Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received,
how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
We will be judged by “I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat,
I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.
~Mother Teresa
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.
There is no companionship with the immature.
~Buddha,The Dhammapada
In war, both the winners and losers lose. ~Venerable Wuling
Being a Nice Guy, doesn’t mean you are a push over. It also doesn’t mean you are easy to manipulate or take advantage of. No, being a Nice Guy simply means you care, have no time to get mad at the small stuff, and you think of the world in larger terms than self. And despite living in the shadow of the bad guys and paying for mistakes you didn’t make, you hold on sometimes more than you should, but when you can no longer, you move on because it’s the right thing to do. ~Eugene Nathaniel Butler
Heart-breaking letters from young children…
Daniel Pye, The Phnom Penh Post
Sat, 4 October 2014
This is a hell for children,” the letter reads. “I fled from war in Iraq but got stuck in harsh jail in Nauru where [there] is nothing but cruelty.”
The 15-year-old’s appeal is one of hundreds written by some of the 222 children, who are refugees or are seeking asylum in Australia, held on the tiny island nation of Nauru.
Many are impounded at camp OPC3, under the supervision of private Australian security firms. Conditions are dismal, and the inhabitants’ hopes of reaching Australia were dashed last week when the country inked a deal to resettle refugees in Cambodia.
In a series of submissions to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s ongoing inquiry into the country’s “off-shore processing” policy, children on Nauru have documented the suffering they endure in the camps.
“You’re nothing but a cult of racist liers [sic] [whose] aim is to kill the peoples even children on Nauru,” wrote one child. “Nauru is hell and you know everything about it … imagine [if] your children were in … our circumstances.”
Another child drew a row of dead refugees with nooses around their necks. Another, from Iran, scribbled a picture of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shooting a refugee. “Neither Iran, nor Australia, has freedom,” the child wrote.
Some of the scores of submissions to the Australian Human Rights Commission. Photo Supplied
The children described cramped, stuffy accommodation, inedible food crawling with insects and a lack of basic necessities like water and medical care.
In another submission, a child protection worker described the allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of guards that have emerged from the camp.
“Children have been sexually assaulted and threatened with sexual assault, and they are not allowed to leave the camp, even with family members able to care for them here.”
“Everyone here is depressed,” wrote one child. “F—k my life.”
Be a reflection of what you'd like to see in others. If you want love, give love, if you want honesty, give honesty, if you want respect, give respect. You get in return, what you give.
Always be yourself. Never try to hide who you are. The only shame is to have shame. Always stand up for what you believe in. Always question what other people tell you. Never regret the past…It's a waste of time. There's a reason for everything; Every mistake, every moment of weakness, every terrible thing that has happened to you. Grow from it. The only way you can ever get the respect of others is when you show them that you respect yourself… ~Unknown
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This footage was taken from Kicheche Bush Camp in the heart of the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in the Masai Mara by seven time Kicheche visitors Bill and Barbara Westbrook.
Being a Nice Guy, doesn't mean you are a push over. It also doesn't mean you are easy to manipulate or take advantage of. No, being a Nice Guy simply means you care, have no time to get mad at the small stuff, and you think of the world in larger terms than self. And despite living in the shadow of the bad guys and paying for mistakes you didn't make, you hold on sometimes more than you should, but when you can no longer, you move on because it's the right thing to do. ~Eugene Nathaniel Butler
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/10/simply-means-you-care.html
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
~Buddha, The Dhammapada
In war, both the winners and losers lose. ~Venerable Wuling
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-spiritual-path.html
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Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in. ~Mother Teresa
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/10/with-great-love.html
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington Carver
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
