H O P E

From wiki:

“Hope is distinct from positive thinking, which refers to a therapeutic or systematic process used in psychology for reversing pessimism. The term false hope refers to a hope based entirely around a fantasy or an extremely unlikely outcome.”

There are many views about hope , some thinks it’s useless and it will eventually hurt them even more when the outcome seems less than what they hope for and some thinks it’s essential in life, it becomes a drive for us to live.

“Hope is of all affections the most useful, and contributes most to prolong life, if it be not too often disappointed, but feed the imagination with the prospect of good. They, therefore, who get up and propose some definite end as their mark in life, and continually and gradually advance thereto, are mostly long lived; in so much that when they arrive at the summit of their hopes, and have nothing more to look forward to, they commonly droop, and do not long survive. So that hope appears to be a kind of leaf-joy, which may be spread out over a vast surface like gold” (History of Life and Death Works V. 279, Francis Bacon)

Well I for one, do hope alot haha. Some may be entirely false hopes but WTH so what if i don’t eventually get where i am, maybe i’m just one step behind and there is a hurdle to cross and so this leaves room for more hope in me. And well sometimes u don’t get what u want and the outcome is not exactly what u hope for, I say to myself, maybe this is not God’s plan for me, there’s something better for me out there. You’ll see signs along the way, some saying to u ‘go ahead with your plan’ and some say ‘I don’t think its a good idea, u better stop now’ . You’ll know, when u don’t feel right about it.

I particularly love this French proverb in the Promus, 1472,

“Commence a mourir qui abandonne son desir” (He who forsakes the object of living—his desire—begins to die);

Entirely true, when we lose sight of what we’re living for, what is there to live anymore.

Some awesome quotes to live by:

“You’ve got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you’ve got to believe that God has a reason for it and he’s going to make everything good.”

Joel Osteen

“Pray, and let God worry.”

William Law

“God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.”

Catherine Marshall

“Learn from yesterday, Live for today and Hope for tomorrow.”

Albert Einstein

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

Oscar Wilde

“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

Anonymous

When i do posts like this, I do hope that you feel inspired by it and hope it gives u a better hope in life haha. I’m glad that some of my previous posts did cheer some of u guys up, i’ll do my best to keep it going!

Lust for Life

Each and every day is a blessing for all of us. I particularly love a quote from the wise tortoise in Kung-fu Panda haha
‘You are too concerned with what was and with what will be. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.’ We must be thankful for life, for living and for what we’ve got.

I’m a true believer of Karma, do good things to others and good things will come to you. Whenever something bad happens to me, i feel its sorta like a punishment and i must have done something wrong to someone or to God. And it becomes like a wake up call for me to stop doing wrong things. All of us are guilty of lotsa bad things, we gotta pay the price and its up to us to clean up our messes and change for the better.

I was once too caught up with what i don’t have, always wanting more than what i already got, just never satisfied with life and never happy. Then I realized that i was blinded by all these selfish thoughts that i failed to see what awesomme blessings God has given to me. Once i thought of all these wonderful things, i gradually become more satisfied with life and a lil happier. Don’t seek for what you don’t have, seek for what you already have.

There are many people out there with physical disabilities or financial disabilities, and yet you see them living their lives to the fullest just glad that they are alive. I watched a documentary on incredible people, there were conjoined twins and a woman with no legs, the fascinating thing was seeing how all of them lived their lives, they didn’t even seem bothered with their shortcomings but found ways to work round them and be happy. I think that is the secret to happiness- being satisfied. Now go make a list of what makes you happy- your family, friends, dog, cat, your new ipad or iphone, your girlfriend/ boyfriend, a vintage treasure you bought at a flea market or a thift store haha, your fav TV show/movies,your xbox/wii, your fav bands, your job, your dvd/comic/make-up collection, what you <3 about you, …. WHATEVER YOU ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR LIFE. Look at that list everyday and i'm sure you'll have a lust for life

Titus 2:11-14
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

You Shall be Forgiven

Can’t stop listening to Ben Harper’s Forgiven

I know its really hard to forgive someone after they’ve hurt you and it sucks real bad when they don’t know how much they’ve hurt you .  My philosophy is haters are losers. Some people do bad stuff to others cuz they feel insecure bout themselves that they feel that they need to knock someone-else down just so that they can look and feel better. They are mostly gossipers, hot-headed people, who spend most of their time thinkin of ways to make themselves look better by bringing others down.  But in the end its our job to not bear grudges on these people and forgive. One of my fav bible reading, is the book of Sirach. In this book, there’s a lil something bout bearing grudges and forgiveness and I’ll list down a few verses from it.

