Live a life that matters

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear. So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.


What will matter is not your success, BUT your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, BUT what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, BUT your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, BUT how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories, BUT the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

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MEN n WOMEN

Men:

1. All men are extremely busy.

2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.

3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them.

4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have one Around.

5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their Luck with others.

6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off If the women leaves them.

7. Although the women leaves them they still don't learn from their Mistakes and still try their luck with others.

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Women:

1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.

2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive Clothes.

3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something To wear.

4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress Beautifully.

5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just "An old rag".

6. Although their clothes are always "just an old rag", they still Expect you to compliment them.

7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't Believe you

-Mr.-desi

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The one that got away

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with...and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little necessities of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life. If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing. But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late?

Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away.

-Tré Taylor

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Disturbing Beer News!

Just recently, University scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women. To test the theory, 100 men were fed 8 pints of beer each within a 1 hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects:

1) Gained weight.
2) Talked excessively without making sense.
3) Became overly emotional.
4) Couldn't drive.
5) Failed to think rationally.
6) Argued over nothing.
7) Had to sit down while urinating.
8) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.

No further testing was considered necessary.

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Hay Buhay!!!

(A friend of mine wrote this)

Alam nyo nakakatawang isipin kung paano nasasabi ko sa sarili ko na "I believe in love." Nakakatawa sya kasi sa buong buhay ko, ni wala pa yatang nagpakita sa akin o nagparamdam ng lintek na pagmamahal na yan. Ang ibig kong sabihin yung pagmamahal na tipong nakakabaliw.

Sabi pa nga minsan nung isa, "We're better off as friends." PUCHA! Kaibigan?! Sa lahat ng ginawa ko para sa kanya at sa lahat ng sinakripisyo ko, kaibigan lang pala ang habol nya sa akin. Ano ba ito lokohan lang? Pero sige, sabi ko "move on, move on."

Tapos itong isa naman sabi "Mabait lang ako sa babae kaya ako ganito sa iyo." Lalong masakit! Bakit? Hanep naman kasi. Bibisitahin ka linggo-linggo sa bahay, magiging sweet sa iyo, kakantahan ka pa, yayakapin, hahalikan at higit sa lahat sasabihing napakaganda mo at napakabait at ano ba yun 'special' girl ka sa kanya. Hindi mo aakalain na normal lang pala nyang ginagawa yun. Ikaw naman, mafofall ka, hindi mo mapigilan. Pero wala ka namang magawa. Ang sabi ko naman sa sarili ko ngayon, "it's your loss, not mine."

Yung iba naman, eh di syempre manliligaw. At dahil likas akong dalagang Pilipina, papakipot muna ako. Kung kailan mo na sasagutin, saka naman hihinto. Bakit? Aakalain na hindi mo sya gusto, na pinaasa mo lang at wala kang kabalak-balak sagutin. Guys, isang advice lang, hindi naman kayo paaasahin ng mga babae kung wala silang gusto ni katiting sa inyo. Maaaring mali ako, pero karamihan sa amin, kaya pinapatagal eh dahil gutso kayong subukan kung hanggang saan ang tagal nyo at syempre kung gaano kayo kaseryoso. Yan lang naman ang drama namin, masanay na kayo. At ano naman ang sabi ko naman sa sarili ko ngayon? "Bahala ka! Marami pa naman dyang iba!" Tapos sige move on ulit.

Ito ang pamatay sa lahat. Nanligaw si lalaki, sinagot ni babae. Maganda na sana ang relationship tapos isang araw, sasabihin na lang sa iyo, "Hindi ko na kaya. Tapusin na natin ito." Iniwan ka na lang basta ng dahil sa isang dahilang hindi mo malunok, maintindihan at tanggapin. Ni hindi mo alam kung gusto mong sabunutan o suntuk-suntukin ng paulit-ulit baka sakaling matauhan at sabihin nyang, "Joke lang po." Pero hindi. Sa halip na sya ang makaramdam ng sakit ng sabunot at kirot ng suntok, ikaw pa ang halos mamatay sa triple or higit pang sakit. At ang masakit pa kinabukasan malalaman mo na ang tunay na dahilan eh, 'sila' na ng matalik mong kaibigan. PUCHA! Hindi mo alam kung iiyak ka, o sisigaw ka o susugurin mo ang your so-called "bestfriend" at isumbat sa kanya lahat ng nararamdaman mo. Sa huli, wala kang magawa kung hinde tanggapin ang lahat at maging masaya para sa kanila. May magagawa ka pa ba? Sasabihin mo naman sa sarili mo, "Makakarma rin kayo!" tapos hala, move on ulit.

Nakakapagod magmahal, totoo yan. Pero bakit pa rin ako patuloy na naghihintay? Masyado lang ba ang tiwala ko sa pag-ibig o likas na tangengot lang talaga ako. Pareho yata. Tama, oo, pareho nga. Ang lakas kasi ng tiwala ko sa 'love." Tipong kakambal ko na ba.

Masarap magmahal kahit na hindi mo alam kung mahal ka rin nya. Basta ikaw, mahal mo sya. Yun lang ang importante. Makita mo lang sya, feel mo gusto mong magpa-fiesta. Madikitan mo lang ang sinulid ng damit nya, ang sasabihin mo sa sarili mo, "Ay shet! Nadikit ako sa balat nya!" at sabay talon. Ngitian ka lang nya, pwede ka ng magpasagasa sa kotse or kahit sa LRT. Drama noh?

