Power to Change Someone's Life

Ben Thomas:
It is within my power to drastically change his circumstances, but I don't want to give that man a gift he doesn't deserve.
Quoted from the movie, Seven Pounds

How often do we have in us, the power to drastically change the circumstances of the people around us, yet so often do we give them to the people who deserve them the least? Do we judge accordingly on whom best deserve the gifts we provide, or do we often make the mistake of making people priority in our lives, when often we are just an option in theirs.

The next time you see a colleague struggling to finish their work, a friend looking to better his business, an enemy in need of a friend, remember ... we have the power to drastically change their circumstances, if only if we choose to. Like in the overly quoted statement, with "Great powers come great responsibility". Be responsible in choosing whom we choose to use our powers to change someone's life today.

On Living With a Full Heart

When one is too hurt one cannot see others' pain, is too blind with one's own.
When one has many weights to lift, one cannot enjoy life.
When one has many expectations, one cannot be patient with others.
When one has fear, one cannot enjoy life.
When one does not give, one is making the heart lonely.
When one does not take, one is making the heart feel inferior
When one does not hope, one is shutting oneself into a tight closet.
But when one does not love, one is killing one's self.

* Quoted from 12-year old Olivia, Berkley, California

They always share that one should not look at life in a negative way. Especially for myself who works in HR systems, getting anything done sometimes is almost impossible. The realm of impossibility is stretched to such extents that sometimes it gets so frustrating to do anything.

Thus in life, I feel we should all live life, looking at how we can do something, and stop saying no so often. Let's start right now, by deciding that it's possible, and that it CAN be done, only if we want to.

Mantra for 2009

It's a great powerpoint slide that a friend had sent to me via the email. True, it's one of those "you-need-to-send-it-out-within-96-hours" thingy, but if you ignore that fact, and read the points, it helps open up some thoughts on how we would want to live 2009.

Here are a list for those who can't open the document:

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the 3 Rs:
a. Respect for Self
b. Respect for Others
c. Responsibility for all your actions
* I so need to make this my own new year's resolution
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful thing.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't give up on your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think it back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge, it is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the Earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember, the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.