g_b Learning to Love from our Children

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." - Nelson Mandela

g_b Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance My head is bloody, but unbowe

g_b Kindness - The Ripple with no end

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain "Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care,

g_b Love Quote for the Day

"If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you." - Marianne Williamson

g_b Leo Tolstoy on Marriage

"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility." - Leo Tolstoy

g_b On Freedom

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. - Robert A. Heinlein

g_b Inner Peace and Love of Others

"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui." - Helen Keller

g_b Reflection: Do we still know who we are?

"We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself." - Sarah Mclachlan

g_b Life Goes On

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." - Robert Lee Frost A look at Robert Lee Frost's personal life, one would realize that his life was plagued with grief and los

g_b Kindness

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

g_b Acknowledging the Goodness in Others

"To love someone is to acknowledge the goodness of who they are. Through loving a person we awaken their awareness of their own innate goodness. It is as though they cannot know how worthy they are until they look into the mirror of our love and see themselves." - John Gray

g_b Following your heart

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't" - Eleanor Roosevelt What I would like to add on is 'as long as what we

g_b Video on Kindness

What constitutes a life worthy of remembering? How do you want to be remembered? Serious topics? Please spare me 4 minutes of your time to watch this video: http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/1703/wordless-wednesday-kindness.html

g_b Let Us First Start with Loving Thoughts

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. - Buddha

g_b Loving the Unlovable

'Love means loving the unlovable - or it is no virtue at all.'- G. K. Chesterton It is easy to love someone who is lovable; like a baby, a puppy etc. The challenge is loving the unlovable; like someone w

g_b Do not Seek Without What We Can Seek Within

"If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time." - Josh Billings

g_b Always Have a Loving Heart

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.' - J. Escriva

g_b Account with Huddle to Share File, Daily Task

Dear friends, If you need an online service to store and share files, daily tasks, calenders with family and friends, you can create a free account with huddle to start sharing files, daily tasks with family and friends. Please give it a try if you need a free online servi

g_b Re-Engineering Fate

For some, it would have been `easier said than done!' They might even resign to the deck of cards that fate had dealt them. "It is my fate! I must resign to it." They said. Sad to say, they are right, if they believe so. I believe no one promised him that his journey would be an easy one;

g_b Be the Change You Want to See in the World

One of the most powerful quotations which I have always like to share is by Mahatma Gandhi , "Be the Change that you want to see in the world." The wisdom in the quotation is timeless; it is as applicabl

g_b Playing for Change: One Love

Wars were always cruel and from history, we learned that they brought sufferings to people and destruction to the environment. Through love and respect for each other differences, living in peace and harmony is achievable. >From a quotation, which I have come across previously, "there is only o

g_b Don't Doubt Your Dream

"If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent van Gogh A few week ago, my friend posted a picture of a tree with a line "W

g_b The Secret to Happiness

That is a bold title I must say and yet all of us know the secret to happiness; it is how we apply the secret that our results vary from each other. Some are naturally happier and some work hard to be happy but never seem to be any happier. Most people want to be happy and why then are we n

g_b Filial Piety (Father and Son)

Follow the journey of a young boy of a three-generation household, as he sees first hand the importance of respecting, honouring, and loving his parents, through the best and the worst of times. What truly captured my heart is the line, "How one generation loves, the next generation learns.

g_b Simple Pleasures by Constantin Pilavios

Very often, we may take for granted the simple things which we enjoy in our daily life until we may not be enjoying it the way they are. In this short film directed by Constantin Pilavios, it was mentioned in the film that, "… happiness is nothing more … than moments … small and invisible m

g_b Giving without Expectation

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. - Leo Buscaglia

g_b Reflecting Upon Our Blessings

Just to share a powerful thought from Charles Dickens , "Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." I sincerely hope that th

g_b Focus on Doing Good to Others

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. - Confucius Confucius

g_b Do What You Feel to be Right

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. - Eleanor Roosevelt

g_b Relativity

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think its two hours. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein

g_b The greatest distance

I believe you would have heard this quotation before, "The greatest distance in this World is not that between living and death, it is when I am just before you, and you don't know that I Love You." - Rabindranath Tagore

g_b Inspiring Korean Singing Nella Fantasia in a Competition

This is really touching and you will surely be impressed with his voice. I would love to have you view the video and give your comment. Thank you and have a beautiful day. Quoting something from John Gokongwei, Jr., "The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards. Bu

g_b love people and use things

What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things. -- Author Unknown [96px]

g_b when two become one

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g_b Being Deeply in Loved by Someone Gives you strength