Paano pa kaya kung "kayo" na? Eh di mas lalong humaba ang buhok mo. Andito na yung lagi nilang sinasabing hindi ka makakain, hindi ka makatulog at hindi ka makapag-isip na kahit na ano maliban lang ang mga pantasya mo na kasama sya.

Madrama na kung sa madrama pero pag in-love, ay sus! Walang corny-corny, basta para sa kanya kahit may corn field ka na sa utak at puso mo, wala kang pakialam. Patuloy kang magmamahal at aasa na kayo na nga sana forever and ever.

Ako? Parang takot na yata akong ma-in-love ulit. Parang takot na akong sumubok pa ng isa. Parang ayoko na! Pero parang hindi tama. Ganyan naman sa 'love' diba? Sige lang, tuloy ka hangga't Makita mo ang katapat mo.

Takot man akong sumubok muli, kakayanin ko ang takot na ito. Hindi para sa akin, kundi para dun sa taong mamahalin ako ng higit pa sa kahit na ano. Yung taong aalagaan ako, taong magsasabi na maganda ako kahit na halos lumuwa na ang mata ko sa puyat at yung taong magsasabi na "Mga 'tol, yan ang girlfriend ko. Iisa lang yan sa buhay ko." HAAAYYY!!! Sarap isipin noh?

Masarap at masakit umibig. Magkakambal yan. Nasa inyo na lang kung pipiliin nyong kumapit o bumitaw.

Ngayon eto ako, umaasa pa rin. Andito pa rin ako na nagpapatuloy sa buhay, patuloy na humihinga at patuloy na nabubuhay para sa 'kanya' yung taong darating na para lang sa akin. At syempre eto pa rin ako, natatawa kapag sinasabi kong, "I believe in love." Natatawang naniniwalang totoo ito..

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THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with...and the one that got away. Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived.

And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life. If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens. Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."

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The Freedom of Simplicity by Bo Sanchez

Happiness is not found outside of you. It doesn’t come from cars, clothes, cash, or Caribbean cruises. Happiness is found within. But how can you find it if you don’t have the simplicity of time and space to discover the most important things in your life? How can you search the depths of your soul if you are too busy impressing others, acquiring wealth, protecting your properties, and paying your debts?

Simplicity is not about the external either: living in a doghouse, eating in a Hepatitis joints, wearing rags.

Let me define what it is: Simplicity is living from the core of your being.

A TREASURE MAP OF HAPPINESS

Simplicity will point to you where and what and who the gold is in your life.

Let me share with you the seven powerful lessons I’ve learned on simple living:

LIVE ON LESS, AND DELIGHT IN THEM MORE

Some take their pleasure dining in classy restaurants, trips to Europe, and owning the latest home theatre-equipment. I’ve chosen the simple path: If I can simply be with my wife, or take a quiet stroll under a canopy of stars, or play with a child, or read a good book in my home, or laugh with friends over a pizza, I consider myself richly blessed.

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THE BENCHMARK OF SUCCESS

YOU ARE A SUCCESS...

* WHEN you clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person – that yesterday ended last night, and today is a brand new day.

* WHEN you know that a success (a win) doesn't make you and that a failure (a loss) doesn't break you.

* WHEN you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future.

* WHEN you are filled with faith, hope, and love and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy, or thoughts of revenge.

* WHEN you are mature enough to delay gratification and shift your focus from your rights to your responsibilities.

* WHEN you know that failure to stand for what is morally right is the prelude to becoming a victim of what is criminally wrong.

YOU ARE A SUCCESS...

* WHEN you are secure in who you are, so you are at peace with your Creator and in fellowship with others.

* WHEN you have made friends of your adversaries and have gained the love and respect of those who know you best.

* WHEN you understand that others can give you pleasure but that genuine happiness comes when you do things for others.

* WHEN you give hope to the hopeless, love to the unlovable, and are pleasant to the grouch, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.

* WHEN you can look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

* WHEN you know that the greatest are those who choose to be servants of all.

* WHEN you recognize, confess, develop, and use your given physical, mental, and spiritual abilities for the benefit of others.

YOU ARE A SUCCESS when you know that you have been a good and faithful servant of the Creator of the universe.

[The author Zig Ziglar also attributed his own success to his personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.]

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Twenty-four Things to Always Remember & One Thing to Never Forget

Your presence is a present to the world
You're unique and one of a kind
Your life can be what you want it to be
Take the days just one at a time

Count your blessings, not your troubles
You'll make it through with whatever comes along
Within you are so many answers
Understand, have courage, be strong

Don't put limits on yourself
So many dreams are waiting to be realized
Decisions are too important to leave to chance
Reach for your peak, your goal, your prize

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying
The longer one carries a problem
The heavier it gets
Don't take things too seriously
Live a life of serenity
Not a life of regrets

Remember that a little love goes a long way
Remember that a lot goes for ever
Remember that friendship is a wise investment
Life's treasures are people together

Realize that it's never too late
Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way
Have health, hope and happiness
Take the time to wish upon a star

And don't ever forget
For even a day
How very special you are

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YOU HAVE TO RUN TO WIN THE RACE

You must take the first step to win any race.
The first step will take some effort and maybe some pain.
But after that, everything you have to do is real-life movement.
Once you're moving you must keep moving.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desires
and begin at once, whether you're ready or not,
to put your plan into action.

If you can get up the courage to begin,
you have the courage to succeed.
You can only fail if you fail to start.

Winning starts with begining.

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"Don't hang around with people whose financial and emotional thinking is on
a lower level than yours.
You want to grow.
They don't.
So they won't help you expand your horizons, and they can't inspire you."
-- Tom Hopkins

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