belief in the importance of your marriage.
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The Tension of Opposites / Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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Posted:Apr 7, 2006 11:47 pm
Last Updated:Apr 10, 2006 9:38 pm 2993 Views
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Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
Which side wins?
Love wins. Love always wins.
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Fallin
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Posted:Mar 16, 2006 7:24 pm
Last Updated:Apr 8, 2006 1:21 am 2761 Views
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I'm afraid to fly
And I don't know why
I'm jealous of the people who
Are not afraid to die
It's just that I recall
Back when I was small
Someone promised that they'd catch me
And then they let me fall
And now I'm fallin'
Fallin' fast again
Why do I always take a fall
When I fall in love
You'd think by now I'd learn
Play with fire you get burned
But fire can be oh so warm
And that's why I return
Turn and walk away
That's what I should do
My head says go and find the door
My heart says I've found you
And now I'm fallin'
Fallin' fast again
Why do I always take a fall
When I fall in love
Help me I'm fallin'
Fallin' fast again
Why do I always take a fall
When I fall in love
(It always turns out the same
When I fall)
Lovin' someone, losin' myself
Only got me to blame
Help me I'm fallin'
Fallin'
Catch me if you can
Maybe this time I'll have it all
Maybe I'll make it after all
Maybe this time I won't fall
When I fall in love
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Alley Cat
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Posted:Mar 2, 2006 8:27 pm
Last Updated:Apr 8, 2006 1:21 am 2992 Views
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There was once an alley cat who lived in a city. All her life she had been a stray, but she longed to have a human who would take her in and care for her. One day, she saw a man sitting in a park with some friends. He looked so cheerful, and his friends looked like they were having such a great time with him. The alley cat walked up to them and sat near grass where the man and his friends were. The man noticed her and picked her up then put her on his lap. He stroked her fur and gave her some of his sandwich. The alley cat felt happy and safe.
From day on, the alley cat would go to the park and keep him company from morning til afternoon. The man always brought her some milk to drink. They would spend their time together playing or lying in the sun while the man talked to her about things. The alley cat felt very happy whenever they were together, he was such fun to be with. But in the evenings, she would feel sad because the man had to go away.
“I come here during the day because I get so lonely at home. I live alone, you see and I wish I could find someone special to be with me,” he said one day. The cat reached out a paw and tickled his ear. That made him laugh. Soon they were playing on the grass, and neither seemed to have a care in the world.
A year passed and by this time the man and the alley cat had become good friends. They always had fun together, but they also had some not so good times. Because sometimes the man would tease alley cat a little too much, and she would get angry at him. They would then ignore each other for a few days, but they would always patch things up and spend time together as usual. There was only thing that puzzled the alley cat. If the man was as lonely at home as he said he was, why didn’t he bring her home so she could keep him company the whole time? They had a lot of fun during the day, so why not be together all the time? Whenever she tried to follow him, he would shake his head and say “Sorry kitty, but I’d rather not bring you home. I have my reasons but I would rather keep those reasons to myself.” And for the longest time the alley cat had to be content with that.
This didn’t mean however that she was willing to let matters remain that way. She had questions about him, and being a cat her curiosity started to get the better of her. She had also become very attached to him, and wanted to be with him all the time. After thinking it over, she finally decided to try to follow him without being seen. For several weeks, that turned into months, she tried but kept failing to follow him right up to his house. She never gave up though, because each time she could feel that she was getting nearer and nearer. Little things along the way were telling her she was getting there.
And one cold day in winter, she did it. She finally followed him all the way to his house. It was a neat, cozy looking bungalow that looked warm and inviting. Running quickly, she leaped up to the window sill, eager to see how the inside looked. And what she saw froze her in her tracks. The man was sitting on a chair, a beautiful Siamese cat on his lap. At their feet, three adorable young kittens were playing. That’s when it dawned on her….the man would never want her in his house. He would never ever take her in to be with him always because he already had what she could offer and even more.
With drooping whiskers, the alley cat jumped down and made her way back to the street, back to the alley where she lived. She never went to the park after that.
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"I'd Rather"/Luther van Dross
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Posted:Feb 16, 2006 6:21 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:28 pm 2666 Views
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I thought sometime alone
was what we really needed
you said this time would hurt more than it helps
but I couldn't see that
I thought it was the end
of a beautiful story
and so I left the one I loved at home to be alone (alone)
and I tried to find
out if this one thing is true
that I'm nothing without you
I know better now
and I've had a change of heart
I'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else
I'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself
I'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart
whoo-oo-oo-oo yeah
And then I met someone
and thought she could replace you
we got a long just fine
we wasted time because she was not you
we had a lot of fun
though we knew we were faking
love was not impressed with our connection they were all lies, all lies
so I'm here cause I found this one thing is true
that I'm nothing without you
I know better now
and I've had a change of heart
I'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else
I'd rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself
I'd rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart
who holds my heart
I can't blame you if you turn away from me, like I've done you,
I can only prove the things I say with time,
please be mine,
I'd rather have bad times with (please be mine) you,
than good times with someone else (I know)
I'd rather be beside you in a storm (anytime),
than safe and warm by myself (so sure baby)
I'd rather have hard times to gether,
than to have it easy apart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart (my heart)
I'd rather have bad times with you (surely),
than good times with someone else (surely)
I'd rather be beside you in a storm (oh yeah),
than safe and warm by myself (all by myself)
I'd rather have hard times together,
than to have it easy apart (you know it)
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart
I'd rather have the one who holds my heart
whoooo.....who holds my heart
*the refrain of this song is something i really feel to be true for me
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Thank You
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Posted:Feb 6, 2006 4:19 am
Last Updated:Apr 9, 2006 6:49 am 3083 Views
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In this great journey called life, I have followed several paths and come to certain crossroads.
It is a continuing adventure with a lot of surprises, and along the way I have come across one of the most pleasant surprises in my life - YOU.
Our lives did not have to touch, but they did; and for this brief moment I am thankful. We will go on our separate ways, perhaps never to meet again. But the memories of this brief acquaintance will last forever.
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