Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Kowts XXI

501. Never count your friends on a sunny day when the sky is blue and laughter is abundant. Instead, wait for a storm when the clouds are dark and smiles are scarce. When someone stands beside you and lifts your spirit to the sky, then you'll know who deserves to be called a FRIEND!

502. a review of the 3 handwritten phrases found on the wall
>the good you do today, people will forget tomorrow, do good anyway
>give the world the best you have, and it may not be enough; give your best anyway
>for you see in the final analysis, it's between you and GOD. it was never between you and them anyway..

503. World's most beautiful phrase: "....BUT, I LOVE YOU."
World's most painful phrase: "I LOVE YOU, BUT..."

-makes sense ;)

504. Theory: You cannot hurt someone who feels nothing special for you.
Vice versa: You cannot be hurt by anyone unless that person is special for you

505. Six pieces of advice:
-closest to us is not family but death
-farthest from us is not the moon or starts, but time passed
-biggest is not the mountain or sun, but our lust/desire
-heaviest weight is not the elephant of iron, but responsibility
-lightest is neither wind nor feathers, but praying or delaying it
-sharpest is neither knife nor sword, but our tongue

506. "You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back." - Mitch Alboom, For One More Day

507. Bakit pagkaibigan walang petsa kung kelan naging kayo? Walang anniversaries na cncelebrate? Walang commitment with each other? Pero isa lang maganda dun na kahit magkaaway kayo walang break-up..

508. "Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.." - Mm. Du Deffand

509. When you love someone, thinking about them is just like breathing.. -- you do it without thinking, and you do it all the time

510. Faith teaches us to believe no matter what situation we're having right now..
Hold on, be strong, don't give up..
God works in ways we cannot see..

511. "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein

512. You should never be tired of what life brings you & if you feel like falling down, I'll always be here for you. I may not be there personally, but hey, "my prayers are much powerful than me"

513. "Have you ever had the feeling that you were too pressured to choose from something you're sure of and from something you're happy with?.. It's like you don't know if you're brave enough to take the risk of letting go of everything you held on to before.. Life is totally twisted, things change and crap happens.. So, know what you really want and go for it.. Choose what makes you happy today or die in sadness tomorrow.."

514. Our hearts have 3 poisons: GREED, ANGER & FEAR.
But by giving, we heal greed;
With compassion, we appease anger;
& with faith, we overcome fear..

515. Freedom is something everyone wants to have at some point in time.. but then, we can't remain free always because one day, we'll realize to be with someone is much better than freedom itself!

516. They say expecting is one way of hurting yourself.. but .. What If you have the reason to expect? "expecting doesn't hurt you, assuming does.."

517. Minsan kahit may mahal ka na di maiwasang mahulog ka sa iba, pero pag dumating ang time na pipiliin ka nila, piliin mo kung kanino ka masaya.. may masaktan ka mang isa at least, nagpakatotoo ka!

518. our life is surrounded by people who judge us in and out. they can make or break us, but the key there is: "Live your own, and never mind them.."

519. God placed different people in our lives for a reason..
-some to challenge us
-some to inspire us
-some to stretch us
-some to encourage us
& some more for other good reasons
... But don't forget that you also play a unique role in someone else's life. So be happy whatever you're doing. No matte how small or how difficult YOUR task is, only YOU can do it! & only God knows how far your influence can go

520. Wanna know how weird Love in this universe is?
..love is like the star, she stays with the moon even if she know she's not the only one.
..love is like the moon, who patiently follows his sun.
..love is like the sun, who gives life for the planet she can't even touch.
..love is like the planet, who contents himself by just viewing the star from afar.

521. Half the trouble of this life can be traced by saying "Yes" too quick & not saying "No" soon enough.

522. You might not have a second chance, so spill it out and embrace the outcome.

523. Juliet wasn't Romeo's first love. It was a girl named Rosaline.. he adored her so much but fell instantly with Juliet - that's how uncertain love is,.. The person who we thought are meant for us were really just instruments to find the ones destined for us..

