The art of taking time to live

To get the most out of our life we must take time to live as well as to make a living.
We must practice the art of filling our moments with enriching experiences that will give new depth to our lives.
We should take time for good books.
Time to absorb the thought of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets.
Time for music that washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Time for friendship; time for talks by the fire and walks beneath the stars.
Time for laughter; time for letting go and filling the heart with mirth.
Time for travel; time for pilgrimage and festival and shrine and exhibit, for rock bound coast and desert mountain and plain.
Time for nature; time for flower gardens, trees, birds, and sunsets.
Time to love and be loved for love is the greatest thing in the world.
Time for people; time for the interplay of personalities and the interchange of ideas.
Time for solitude; time to be quiet and alone and to look within.
Time to give ourselves, our talents, abilities, devotion and convictions that we may contribute to the onward march of humanity.
Time for worship; time for opening our lives to God's infinite springs of vitality, that we may live more abundantly.
In all ways let us make our moments glow with life.
Let us pray as did Matthew Arnold: Calm.
Calm of more, nor let of die, before I have begun to live.

--Wilfred. A. Peterson

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Easy and difficult

Easy is to get a place in someone's address book
Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others
Difficult is to recognize our own mitakes

Easy is to talk without thinking
Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us
Difficult is to heal the wound

Easy is to forgive others
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

Easy is to set rules
Difficult is to follow them

Easy is to dream every night
Difficult is to fight for a dream

Easy is to show vistory
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity

Easy is to admire a full moon
Difficult is to see the other side

Easy is to stumble with a stone
Difficult is to get up

Easy is to enjoy life every day
Difficult is to give it real value

Easy is to promise something to someone
Difficult is to fulfil that promise

Easy is to say we love
Difficult is to show it every day

Easy is to criticize others
Difficult is to inprove oneself

Easy is to make mistakes
Difficult is to learn from them

Easy is to weep for a lost love
Difficult is to take care of it so as not to lose it

A lesson in life

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity, all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them. For they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people who you never talked before, and actually listen. Hold your head because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live.