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The only thing to be

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:59:00 +0000

“I begin to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”

-My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl

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The Green Fig Tree

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:52:00 +0000

“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn’t quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.” (Source)

- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Change

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:05:00 +0000

Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get - a cold, sick feeling deep down inside - when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don’t want it to, but you can’t stop it. And you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. And that you will never again be quite the person you were. (Source)

Live up to it

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:11:00 +0000

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. (Source)

Divine Providence

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:15:00 +0000

We are all masters of our own destiny. We can so easily make the same mistakes over and over. We can so easily flee from everything that we desire and which life so generously places before us.
Alternately, we can surrender ourselves to Divine Providence, take God’s hand, and fight for our dreams, believing that they always arrive at the right moment. (Source)

Marriage

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:34:00 +0000

Then Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

-------------- A Poem by Khalil Gibran (Source) -----------------

Passion and Satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:57:00 +0000

“The saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there’s nothing to make it last.”
- Nicholas Sparks

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Forgive

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:47:00 +0000

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule. ~Lewis B. Smedes

--Shared by a friend on Facebook--

To have succeeded

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:16:00 +0000

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. (Source)

Old enough

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:41:00 +0000

I’m not old enough to play baseball or football. I’m not eight yet. My mom told me when you start baseball, you aren’t going to be able to run that fast because you had an operation. I told Mom I wouldn’t need to run that fast. When I play baseball, I’ll just hit them out of the park. Then I’ll be able to walk. (Source)

We are all what we choose

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:32:00 +0000

I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose. (Source)

Live every moment

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:36:00 +0000

As I grew up, I’ve learnt that…

Even the person that wasn’t supposed to let you down, probably will.

You’ll have your heart broken, and you’ll break other’s too.

You’ll fight with your best friend.

You’ll cry because time is flying.

So take a lot of pictures, laugh too much, forgive and love like you have never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no timeouts, no second chances, so live it to the fullest. Tell someone what they mean to you. Dance in the rain. Hold someone’s hand. Comfort a friend. Take chances. Fall in love. Live every moment… Because every moment you spend is a second of happiness that you will never get back!!

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As received in a text message.

Life is eternal

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:40:00 +0000

We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.(Source)

Believe

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:23:00 +0000

Try to overcome your doubt. Believe you are beautiful. Look at yourself through someone else’s green eyes. Believe someone out there will find you and kiss your skin until you can feel it blister with the heat. Believe in something bigger than your problems and you will be saved. (Source)

Start of the day

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:10:00 +0000

Why do we start our days in the morning? No doubt we should feel fresh when we wake up so that we can make use of that day to its fullest, but why are mornings called the start of the day? The start of a successful day should rather be just before we go to bed. That’s actually when we plan for the next day, after we’re done with whatever we had to do for the day that just ended. We should actually look forward to the sleep and to the dreams we’d be seeing while asleep instead of looking forward to the morning. A sleep is where we can dream big, where we can plan about what to do the next morning, where we can decide what is it that we want done next. That way, when we wake up, not only will we be fresh, but we’d have a set goal for the day as well. We should not wake up to think about what to do, we should instead wake up to make our dreams a reality.

~ Haris Gulzar

New Beginnings

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:43:00 +0000

Love and relationships are never like the movies no matter how much we want them to be. But when something beautiful ends, for whatever reason, it’s most important not to be disappointed that it’s over, but glad that it happened at all. (Source)

Accept what comes your way

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:52:00 +0000

I’m thinking that sometimes you just have to make the decision to be happy. Just realize that things aren’t ever what you hoped they’d be. Not ever. For anybody. The only thing that separates one kind of person from another is that there are some who stay angry about it and there are some who accept what comes their way. (Source)

Be real

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Be real, because a mask only fools people on the outside. Pretending to be someone your not, takes a toll on the real you, and the real you is more important than anyone else. (Source)

When two people love each other

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:55:00 +0000

A master asked his disciples:

‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’

the disciples thought for a while, and one of them said:

‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’

But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?

The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master.

Finally he explained:

‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’

Then the master asked:

‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small…’

And he finally said:

‘When they love each other even more, what happens?‘They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love.

‘Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.’

By:

Paulo Coelho

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Copied from a friend’s note on Facebook…

All you need

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:15:00 +0000

At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes - all you need is one. (Source)

Knowing all about someone

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:26:00 +0000

Love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person. Love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of. Love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.(Source)

Perfect Relationship

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:31:00 +0000

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot. (Source)

Care in return

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:31:00 +0000

How does it feel when you think people you really care for, don’t care for you in return?

Real Love

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:13:00 +0000

Why does love have so many rules? People will say that love isn’t jealous or insecure or selfish or whatever, and that if yours possesses one of these qualities then it isn’t real. Who are they to tell you your love isn’t real or that you’re not loving somebody the right way? They don’t know what you’ve been through or the kind of person you are. The way I see it, everyone loves differently. What it all boils down to is this: do you want to spend the rest of your life with that person? Because to me, love is just knowing you can wake up next to them every day and be happy. If you can, then all these definitions and rules that people try to give love don’t matter.

You have love. Hold on to it…

Mad, Passionate, Extraordinary Love

noreply@blogger.com (Haris Gulzar) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:45:00 +0000