"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
The best gift you can ever give to someone is your time. No one from us have a contract with life and no one from us doesn't know how much time we have rest in this life. We can not own it but we can use it. Because of this we should handle with our time carefully. We should give it especially to the people which really deserve it. To the people we love. All people have their own time machines. Some takes us back - memories, some takes us forward - we are calling them dreams. We can't change the past but we can ruin the present by worrying about the future. Lets's think about ourselves as a bus drivers. The bus represent a life and we can choose our passengers - the people we care about. No matter how far we are going to drive, lets's lets choose the right people as a passengers. The people we enjoy to be with, the people which will makes our journey better, the great passengers.Instead of counting every hour in the day lets make every day count to give your time to the people, because it is the best gift you can every give to someone.
"Learn to appreciate what you have before times makes you appreciate what you had."
Let me tell you a little story from my life. After I finished an elementary school I went to high school which was about 15 km from the city I lived. There was one teacher of math a physics which I didn't like that time because he was very harsh and because of him my school marks went from A and B to D and E. There was a time he asked me some question about geometry and I had to answer his question. Since I didn't know the right answer my answer was 2 straight lines. He said that I can get to sit between those two straight lines and he gave me F. Everybody laughed and I felt so humiliated. I thought that this guy really doesn't like me. My parents were divorced and since my mother was unemployed we didn't have a enough money. Because of increasing the expenses of every day traveling to another city she decided to register me to similar school which was in the city we lived. I was really angry that time because I really liked my schoolmates and there was a girl I liked as well that time. So in class our school teacher said, that I am changing the school and he wish me the best and my schoolmates started to say: "Don't go we will miss you"....etc. I fell really bad that time. Than we had a lecture with that math teacher I mentioned before. I was sitting in the end line and we were writing something I don't remember exactly what, but what I do remember is that he suddenly comes and said. "Marian I heard that you are going to change your school. I want to say that you are really clever and smart guy and I am sure that you can do great things in your life" and than he left. I was shocked. My arms started to shake and I couldn't say nothing just: "Thank you very much." That bad guy wasn't bad guy anymore and I couldn't handle not to drop tear on my chick. I was like in heaven and I felt really really great.
It is great feeling when someone can put you up. Especially if it is someone who is important for us. And conversly it is great feeling to watch the impact on people when we are putting them up. We can start with small things, such a boast hair style of our girlfriend or in the restaurant we can boast the meal and the chief cook. We should say to others that we really appreciate them or what are they doing for us and I am sure that will do our and their day better.
"If you would create something, you must be something." Johan Wolfgang Goethe
Poems greater than The Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth and stories more engaging than Don Quixote are waiting for their seekers. As people are growing older, part of their emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find them. We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. We have to start something with enthusiasm and than inspiration itself will start to hound us and we can run as much as we can, the inspiration will catch us anyway. We will start to see inspiration everywhere around us. We will see inspiration during reading a book or bible, by talking with friend, by reading a book, by listening to the music, by watching a movie, by paying in a grocery store while we are speaking with shop assistant, by jogging or talking to our relatives or colleges. When we are completely ourselves, entirely alone, walking after good meal or during the night when we can not sleep, that are such occasions when ideas flows abundantly. We get new ideas from God every hour of our day, wonderful source of inspiration can be a Bible or just walking in a nature. We can find it in beautiful things such a flower, woman or heart touching stories of another people which can inspire you to a action. There is always something or someone that can inspire us. We need just turn around, search for it and than find it. Inspiration is at the same time very fragile thing which comes from the heart of heaven and give us the wings. Sometimes the people are sad and in this state is very difficult to see all that beauty around us. That time we need someone to help us to look through his or her eyes to see all this inspiring things around us. We can find our inspiration in quotes of famous people because quotes are nothing but inspiration for uninspired. So turn around you, listen to the sound of wind, waterfall of pure natural water, song of the bird, snow on the top of the mountains, watch the smile in children's face and get inspired...
Two baby twins were born. One of them was sick and not expected to live. They were so small that booth of them were placed in their own incubators. The hospital nurse decided to give them despite the hospital rules into the one incubator. When they were together the healthier baby threw an arm over her sister with endearing embrace. The smaller babe's heart rate stabilized and temperature her temperature went to normal.
I think that hug is a universal medicine. It is a great gift - one size fits all and it's easy to exchange. People's arms fits to each other like a puzzles. Sometimes we can use it instead of words and sometimes it is more than a words. Everything starts with hug and everything ends with hug. Such a hug can do our day better. Hugs are meant for everyone. From your grandmother to your neighbor. We can give someone a teddy bear so when are you far a way that person can hug him and think of us. It's great how a little hug makes everyone feel good.
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other...
Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. Life is a challenge - meet it.
Sometimes we stopped to beeing us. We let another people to stick finger in our faces and tell us that we are not good. The world can be sometimes very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it can beat you to your knees and keep you there if you let it. You, me and nobody is gonna hit as much as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward! That's how winning is done! If you know what you're worth go and get what you're worth but you gotta be willing to take the hits and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't. you! You are better than that! Maybe you guys got something, you never finished, you really wanna do, you never said to somebody - something ! Who's got the right to stop you ? Nobody ! If you feel like you are stuck in a rut or in a not good mood you can try something new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty simple. Think about something you’ve always wanted to add to your life and try it for next 30 days. It turns out that 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit like watching TV, Facebook or living without sugar. There’s a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. The first on is that time is much more memorable. I also noticed that as I started to do more difficult challenges, my self-confidence grew. I started to run every day, reading more books and write a this blog as a challenge. I was without Facebook for 30 days. You don't have to know that someone you saw just a couple of times has a new dog or your ex-girlfrind has a new boyfriend. You can start writing a book or blog as a challenge. The secret is not to go sleep before you finish your story. I really starded to enjoy this things. I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. There is nothing wrong with big crazy challanges. So what are you waiting for. I guarantee that next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not so why not think about something you have always wanted to try.
