Wisdom Quotes from Movies

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Posted on 20th February 2012 by MaryJaneC in Life |Love |Thoughts

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Happy Monday everyone! Let’s start this week right! I found this video, shared by a Facebook friend who is also an optimist like me. This is a compilation of great wisdom lessons from various movies. I’d like to share it with everyone so I’m not just posting the video; I also transcribed it for you all. Enjoy and be enlightened! And let’s make it an awesome life!

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“Shut up, listen, and learn.”

 

“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth, nothing more.”

 

“You are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is – which path will you choose.”

 

“Everything you do in life, every choice you make has a consequence. When you do things without thinking, then you ain’t making the choice, the choice is making you.”

 

“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices.”

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Finding Pleasures in Everyday Life

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Posted on 1st January 2012 by MaryJaneC in Life |Optimism |Thoughts

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First of all I would like to greet everyone a Happy New Year! I am having a slow and wonderful day here at home with my family and I hope you are as well. My blog post today is all about awareness and how you can also incorporate it in your daily lives. So please read on and learn how. :)

Awareness – that’s how we can find pleasure and delight in the typically overlooked moments of our lives. It is also the simplest way of finding meaning in our everyday lives. Simple pleasures are about finding joy and delight in everyday things and everyday occurrences. Finding these pleasures is like walking along with a child who is constantly enthralled with things that adults no longer see. The awe and curiosity of children is something that we should follow.

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Have Coffee With Me

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Posted on 16th July 2011 by MaryJaneC in Life |Personal |Random |Thoughts |Yoga

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Someone asked me why does it seem like I am always “happy”? Gave that person really simple answers. I share the “answer” freely with anyone who asks. It’s not a secret. If you want to know it  too – then have coffee with me.

But if you don’t have the time to have coffee with me, let me share some thoughts with you today:

  • Always have  a care-free, relaxed, gentle smile. :)
  • Don’t be pretentious.
  • Live in the NOW.
  • Look on the bright side. These awesome world is for you as well as for your neighbours, so make the best out of all your experiences. In a situation instead of pointing out the bad things – note the good things about it.
  • Do what you want to do. Just make sure that you are not hurting yourself or anybody else in the process.
  • Don’t try to become popular. What’s the point? People can smell desperation from a mile away. If they think that you are trying too hard, they may/will want to push you around for fun just to see how far you will go.
  • Have faith in yourself.  Remember this: no one can take away your faith in yourself. If you lose faith in yourself, then why should anyone else have faith in you?
  • Worrying solves nothing – if it’s that big a deal then make a plan and fix whatever it is that is bugging you. Simple as that.
  • Keep in mind that life is way too short to care what others think. If they are low enough to criticize you then their opinion is not worth valuing.
  • If someone makes a rude gesture towards you – ignore them. It makes them look stupid. Trust me on this.
  • Replace all your worries that are about what other people think about you, with a preoccupation over your own goals, your own achievements and your progress.
  • Practice Yoga. Meditate.

So these are just some of the stuffs that I try to live everyday. Remember that happiness is not hard to find. You can actually enjoy your life and make the best out of every situation. If you are truthfully happy then other people will not be able to bring you down with their judgments. If other people are truly happy, then you will not be able to bring them down with your judgments. Do not forget that it works both ways. Remember also that experiencing happiness is the definition of success in life.

Want more? Have coffee with me.

I am wishing you all beautiful readers/stumblers of my blog:  Inner happiness. Peace of mind. Contentment. Love. Peace. Happiness. Blessings. :)

 

Living Life Positively, a Way to Survive Cancer

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Posted on 24th January 2011 by Mary Jane in Health |Life |Personal |Thoughts

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Last Thursday, January 20th, I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with my aunt who lives somewhere in Antique.  The interview was about the life challenge that she’s facing right now. I asked her some questions and she answered them all honestly and positively. Please make sure to read this post until the very end so that like me you will also learn a lot of lessons in life. To those who are going through the same life challenge, you will also learn facts about cancer chemotherapy in the Philippines and some of its side effects. I decided to write about this topic because I have noticed that when I go online and try to search for cancer patients and cancer survivors here in the Philippines, I can’t seem to find decent information. I am always directed to foreign patients and survivors. So I really hope that this will help someone from our country.

Before I continue, let me share a little something about my father first. Those who are close to me already know that my father passed away December of 2009 because of lung cancer. He battled with the disease for more than three months, but my father was no match to the cancer. Although I write about how I feel when I miss him, or post some photos of him here in my blog, I have never really shared any of my experience or my family’s, to what was the most challenging time of our lives. But to be honest with you all losing my father made me realize so many important stuffs. It was also a wake-up call that no one is invincible and we will never know when our time will come.

Papang and Auntie Diding

So I am sharing with you all today this story of my aunt. She is my father’s younger sister. The purpose of this blog post is not to scare people, but to make everyone aware that cancer exists not only here in the Philippines but all over the world and how to cope with it and survive.  I hope my aunt’s story will also inspire those who are going through the same disease.

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Blame is the Culprit

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Posted on 3rd December 2010 by Mary Jane in Fixations |Life |Personal |Random |Thoughts

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Blame – as most of us think – is the melodramatic pointing of a finger towards someone who has done something wrong. But in truth, we are actually into blame in just about every waking moment of our days. From the weather, to rude drivers, to how the toothpaste was squeezed, you know the deal. We blame and never think a thing about it. Yeah sure more times than not we are probably justified in our accusations, but so what?! There is not an ounce of well-being that can squeak through the thick negative energy of blame whether it is justified or not. In fact, the negative energy of blame is so strong and potently charged that it flows from us to others and it can cause those who are usually dependable to mess up all over the place as well. And surely sending the blame energy to someone who has been stupid, abusive, or undependable only amplifies the condition you would like to see changed. What I am trying to say is that blame always makes a bad situation worse.

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