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...the truth about you? Are we only giving to get? What do you think?


Hi ALP Friends,

Is it just me or do you notice that when you read about others and what they have to say, it greatly contributes to your own overall attitudes, feelings and actions?

When I read positive uplifting information it helps me to refocus my thoughts and remember what my goals and inner desires are.

Thoughts are powerful and the information that we feed our minds help to make us more sensitive to our inner beliefs and ideology, and no doubt help to form the infrastructure for our thought processes.

Positive and negative circumstances and input help to mold our view of the world and the people around us, as well as our beliefs about what we can and can't accomplish in life. But circumstances alone should not control our thought processes that lead to the actions we take.

Here's where we can learn much from those who have gone before us and have overcome the worst of circumstances and human cruelty. Don't you love it when you read or hear about someone who has overcome great odds to accomplish amazing things in their life? How were they able to do it, inspite of their horendous odds? Interesting to ponder, don't you think?

It's been said that if you think you can, you are right....and if you think you can't you are also right!

Finding ourselves amidst the many ideas, thoughts, actions and influences that surround us every day is sometimes overwhelming and downright difficult to cope with at times.

Every one of us has the same amount of time every day though our circumstances may vary. Some of us may take a lot longer to do a task or a job, due to mental, emotional or physical challenges. Some of us may be brilliant in our thought processes but may not know how to relate to our fellow man on a level that is desirable or easy to understand. Whatever our challenges are, we all have them. All of us have issues, challenges or beliefs that hold us back.

What if we could all discover how to get past our challenges? Even though our circumstances sometimes don't change quickly...do you believe you can get beyond your challenges and accomlish what you were meant to accomplish in life?

One of the things that I love to do when I make myself take the time, is to read about people who have made a positive impact in our world and who challenge others to be true to themselves, and at the same time discover how they can encourage and help their fellow man.

I know we've all heard the universal truth that when we give to others we are clearing the way to receive, and so it is.

When we give, we do receive back, though not necessarily in the form that we are expecting. For me, giving has an even more significant purpose. In my view, giving goes far beyond getting. When I give to another and they don't have the capacity to even think about giving back to me...why do I do it, or why do you do this?

When I ask the question, I recognize that the great feeling of joy this gives me blesses me tremendously. So maybe I do give to get a feeling of blessing and joy. Even if there is no other gain in the giving. In this way maybe we are all only giving to get. But then...are there any truly altruistic acts?

What do you think?

Since the New Year is almost here...my new forum thread is going to start off the year with the question I have just asked. Please share your thoughts with me and our Adland friends. This will be a place for daily or weekly quotes.

Feel free to respond with your own thoughts, quotes of famous people or infamous people.

I will be adding quotes every day or every couple of days.

Yes, do share your quotes and quips, whether yours or someone elses. No, don't post your ads or they will be deleted.

Let's make it a great celebration for 2010...thank you for giving me the opportunity to know you. It means a lot.

Happy New Year to all of you, my Adland friends!

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have".

- Abraham Lincoln

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Blessings to you and family! I consider it a privilege to know you and I thank you for sharing yourself with me.

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

I recently was in a discussion with a good Friend, about how sad it is that so many of our current generation are always trying to blame others, rather than accept responsibility for their own actions. I was specifically looking looking for a quote by our last "True" President, Ronald Reagan,

"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." Ronald Reagan

when I realized that he was born exactly 100 years ago, this coming Sunday, February 6th.

Ronald Reagan

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

Mr President. You Are Dearly Missed.

May God Bless You My Friends,

Phil