What is called chance is the instrument of Providence and the secret agent that counteracts what men call wisdom, and preserves order and regularity, and continuation in the whole, for … I firmly believe, notwithstanding all our complaints, that almost every person upon earth tastes upon the totality more happiness than misery; and therefore if we could correct the world to our fancies, and with the best intentions imaginable, probably we should only produce more misery and confusion.
Horace Walpole (1904). “The letters of Horace Walpole: fourth earl of Orford”
Tag: Change
How do we come to think of things, rather than of processes in this absolute flux? By shutting our eyes to the successive events. It is an artificial attitude that makes sections in the stream of
change and calls them things. When we shall know the truth of things, we shall realize how absurd it is for us to worship isolated products of the incessant series of transformations as though they were eternal and real. Life isno thing or state of a thing, but a continuous movement or change.
– Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
If you change the way you look at…
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer
Cause Change & Lead Accept Change & Survive…
Cause Change & Lead
Accept Change & Survive
Resist Change & Die
–Ray Norda, Chairman, Novell
What you get by achieving your goals is…
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
–Goethe
A Fancy from Fontenelle
The rose in the garden slipped her bud,
And she laughed in the pride of her youthful blood,
As she thought of the Gardener standing by—
“He is old—so old! And he soon must die!”
The full Rose waxed in the warm June air,
And she spread and spread till her heart lay bare;
And she laughed once more as she heard his tread—
“He is older now! He will soon be dead!”
But the breeze of the morning blew, and found
That the leaves of the blown Rose strewed the ground;
And he came at noon, that Gardener old,
And he raked them gently under the mold.
And I wove the thing to a random rhyme:
For the Rose is Beauty; the Gardener, Time.
-Austin Henry Dobson (1840–1921)
Change can come in either of two important…
Change can come in either of two important ways:
Start behaving positively or
Stop behaving negatively.
-Dr. Phil, TV host
Integrity is not a conditional word It doesn’t…
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.
-John D. MacDonald (Novelist, 1916-1986)
The secret of change is to focus all…
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but in building the new.
-Socrates
And he that will not apply New Remedies…
And he that will not apply New Remedies, must expect New Evils; for Time is the greatest Innovator.
-Francis Bacon
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden…
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
-Horace (B.C. 65-8)
He that will not apply new remedies must…
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
-Francis Bacon
Begin to be now what you will be…
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
-William James
எங்கே வாழ்க்கை தொடங்கும் அது எங்கே எவ்விதம் முடியும் இதுதான்…
எங்கே வாழ்க்கை தொடங்கும் அது எங்கே எவ்விதம் முடியும்
இதுதான் பாதை இதுதான் பயணம் என்பது யாருக்கும் தெரியாது
எங்கே வாழ்க்கை தொடங்கும் அது எங்கே எவ்விதம் முடியும்
இதுதான் பாதை இதுதான் பயணம் என்பது யாருக்கும் தெரியாது
பாதையெல்லாம் மாறிவரும் பயணம் முடிந்துவிடும்
மாறுவதை புரிந்துகொண்டால் மயக்கம் தெளிந்துவிடும்
நினைப்பதெல்லாம் நடந்துவிட்டால்
படம் : நெஞ்சில் ஓரு ஆலயம்
இசை : MS விஸ்வநாதன்
பாடியவர் : PB ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ்
Change is not pleasant But change is constant…
Change is not pleasant, But change is constant. Only when we change and grow, We’ll see a world we never know.
-Wisdom of The Orange Woodpecker
No matter what people tell you words and…
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
-Robin Williams
When you find you haven’t discarded a major…
When you find you haven’t discarded a major opinion for years, or acquired a new one, you should stop and investigate to see if you’re not growing senile.
-Gelett Burgess
When an egg breaks by a power outside…
When an egg breaks by a power outside, a life ends. When an egg breaks by a power within, a life begins. Great things always begin from that power within.
When we can no longer change a situation…
When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
-Viktor E. Frankl
The art of progress is to preserve order…
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.
-Alfred North Whitehead
God changes caterpillars into butterflies sand into pearls…
God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He is working on you too.
-Rick Warren
You are responsible only for what you can…
You are responsible only for what you can change. All you can change is only your attitude. There lies your responsibility.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
Life is like riding a bicycle In order…
Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to maintain balance, you must keep moving.
-Albert Einstein
The measure of intelligence is the ability to…
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
-Albert Einstein
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that…
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
To improve is to change to be perfect…
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
-Winston Churchill
We must always change renew rejuvenate ourselves otherwise…
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Don’t worry that your life is turning upside…
Don’t worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?
Rumi
Everything is changing constantly But the real beauty…
Everything is changing constantly. But the real beauty of life is, throughout these changes, the underlying current of truth never changes. And if we can connect ourselves to the beauty of this truth, we can be stable through all the unpredictable uncertainties of life.
Radhanath Swami
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to…
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
Albert Camus
Words have the power to both destroy and…
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Buddha
They always say time changes things but you…
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol
Change your thoughts and you change your world
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
Once you choose hope anything’s possible
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.
Christopher Reeve
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward they…
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No one should ever ask themselves that Why…
No one should ever ask themselves that: Why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy every thing. If we ask the question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
Paulo Coelho
Not everything that is faced can be changed…
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed till it is faced.
Lucille Ball
The Law of Humility
The law of humility states that what you refuse to accept will continue for you. This law seems to be a difficult one to understand for many people.
It can be explained with examples. In psychotherapy, this law could be called “denial.” What you choose not to see that may be happening in your life becomes most difficult to deal with. Awareness is the key to change. Similarly, what you refuse to accept will also continue for you.
Perhaps there is someone in your life that is extremely hard for you to deal with. Maybe you see them as controlling.
This characteristic surfaces the most with couples. One is always feeling controlled in some manner by the other. They can feel controlled by manipulation, martyred or victim behavior, someone’s health issues, the other’s grief, the other having more or less money, their children or any other reason they feel there is an aura of control darkening their relationship. This may be felt in a work environment, family of origin, or among friends.
If at first you choose to not accept this trait about the other, it will end up creating damage in your body, mind or soul. By not accepting this about the other, it becomes repressed by you and ends up being manifested in many other ways. It can often turn to depression, migraines, back pain, allergies, shingles, or a host of other physical ailments. By not accepting it, you may turn to drugs, prescription medication, drinking, sex or food to numb what it is you cannot accept. It may make you feel as if you’ve become lost in the dark and cannot see the light anymore. Your ability to meditate, pray or connect with spirit will most likely be sabotaged.
So, what does this law of humility mean for you to do?
Awareness is key to change!
You can choose to not see these characteristics as flaws or negatives, but instead decide to accept them as what they are. If someone is controlling, see it for what it is, and decide that this is in your life for some reason for you to learn from it to further your soul growth. Perhaps you needed to find your strength again to be with this person. Perhaps your strength will even allow you to accept this person. As you come from a higher level of spirit and understanding, your strength and inner knowledge will help you make decisions.
Moving into the role of the observer will always help you accept more clearly that which is tugging on your soul. It has been placed there for a reason! Meditating will also allow you to see it more clearly.
Are you focused on a higher level of being yet? Can you observe without being pulled into the negative? Are you able to accept others wherever they are in life?
Remembering that even with acceptance you can still make whatever changes are necessary for your body, mind and soul to move further on your journey of spirit!