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. --Lao Tzu More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net Let Us Spread Love

g_b Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities.

g_b Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. -- Buddha More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net

g_b Perhaps love is the process

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself. Not whom I want you to be, but to who you are. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove

g_b Love's greatest killer

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. -- Anais Nin More Love Quotes

g_b What do we live for?

Based on a true story … I hope the video below will inspire you as much as it has inspired me! 5 Taiwanese, average age 81 One has hearing problem One has cancer Three have heart disease Everyone has degenerative arthritis 6 months of preparation Travelling for 13 days around Taiwan 1139 kil

g_b Marriage is not a ritual or an end

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner. -- Amy Bloom More Marriage Love Quotes

g_b Who would have thought that teaching a kid to surf

Who would have thought that teaching a kid to surf, would teach me that surfing isn't the most important thing in the world? And that something else is. Love. Bigger than any tidal wave. More powerful than any fear. -- Soul Surfer (Bethany Hamilton)

g_b I don't know why terrible things happen

I don't know why terrible things happen to us sometimes. But I have to believe that something good is going to come out of this. - Soul Surfer (Bethany Hamilton) == when i see a 46 year person die ... 2 years after a de

g_b Anything will give up its secrets

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. -- Georg

g_b Looking back I have this to regret

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so. -- David Grayson More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net Let Us Spread Lov

g_b It's not what's happening to you now

It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. - Anthony Robbins

g_b Don't wait to be perfect before loving yourself

If I wait until I become perfect before I love myself, I will waste my whole life. I am already perfect right here and right now. I am perfect exactly as I am. -- Louise Hay

g_b Let us always meet each other with smile

Let us always meet eachother with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. --Mother Teresa More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net Let U

g_b And each day as it comes brings a chance to each one to love to the fullest

And each day as it comes brings a chance to each one to love to the fullest, leaving nothing undone. - Helen Steiner Rice [border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;border-style: initial;border-color: initial;]

g_b Be aligned with champion

I just laughed about it, … I just thought if you're going to align yourself with somebody, it might as well be champions. He made his own decisions, not doing something just because you have to do it. He had his own sense of purpose. - Charlie Brown

g_b Love is the flower of life

Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration. -- D.H. Lawrence [225px]

g_b Love is not affectionate feeling

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. -- C.S. Lewis [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/390847_32\ 8400870520266_188411217852566

g_b I know of only one duty

I know of only one duty, and that is to love. -- George Bernard Shaw [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/378920_32\ 8977543795932_188411217852566_1339794_492128572_n.jpg]

g_b Because of your smile

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. -- Thich Nhat Hanh [257] More Love Quotes

g_b Peace within ourselves

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. - Dalai Lama [200px]

g_b Love is growing up

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. -- James Baldwin [http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/390409_33359757\ 929_188411217852

g_b Life without love

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. -- Kahlil Gibran [http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/386413_33572296\ 3121390_188411217852566_1356831_590279464_n.jpg] More Love Quotes

g_b I forgive everyone in my life

I forgive everyone in my life, and release them with love. They are free and I am free. -- Louise Hay [207px]

g_b The heart has its reasons

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. -- Blaise Pascal [168px] More Love Quotes

g_b If we had no faults of our own

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. --Francois de La Rouchefoucauld [180px]

g_b You are today where your thoughts have brought you

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. -- James Allen [300px]

g_b You are today where your thoughts have brought you

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. -- James Allen [300px]

g_b Life is without meaning

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. -- Joseph Campbell [300px]

g_b Ever more people today have the means to live

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. -- Viktor E. Frankl [221px] Mor

g_b he who is devoid of the power to forgive

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/408256_36264449\ 7095903_188411217852566_1447678_177322537

g_b Giving all we've got

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got. -- Walter Cronkite [168px]