524. ang puso ko parang apartment, madami ng tumira pero umaalis din pag nagsawa na.. ngayong dumating ka, itatanong ko lang sana, dito ka na ba titira? o mangungupahan ka lang din tulad nila?

525. an old man was once asked: 'which is important, to be loved or to love someone?' the old man replied: 'which is more important to the bird, the left wing or the right wing?'

526. "the measure of a matured person is not how well they prepare for everything to go right but on how they stand up and move on after everything goes wrong"

527. "Experience is not the best teacher; it is reflecting on the experiences that teaches you."

528. "ang mata ay nasa harapan upang makita ang dadaanan, hindi para iyakan ang nagdaan."

529. They say expecting is one way of hurting yourself. but.. What if you have the reson to expect? .."expecting doesn't hurt you, assuming does."

530. "Mahirap pumapel sa buhay ng tao. Lalo na kung hindi ikaw ang bida sa script na pinili niya." - Bob Ong

531. there are some things in life that are just not worth rushin'.. especially something that you wish would last a lifetime.. ^^,

532. ..don't ever try to understand everythin; some things will just never make sense.
..don't ever be reluctant to show your feelings; when your happy, give into it, when you're not, live with it.
..don't ever be afraid to try to make things better; you might be surprised to see the results.
..don't ever taked the weight of the world on your shoulders.
..don't ever feel threatened by the future; take life one day at a time.
..don't ever feel guilty about the past; what is done is done & learn from any mistakes you might have made. live light.

533. i believe that simple things mean a lot. why? a simple lie ruins things yet a simple sorry patches it up. a simple yes can mean i love you but a simple no can mean good bye.

534. "you can hardly determine what is fake and true. but sometimes, fake gives more happiness to you, while the truth gives nothing but it just hurts you.

535. it doesn't matter how fast you're GOING.. as long as you are MOVING..

536. no one ever gets tired of loving. but everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing lies, saying sorry and hurting.

537. we always look at our scars as ugly marks.. but sometimes, let's think of them as nice things, as symbols that something painful in the past had been healed.

538. "Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets." - The Neurotic's Notebook

539. There's nothing wrong in being bitter.. remember, medicines usually taste bitter but it makes you well..

540. When a man & a woman have feelings for each other, it doesn't necessarily need to have a formal relationship as boyfriend & girlfriend..while both are still busy with their personally lives, it's possible that they could make each other as an inspiration..

NO COMMITMENT just a ROMANTIC BOND..

Isn't it much sweeter and nicer when you both accomplished everything that you want in life and yet, you still end up

TOGETHER?

541. "Do not count what you lost, instead cherish what you have and plan to gain. The past never returns but the future may fulfill the loss."

542. Sometimes, we need to forget about some people from our past..because of one simple reason, they just don't belong in our future!

543. Mistakes are painful when they happen
But years later, a collection of mistakes is called..
EXPERIENCE.,
exactly what life is made of..

544. Tension of opposite.
"life is a series of pulls back and forth. you want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. something hurt you, yet you know it shouldn't. you take certain things for granted, even you know you should never take anything for granted. a tension of opposites, like a pull of rubber band. and most of us live some in the middle." - Tuesdays with Morrie

545. "you do not have to be brilliant to succeed in life. the only thing separating the average man from a fruitful intellectual life is DIRECTION. the ability to get the best possible results out of your own efforts."

546. "Scientists have proven that human minds are linked with each other through neuron activities.. So if you're think of someone all day long without any reason at all, that person is probably thinking of you too.. in any sense. " - Time Magazine

547. it's never nice when you forget things you're supposed to remember.. but it feels worse when you remember things you're supposed to forget..

548. The stolen glance is the oldest trick we know, yet definitely the most obvious sign of hidden admiration.

549. some few things i've learned by experience..
-don't talk too much when you're MAD.. you might say things you don't mean to say
-making a decision takes time, don't RUSH.. life is like chess, one wrong move & your game is all messed up
-never let your PRIDE ruin everything .. it's better to lose your pride than lose to someone because of your pride..

550. "No matter how crazy and funny the scenes around you, it is useless without the person you want to laugh with.