New Year’s Peace and Passion

January 1st, 2008

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin

Feel me. I am strong and fierce, yet I am soft and gentle. I have much power, yet I am peaceful and loving. I can defend myself, yet I remain kind and giving. Feel who I am. I have much joy and passion, yet I am not dramatic. I do not indulge in negative emotions.
Ellen Weil

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Thomas a Kempis

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”

      
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One Response to “New Year’s Peace and Passion”

  1. PopArtDiva on January 8, 2008 3:51 pm

    Thought you might like this!!!!

    This is what The Dalai Lama had to say on New Year’s Day. All it takes is a few seconds to read and think about. I found it very thought provoking and helpful to gain a peaceful perspective as we embark on 2008.

    Instructions for Life …from the Dalai Lama:

    1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

    2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

    3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.

    4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

    5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

    6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

    7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

    8. Spend some time alone every day.

    9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

    10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

    11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

    12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

    13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

    14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

    15. Be gentle with the earth.

    16. Once a year, go some place you’ve never been before.

    17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

    18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

    19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

    Terri, aka PopArtDiva, The Martini Diva, The DIVA of TINY FOODS ,The Normal Challenged Artist, The DIVA of DIVAVILLE

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