Sirach 28

2 Forgive the mistakes of your neighbor and you may ask that your sins be forgiven.  3 If a man bears resentment against another, how can he ask God for healing?  4 You yourself are a sinner, and if you won’t forgive another person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins.

⁶ Think about it! Some day you will die, and your body will decay. So give up hate and live by the Lord’s commands,⁷ the commands in the covenant of the Most High. Instead of getting upset over your neighbor’s faults, overlook them.

9 The sinner causes trouble between friends, sowing discord among the peaceful.

13 Cursed be the gossiper with his spiteful tongue. He has destroyed many who lived peacefully like minding their own business.¹⁴ Many have had their lives ruined and have been driven from their homes because of people who meddled in their business. Such unwanted interference has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and the homes of respected people.¹⁵ Meddlers have caused faithful wives to be divorced, robbed of everything they had worked for.¹⁶ Anyone who pays attention to slander can never find peace of mind.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, 
do good to them that hate you, 
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you … 
- Matthew 5:44

D0 not judge, and you will not be judged.

Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

-Luke 6:37

 

What is LOVE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.” 

                                                    - Woody Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.

- Fr. Richard P. McBrien

 

We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.

-John Lennon

 

 

I never felt the need for love, cause i’ve always felt like i have enough love from my friends, family and God. And the prospect of love scares me like suffering or falling way too deep too fast and u feel like u can never get out of the deep hole of love. We all want happy endings in a relationship but i feel the only happy ending in this modern world is if u could still remain friends with someone you once loved and that the ending was a mutual one. I’ve yet to fall in love and i believe that it will come when it comes, be it 4 months or 4 years. I can wait, cuz good things happen to those who wait. 

Yes let the Lord above cook up something good for ya! 

On another love note, I believe that God is love and the source of morality and as Mother Teresa practised, doing what is loving in God’s eyes is doing what is good.

“Jesus replied, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself’ “

-Matthew 22:37-39 

Make a total commitment to your life- everything you are to everything HE is.

‘Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. ‘

-Mother Teresa

some cool love pics…

I WANT I WANT!!!

 The sweetest!

Do fairy tales come from someone’s imagination or someone’s life experience? 

It is things like these that make me not give up in believing that there is true love.

Love her necklace! Random haha

Gotta find this issue..

btw I.d is not a porn mag its a design mag. don’t judge the mag by its cover.

Pic credits: modecouture, ffffound,Le love, adwriter

Cute lovey dovey videos:

 

go to http://leloveimage.blogspot.com/
for more love bites!

What is Happiness to you?

Happiness has a habit of pursuing the person who feels grateful to his God,

comfortable with his conscience,

in favour with his friends,

in love with his labours

and in balance with his bank.

- William Ward

The best remedy for those who are afraid,

lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,

alone with the heavens, nature and God.

Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy,

amidst the simple beauty of nature.

-Anne Frank

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

 

Happiness is simply the opposite of sadness as well as the cure for sadness. When we’re sad we constantly look for ways to make us happy. For me , I used go for retail and binge therapy. Come to think of it, being sad just makes me poor and fat. SO it didn’t quite work out for me cuz the after effects of retail and binge therapy makes me even sadder. So what to do to make me happy when i’m sad and not gain weight and lose cash? Pray and walk.  Praying is free, walking loses weight and you become happy. Win-win. Listen to what Anne Frank said, go outside, take a walk and talk to GOD. He has all the answers and reasons why some stuff made you sad. I believe that everything happens for a reason good or bad. And once we know the reasons, we become less sadder.