If you are going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say ? And why are you still waiting ?
We are living in a craze age. Aren’t we ? We are looking for the fast answers. We have to solve this problem immediately. We are looking for quick answers, easy solutions, elevators to success. We became so blinded to the old principles that has always worked and will always work. And even if they are right here, under our nose, we don’t see them anymore. We did find out that life is a game... It’s precious, holly, beautiful, but its a game ! And you can not play this game with a chance of win unless you know the rules. While we were grow up, nobody told us any of that rules. Nobody took at least 45 minutes to teach us how to set goals, how to motivate another, how to use our time profitably, how to stop doing the bad habits, how to accumulate wealth, how to handle stress and so much more. If we want to learn something we have to instead of feel sorry for ourself go to the library and study the subject we are interested in. We shouldn’t treat time as if you have unlimited supply. No one has contract with life. We heard many times that we should live each day as if it is the only one we will ever have. Now, let’s turn this coin over and let’s do something that will really change your life for the better. Lets see that from the different perspective. You can to start tomorrow morning. From the time you will wake up tomorrow do me a favour. Every one you will meet tomorrow from your first contact with your family in the morning, to the people you will meet through the day, strangers, people you work with, customers etc. Treat each one of them as if you know a deep secret about each one and that deep secret is that they are going to be death at midnight. Now thing about it for the moment. Let’s think you will see me tomorrow morning for the very first time. And you know that at midnight I am going to be out of here, I will be gone. How would you treat me ? You know how would you treat me. With more care, with more sharing, with more love that you will probably normally treat me. And what I suppose to give back to you ? More care, more love, more sharing... If that will happen too you all day tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day I dare you, tell me that your life will not change in 3 months.
"That day, for no particular reason I decided go for a little run.... "
This are the words of Forrest Gump from my favorite movie with the same name which inspired me. I just started for no particular reason run as well. Actually, there were maybe some reasons, maybe similar reasons like Forest had but that is not important. Every time there is a time we want to run away - somewhere out of the reality. Sometimes it can be very painful mainly at the ends of your run. Your legs became so heavy and painful, you knees are like in a fire and under your ribs you feel like someone is stubbing you with the knife. That time you have to realize that there are more painful moments in your life which you experienced and this is nothing comparing to that moments. I found out that our joggers in Bratislava are so polite. Every time someone is jogging against me, he pick up his hand like he is saying hello to me. First time I was surprised, then I started enjoy it and do the same :) Sometimes a gorgeous girls is running against me and pick up the hand and I am on my 10th KM and feel pain everywhere so my face is looking like if I just swallowed a lemon :) Than I usually realize: "Common Marian, a gorgeous girl, you should smile" :) It is great to listen to your favorite music while you are jogging. Powerful music can give you great power and energy so you can run even faster. Healthy legs are a great gift from God and with great powerful music you can run as you never run before. It is great feeling when you have some aim and you fulfill it. Sometimes, the sun is shining when you are starting and in the end of you run the rain is starting. And that is awesome, it motivates you to run even faster :) Sometimes there is horst crap and if you are lucky, of course you will slam on it :) It is one of the greatest states I have ever experienced. You can get to this state just after extremely performace. Some people are saying that it is better than orgasm :) Your body is flooded with endorfins and you feel happy even if you are in normal life miserable :) The same is happening to the people which have terminal stadium of some disease and are going to die. Because of endorfins they are going better for a while and they are happy a very little moment before their death. Running is one of the greatest thing we can do for our health.
Let me finish with true story that can inspire you. It is about girl Patti Wilson. She was an epileptic. Her father, Jim Wilson was a morning jogger. One day she said, "Daddy what I'd really love to do is run with you every day, but I'm afraid I'll have a seizure." Her father told her, "If you do, I know how to handle it so let's start running! That's just what they did every day. It was a wonderful experience for them to share and there were no seizures at all while she was running. After a few weeks, she told her father, "Daddy, what I'd really love to do is break the world's long-distance running record for women."Her father checked the Guiness Book of World Records and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80 miles. In view of her handicap, Patti was as ambitious as she was enthusiastic, but she said she looked at the handicap of being an epileptic as simply "an inconvenience." She focused not on what she had lost, but on what she had left.That year she completed her run to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that read, "I Love Epileptics." Her dad ran every mile at her side, and her mom, a nurse, followed in a motor home behind them in case anything went wrong.In her second year on the university Patti's classmates got behind her. They built a giant poster that read, "Run, Patti, Run!" (This has since become her motto and the title of a book she has written.) On her second marathon she fractured a bone in her foot. A doctor told her she had to stop her run. He said, "I've got to put a cast on your ankle so that you don't sustain permanent damage.""Doc, you don't understand,' she said. "This isn't just a whim of mine, it's a magnificent obsession! I'm not just doing it for me, I'm doing it to break the chains on the brains that limit so many others. Isn't there a way I can keep running?" He gave her one option. He could wrap it in adhesive instead of putting it in a cast. He warned her that it would beincredibly painful, and he told her, "It will blister." She told the doctor to wrap it up. She finished the run. You may have seen the headlines: "Super Runner, Patti Wilson Ends Marathon For Epilepsy On Her 17th Birthday." After four months of almost continuous running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States. She told him, "I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives."
" Because of her noble efforts, he told me, enough moneyhad been raised to open up 19 multi-million-dollar epileptic centers around the country...
