Test and hurdles by Aisah

~ i like the words of aisah aziz @ my dear yoga teacher, who always has a big beautiful joyful smile!

If life is too easy you will not grow, you will never succeed, you will never improve... you will take life for granted... what is the meaning of life if it is such as.... ;) enjoy life's every ups and downs... enjoy every hurdle, for they mould you to be who you are in the future... what does not kill you will only make you stronger ;) ♥ and oh know one thing, this hardship, uneasiness too will pass.... and along comes another test :D

freedom of will

When your will is perfectly free to choose through wisdom, that is freedom. To tune in with a soul whose will is guided by wisdom is to find freedom of will.

Paramahansa Yogananda, Lesson 45 - lesson summaries

Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara Dedications

May all beings everywhere

Plagued by sufferings of body and mind,

Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy

By virtue of my merits.

May no living creatures suffer,

Commit evil or ever fall ill.

May no one be afraid and be belittled,

With a mind weighed down by depression.

May the blind see forms

And the deaf hear sounds.

May those whose bodies are worn with toil

Be restored on finding repose.

May the naked find clothing

The hungry find food;

May the thirsty find water

And delicious drinks.

May the poor find wealth,

Those weak with sorrow find joy;

May the forlorn find hope,

Constant happiness and prosperity.

May there be timely rains

And bountiful harvests;

May all medicines be effective

And wholesome prayers bear fruit.

May all who are sick and ill

Quickly be freed from all their illness and sickness.

Whatever diseases there are in the world,

May they never occur again.

May the frightened cease to be afraid

And those bound be freed;

May the powerless find power

And may people thinking of benefitting each other.

Quotes of my pick

Keep FIt. Stay Fit. Breathe

Be Clear. Be True. Be Open. 

________ is a habit.

Everything has an expiry date. Food, things, concepts, me, you. Everything expires.

Everything needs maintenance. Environment, physical strength, health wellbeing, mental fitness, spiritual awareness, virtues, ideas, talent, relationship, career, title, status, things, materials. Everything in life if maintained well, will work with, for us. 

Live purposefully because nothing is guaranteed.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another - Tenzin Gyato

Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go." ~ Dalai Lama

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks. ~ Emil Nolde

Do you have a good spirit? Be Kind ~ Atisha

What am I manifesting today?

Shift.

Exhale, extend the exhalation more and more ... let go.

Smile like a millionaire - Paramahansa Yogananda ^_^

Be Prepared for the beautiful storms.

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Stay Steady ~ Dr Venky 

Fitness is long term. Daily.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

~ Mark Twain

A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for ~ John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars ~ Thomas Traherne

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Nothing in life is guaranteed. 

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them - Albert Einstein

There is no instinct like that of the heart ~ Lord Byron

Set no boundaries.  them.

Entertain and be entertained.

Keep Fit! Stay Fit! Breathe!

"My philosophy in life is simple: If doing something makes you worried, then it must be a wrong thing. If it makes you happy, then you must have done the right thing. What others say is not important.” ~ Taiwan, Ms Chen Shu-chu, Heroes of Philanthropy 2010 by Forbes, Readers Digests Asian of the Year Award by TIme for her kind kind heart.

Make everything in life yummy! 好吃! 好吃!

Swim like a baby ~ 游泳是涼爽!

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes ~ Marcel Proust (French Novelist)

My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for ~ someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me ~ Thomas A Edison