Smile, hope and fighting with yourself

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. "
- Mother Teresa -

I was told so many times that even angels choose to hide in a person's smile, I end up believing it. Probably the Far East is a place full of angels, because everybody is smiling over there. But here we talk about more than that. Being positive and open to the unknown is a choice, and we need to make that choice, because the alternative is not good enough.


"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world."
- William Shakespeare -

Hope. Let's talk about hope. It is present in every step, behind every decision we make, big or small. We hope that everything will go in our way, and we project results as we expect them to be. But there is a ripple effect for every random act of kindness we do, and one apparently insignificant action can enrich another person experience for life.


"You can have no greater or lesser dominion than the one over yourself. The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."
- Leonardo da Vinci -

We alter our perception of the world, through our daily choices, and as i was saying in the previous phrase, if we have a rich and happy life, or a miserable one, this will happen because we gave permission to happen. We are changing our future every moment, And we can be our greatest ally or our greatest enemy. In the end, it is all about the quality of our actions.

Allegorical

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. " - Albert Einstein -

We are all one, and every person got hopes, dreams, satisfactions, problems, disillusions. We often forget this, thinking at ourselves as the center of the Universe, which was created for us. In doing this we raise walls and fences, we build moats and trenches, we learn how to hide from one entire world. Yes, each of us is living in his own universe, but even universes collide sometimes. Remember that!


For your neighbor who is secretly racist.

I am black, and white, and Asian, and everybody loves me. Grow up. (said the Panda bear)


...and, to finish with an optimistic note, i give you Rumi:

One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring,
One smile can begin a friendship,
One hand can lift a soul,
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal,
One sunbeam can light a room,
One candle can wipe out darkness,
One laugh can conquer gloom,
One hope can raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care,
One voice can wake up everybody,
One life can make the difference.
Be that one.

You have been weighted!

Motto: "He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. "
- Thomas Carlyle -

He was sitting on the bridge, looking at the fast river underneath. "If I want to jump, i can do it so easily, and nobody will be fast enough to stop me", he was thinking. Not at his best, as another one of his start-ups failed, after one apparently short success. First two months were good enough, with a 1800% return per investment, but after that everything was running dry. He was almost ready to change his lifestyle, he could see himself financially independent, with a nice house, with a decent passive income, ready to never work again. And sudden, like a house of cards, everything crumbled. He did a decent profit, but, at first, he had seen this as a failure. And in that same moment, when a lightning lightened the entire sky, this whole new concept hit him. He got profit, even if  only for two months. This was an success, and this time, like in the last three times, he gain some money, and made it work for 60 days. The one before that took 8 months just to start, and then barely made it on equal terms. He is getting closer. With every new try, he is getting closer and closer. One of this days, he gonna do it. He turned around, went back home, sat at the table, notebook and pen nearby, and start to write another 10 ideas for today. And another 10 ideas for tomorrow. He will never stop.