Don't waste it

 GIVING

"Become skilled and see the true value of your hard earned wealth. Don't waste it by spending it on things that bring more suffering to you. To bank the money you have safely means to bank it in the act of giving and for use it for doing good deeds. Bank your wealth without any fear or doubt in the bank called 'giving and generosity'."*

R. W.

* The Lord Buddha has said to lay people to keep 1/4 of their wealth for their everyday needs (including giving and good deeds), 2/4 for one's prosperity, work needs, investments and businesses and 1/4 saved for emergencies. With this in mind, giving the most within one's means is very good.


source http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha049.htm

Your Identity in the end..

Everybody's Free, Everybody's Free To Feel Good!

Wear Sunscreen is the common name of an essay, (actually called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young") written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997.

The most popular and well-known form of the essay is the successful music single released in 1999, accredited to Baz Luhrmann.

source: http://www.persiandna.com/4u.htm

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97

"WEAR SUNSCREEN!"

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, "sunscreen" would be it.

The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists,

whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice NOW!

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

Oh, never mind.

You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.

But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. 

You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. 
Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind,

The kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive.

Forget the insults.

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters.

Throw away your old bank statements.Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees.

You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40.

Maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much,

or berate yourself either. 
Your choices are half chance.

So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can.

Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it.

It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance

Even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.Do not read beauty magazines.

They will only make you feel ugly.

"Brother and sister together we'll make it through,
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know that you're hurting but I've been waiting there for you
and I'll be there just helping you out
whenever I can..."
Get to know your parents.

You never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings.

They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,

but with a precious few you should hold on.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get,

the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in "New York City" once, but leave before it makes you hard.

Live in "Northern California" once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise.

Politicians will philander.

You, too, will get old.

And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young,

prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. 

Maybe you have a trust fund.

Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse.

But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy,

but be patient with those who supply it. 
Advice is a form of nostalgia.

Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal,

wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

"Brother and sister together we'll make it through,
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know that you're hurting but I've been waiting there for you
and I'll be there just helping you out
whenever I can..." 
Everybody's Free, Everybody's Free

To Feel Good!

Karma

"You are born poor in this life on account of your past evil karma. He is born rich on account of his good Karma. So, be satisfied with your humble lot; but do good to be rich in your next life. You are being oppressed now because of your past evil Karma. There is your destiny. Be humble and bear your sufferings patiently. Do good now. You can be certain of a better and happier life after death."

The Samyutta Nikaya states:

"According to the seed that’s sown,
So is the fruit you reap there from,
Doer of good will gather good,
Doer of evil, evil reaps,
Down is the seed and thou shalt taste
The fruit thereof."

Free from prison and reach liberation

Lord Buddha preached to be free from prison and reach liberation. Let us practice the below mentioned facts and try to be free from these prison cells.
 Develop mindfulness or concentration
 Understand the past and living in the present
 Try to be free from the concepts that we created

Make stuff happen

 

Interesting idea made my mind rethink that all the roads  that had ponder was once Paths are made by walking. Early days these were merely forests.  This made me realized How often we spend our time waiting for the opportune moment to appear right before us.  Have they not walked down that path , have they waited. Then we wouldn’t be having these roads. 

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it” – David Starr Jordan

May you all , have courage to make stuff happen.

A Path without End - The Levels of Thought

One of the first goals of meditation is to still and calm random thoughts. In order to achieve this, it is helpful to identify four different levels of Thinking.

 

1. Negative thought  - Considered lowest level , it includes feelings of anger, fear sadness, regret and unease
2. Wasteful thought -  When we waste our time worrying about things that might not happen or about things outside of our control
3. Necessary thought – Such as “I must not forget to pay electricity bill” or I must remember to send a birthday card
4. Positive thought – The Highest level, which encourage peace, harmony, creativity, love and happiness.

In meditation we can free our minds from negative and wasteful thoughts and elevate them to the highest level.

 

The Art of Tranquility , Self Awareness and Insight-David Fontana