g_b Love makes us see beauty

It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty. -- Leo Tolstoy [300px] More Love Quotes

g_b Not what we experience

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. -- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach [300px] More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net

g_b Love is like playing the piano

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, and then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. -- Author Unknown [http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/403670_36585744\ 34

g_b Love is not needing a snooze button

Love is not needing asnooze button on your alarm clock because when it goes off the first timein the morning the thoughts of your loved one make it impossible to fallback asleep. -- NatashaHarris

g_b The best things in life

The best things in life can never be kept; they must be given away. A Smile, a Kiss, and Love. -- Tony Farrar [225px] More Love Quotes www.symphonyoflove.net

g_b Love is something you can't describe

Love is something youcan't describe like the look of a rose, the smell of the rain, or thefeeling of forever. -- Kristen Kappel [224px]

g_b If we discovered that we only had five minutes

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. -- Christopher Morley [141px]

g_b Love is like quicksilver

Love is likequicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it,and it darts away. -- DorothyParker (Please click to read mo

g_b I never saw so sweet a face

I would like to thank you all who has clicked on the link and visited my site. I am always grateful for all your kindness and I truly appreciate it. Blessings to all of you and have a beautiful day! :) I never saw so sweet a face. As that I stood before. My heart has left it dwelling place … and

g_b I am certainly not an authority on love

I am certainly not anauthority on love because there are no authorities on love, just thosewho've had luck with it and those who haven't. -- Bill Cosby

g_b The magic of first love (don't most of us thought this way?)

The magic of first loveis our ignorance that it can never end. -- BenjaminDisraeli :) [208px]

g_b Sex alleviates tension. LOve causes it.

Sex alleviates tension.Love causes it. -- Woody Allen [201px]

g_b The greatest weakness

I am always grateful for allowing me to share these quotation here. Blessing to all of you and may you have a beautiful weekend! The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive. -- O. A. Battista

g_b First duty of love

The first duty of love - is to listen. -- Paul Tillich [300px] More Love Quotes

g_b Love is an act of endless forgiveness

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. -- Peter Ustinov [300px] More Love Quotes Please find Symphony of Love on Facebook and 'Like' it and share with y

g_b Love is not blind

Love is not blind - Itsees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to seeless. -- Will Moss [154px]

g_b Love is like a mountain

Love is like amountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view isbeautiful. -- Daniel MonroeTuttle [225px]

g_b Love is like an hourglass

Love is like anhourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. -- Jules Renard [199px]

g_b Love is strong yet delicate

Love is strong yetdelicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be inlove is to respect this. -- Stephen Packer [199px]

g_b You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes

You know you are inlove when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in theworld. -- DavidLevesque [199]

g_b One changes from day to day

One changes from day to day, and ... after a few years have passed one has completely altered. -- George Sand [300]

g_b Love, like a river

Love, like a river,will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle. -- Crystal Middlemas [225]

g_b Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Absence makes the heartgrow fonder. -- Eleanor Roosevelt [225]

g_b Who so loves believes the impossible

Who so loves believes the impossible. -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning [300] More Love Quotes Please support Symphony of Love

g_b For it was not into my ear you whispered

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. -- Judy Garland [190]

g_b How beautifully leaves grow old

How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. -- George Burns [194]

g_b He who lives in harmony with himself

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. -- MarcusAurelius [194]

g_b love doesn't sit there like a stone

Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. -- Og Mandino [200]

g_b Love is ....

Love is, above all, thegift of oneself. -- Jean Anouilh [183] More Love Quotes

g_b Happiness

Happiness … consists in giving, and in serving others. -- HenryDrummond [225] More Love Quote

g_b Playing our cards in hands to win

The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards. But we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win! - John Gokongwei, Jr. http://www.symphonyoflove.net/blog/108/john-gokongwei-jr-ad-congress-spe\ ech.html

g_b The naked truth

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. -- Ann Landers [225] More Love Quotes

g_b Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.

g_b Steve Job Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

Looking at the subject, most probably you may say that you have already read or have seen the video. Just before you decide to delete this email, why not give yourself about 15 minutes and watch this video? This will be a POWER way to start your day. I have just watched the video again and thought

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