The best cure

Inner peace

One needs to stop the chatter of the mind to get on with life. Some people have better control of the inner chatter, some have less control.We can easily let the inner chatter cause doubts which lowers our confidence or our trust in other people.
Some days I find it a struggle. I need to quieten the chatter or even argue with my thoughts so that I can have more inner peace.

Appreciate the little things

Here in Melbourne we always talk about four sesons in a day. However, there are so many moments that one can appreciate and stop to enjoy the journey. I did that recently, in a long line of traffic, while stationery, I did a quick snap of the Art Centre by night.

Melbourne Art Centre by night

Be free to live

The unusual

I like unusual plants. Some cacti and succulent give very bright colorful flowers. Yet many are put off by the spine and miss the delightful flowers. People are the same. Some very "thorny" people are very beautiful inside once we can break through their exterior to know them better. However you need to be persistent to get their trust. It won't be easy but it is worth it.

Keep your focus in the face of difficulties

This picture is worth more than a thousand of my words.....

Kindness

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

A good reminder in restraints in speaking and thinking , generosity in giving.

Letting go

Is this a way of making it easier to let go of someone in our life?

Reap what you sow

Why waste time and effort on people who don't deserve to be treated well? They abuse my kindness.Turning the other cheek is so past me. Yes I am sad, but I remind myself some people are not even worth shedding my tears. I must rise above my sadness. Turn my negative energy into positive. The sun is shinning.

Tango in the rain

The rain did not dampen our spirit when we danced at the Frankston's Ventana Latina Festival on 23 March 2013.

Possessions Vs relationships

We work all our life to acquire possessions, but nobody on their deathbed's last wish was that they regret they did not make enough money. The most often said was that they wish they had spent more time with their loved ones.
Make sure we count as parents, grandparents,daughters, sons, friends to the people whom we love.
Success is measured not in terms of possessions, but in making positive influences in the lives of people around us.

Tango

"When the tango took hold of me, it was as if I had found the ultimate lover. No single experience can be as fascinating as this dance. No single work of art is so replete with all the joy and sorrow and longing and tragi-comedy of the human race, as is a tango danced between a man and a woman. It is labyrinthine, yet so simple. Each lasts just a few moments, yet it is eternal. There is a purity amidst all its complexities. The more one searches for the meaning behind its mystery, the ever more elusive is the tango... And yet, it is what it is, and we can see it, hear it, feel it, breathe it, live it, in the pleasure of its immediacy. Those of us it holds in its power - we want to shape our whole lives around it, its cadences, its sweat, its subtle messages and surging desires. The tango changes us forever. It changed me forever. Never have I been so intensely in love. Never had I felt so intensely alive. It helps me forget. And it helps me remember sweetly." La Nuit Blanche

Who are your friends?

Past, present,future

I know people who blame their present to their past, isn't it much better to accept the past and do something now to change the future?

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

Yes, it might be nice to change the past, but you're much better off putting your efforts into changing the future.

Destiny

Your destiny is not about what comes to you. It is about who you allow yourself to become. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

This gives me the reasons to do what I do - to better myself and to better the society.

Nurturing our inner self

These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they don’t have enough of it they feel let down. Therefore, it is important to let people know that they have the source of contentment and happiness within themselves, and that it is related to nurturing our natural inner values  (Dalai Lama)

Let disappointments make you stronger

Don't let the disappointments get you down. Let them get you going, even stronger than before. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)
Opportunities arise from disappointment as well as from success. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)


I have had numerous disappointments this past year; if I had allowed myself to learn from every one of them, I would be like an iron man/woman lol.

Internal focus

The quality of your life in every moment is your decision. Peace is not a place or even an external condition, but a choice of how you are. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

About me

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Anaïs Nin

Indulge in your passion

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

Do what you love. When you're enjoying the journey you won't come up with any excuses to stop.

I love to see plants grow and see myself improve in Tango. The pain in my knees has not stopped me. :-)

Tango

Tango your way through life...nice thought

Succes

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

The real success is the way you are, not what you get from it.

Look directly at your shortcomings without attaching emotion to them. See them for what they are, & they cease to hold power over you.

Instead of making excuses or assigning blame, put your energy into focused, creative effort, into creating value, into living with purpose.

Ralph Marston is on twitter. I get many inspirational twits daily.

Choose to be happy

Happiness comes from the way you choose to live and respond to the world, not from the way the world responds back. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

Time

People ask me how I find time to enjoy the varied interests I have. Here is the answer. Of course, good time management helps. 

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. 
Charles Caleb Colton

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charlescal108128.html#2HwCoIAQpmKdmOSO.01

Love is an action word

Amy Carmichael said " You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving". Whether you give expensive gifts, dinners, holidays or valuable (to the recipients) gifts like time, effort , praise; give some thoughts to the reasons for your gifts.
Someone said" People don't remember what you said, but they remember what you did"
Words are cheap, so back up your words. Or your words mean very little.

Your life, your choice

I have been saying "your life, your choice" a lot lately. I am so fed up with people telling me "I have no time, that's why I haven't call or email or text ", " My joints hurt, so I can't exercise", " I am depressed, so I eat" etc, etc.
Call it what it is. Excuses are excuses. To put it another way, we tell lies to ourselves and to others, to justify what we do. The sad thing is, we believe these lies too.
The question is, how badly do you want something? If you really want it, you will make time. You will make ways, not excuses, to get what you want. You will set priorities, you will set reminders, whatever to get what you want, if you what it badly enough.
So, the bottom line is, ask yourself, is it what I want? Do I want it badly? It is my life, my choice.

Is it possible or impossible? Your thoughts, your commitment, your actions decide. -- Ralph Marston (@ralphmarston)

When somene lets you down

By  Ralph Marsdon

You don’t need anyone’s permission to feel great. In fact, you don’t need anything other than to simply let yourself do it.
It is wonderful when someone expresses love to you, yet you can also feel the power of love even when you are alone. There is no need to wait or to beg or to compromise yourself in order to attain a certain feeling. All you must do is choose to feel the way you wish to feel. Go ahead and feel what you truly want to feel. Go ahead and feel as great as you can possibly imagine ever feeling.


Read more: http://greatday.com/nmot/member_content/monthly/2010-04.html#ixzz2IWXdb6Vj

Take a break

Boating on Lake Eildon

Take a break from the daily routine to renew the body, mind and spirit...

Dance while you can

You are what you think

My time

White Flag

I was sent the link of this song today.

White Flag (Dido)

Getting beyond disappointment

Going through a patch of disappointment, I remember reading this piece by Ralph Marston .

Getting beyond disappointment

Life will disappoint you on a regular basis, in ways that are big and small. The way to get beyond each disappointment is to get busy doing something positive and meaningful.

It’s easy to get caught up in assigning blame, or speculating on how things might have been different, or feeling anger and resentment. None of those things, however, will add any value to your life.

Choose instead to let the disappointment make you stronger and more positively determined. Acknowledge it, and then step forward from it with productive and meaningful action.

When you feel like indulging in self-pity, take that as a prompt to break free from the negative pattern. Use it as an opportunity to initiate an improvement in your world.

Disappointment is a fact of life, but it never has to weigh you down for very long. You can always decide to focus on the positive possibilities in the present moment instead of the shortcomings in the past.

Make the smart choice, and live by intention rather than by chance. Whatever may happen, use it as a starting point for making life better.

— Ralph Marston

Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/120803.html#ixzz2Gy5xPNBH

Be Happy

Ralph Marston ‏@ralphmarston

By choosing to be genuinely happy with yourself you're also choosing to be the best, the strongest, the most effective person you can be