Do you want happiness? Then the next question is for how long.If you want happiness for an hour, take a Nap.If you want happiness for a day, go Fishing or Shopping.If you want happiness for a year, inherit a Fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, Help Others.
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What you are, is God’s gift to you.what you become, Is your gift to God.
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the one which has open for us.&The only way to win with a toxic negative person,Is not to play their game.&The greatest weapon against stress is our free will and the ability to choose one thought over another.The mind is everything.What you think, you become.&
Everything, good or bad first comes from a thought.Realize, you have the power to manifest them into reality.Good or bad they become your self-fulfilled prophecy.&If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.&The most powerful prayer is the attitude of gratitude.Be thankful for what you have, not what you want.&Choose a job you love,and you will never have to work another day in your life.&Worrying about something is like looking for a black cat in a dark room,Especially if there is no cat.&When the student is ready the teacher will appear,When the student is Truly ready…The teacher will disappear.&Give evil nothing, no thoughts, no energy, no time, and it will disappear by itself. The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.Where is our lost mind? In yesterday or tomorrow. Find the mind, bring it back, and live in peace today.Yesterday brings regrets, tomorrow brings anxiety and today brings PEACE. & To attain knowledge, add something every day,To attain wisdom and peace, let go of something every day.&When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.&It’s easy to hate and it’s difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. But there is a way out. You can be in this world, but not of it. &One prisoner of war said to another,Have you forgiven your captive yet?No said the other, NEVER!Then they still have you in prison.&
Those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Others will see someone happy and think about what’s wrong with them, by those who are living in the past.Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions and beliefs destroyed.&Forgetting our intentions is the most frequent of all acts of stupidity. So, write down your intentions if they are worthwhile.&Only when the last tree is cut down, the last fish has been caught and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we Can’t Eat Money.& There are two wolves fighting inside of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good…Which one will win? The ONE you feed every day. The other one will die.& When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.&Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.&We don’t die; we live in the hearts of people and loved ones we touched.& Day and night cannot blend together.We could not rejoice in the light, If we did not know darkness. &Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today by thinking of yesterday.&No Matter how hard or how long or the amount of energy you put into squeezing an Orange, You will not get grapefruit juice. Grapefruit juice doesn’t live there. And the same is true, if you keep negative thinking how can you expect positive results, They don’t live there. They live only in positive thinking.&
Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me, and I will understand.&Don’t walk ahead of me, because I may not followDon’t walk behind me, because I may not lead.Just walk beside me, and be my friend.&Don’t be afraid to cry, it will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.&Remember our children are not our own, they are lent us by the Creator.&You already possess everything necessary to become great. Seek within yourself and you will find it.&There is no death, only a change of worlds. Your love ones are not gone, there just not here.&Life is not separate from death. It only seems that way.Yes, death can take a life, but not a relationship.& True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.True love never dies, it goes on for eternity.& Men don’t chase women; Women don’t chase men. Just work on your own growth, values, and cultivate kindness and compassion. The right person will find their way to you, at the perfect moment, without any need for chasing. I know this is true, and for you to understand how I know, go to this link: https://www.goodtapes.com/deana/ &
&You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.&
We are all created from the same web. What we do to the web, we do to ourselves.&Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things are connected. Under God, we are all part of the Divine plan.&If you like playing games, don’t throw darts. You may become the target.&When you hate your neighbor, it is not he that you wrong but yourself.&Anger is like you taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.If you are holding on to anger, dig two graves because one of them will be for you.&Anger is a hazard to your health. Just as smoking, alcohol, and drugs. It has the power over you.But remember nothing has the power over you, except the power you give it.&To be angry is to take revenge on yourself for the mistake of others.&Nothing on earth consumes a man more than anger and resentment. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. So if you are standing alongside of the unjust, you may get wet also.&The way of a troublemaker is thorns. The way of a peacemaker is roses.&A man makes his own poison arrows. Are you shooting them at others or yourself?&If you see no reason for giving thanks, then the fault may lie within yourself.&Love a friend but remember he could become an enemy.You may hate your enemy, but don’t forget he could become a friend. &Use time and words carefully, remember neither can be retrieved.&Do not laugh at old age-because each day you are becoming closer to it. The only way you can escape old age, is to die young.&We do not stop playing because we grow old,We grow old because we stop playing. Take sometime for you today, and play.&Work as if you were to live a hundred, play as if you were to die tomorrow.&Live everyday as if it was your last day, because one of these days, it will be.
&Life’s biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.&If you intend to consult someone about your problems, look first at how that person manages his or her own problems.&To forge steel into an object, you have to strike it while the iron is hot. The same is true with an opportunity. You have to strike while it’s available to you. If you wait, it could be too late.&Judge your success not by all the money you made or the things you accumulated but by the degree that you enjoy peace, health and love.&Be thankful for what you have, but always strive for the best.&Shoot for the moon and even if you miss, you’ll wind up among the stars.&If a man has wealth in his heart and in his mind, no one can steal it from him. Wealth is not only money, but a state of mind.&By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.&Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a great mighty ship. We tell ourselves, “It don’t cost that much I’ll buy it.” Then we wake up and find we are broke.&Many people die at twenty-five and aren’t buries until they are seventy-five. Don’t worry about making a mistake, just do it. Life is too short.&Contentment makes a poor man rich; discontent makes a rich man poor.&If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Be thankful for what you have&It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.&You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.&Any person capable of making you angry becomes your master,A person can only make you angry, when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.&You become what you give your attention to.&The only real mistake, is the one from which we learn nothing from.&Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. T oday just plant one seed of encouragement to someone.&Always just be yourself, because everyone else is taken.One of my sons said, I want to be just like you, and I said don’t be like me, be better than me.&Sometime the roots of education is hard and bitter,But the fruit is soft and sweet.&Everyone falls down.Getting back up is how we learn to walk. Forget about falling, that’s depressing.Remember the getting up, that is inspiring.&A cat will only sit on a hot stove once And after that it will never sit on a cold stove either. Don’t discard your dreams,because it may not be the right time.&Write the bad times in your life in sand on the sea shore.Write the good times in your life in stone on the mountain.Thinking of the bad times, will drown you.Thinking of the good times, will put you on top.&Scripture says: Love your neighbor as you love yourself.But remember, you need to love yourself first.Sometime, if we were to love our neighbor as we love ourselves our neighbor would be in a bad shape.&What we know is a drop, What we don’t know is an ocean. of life.We are like a drop in the ocean of life.&It is not the man who has too little,But the man who craves more, that is poor.Be thankful for what you have.&How many things would you attempt,If you thought you could no fail.Think positive and you will create positive results.&Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.Cleanse your mind and you will cleanse your fears.You have to rule your mind,Orit will rule you.&Those who cannot change there mind, cannot change anything.You can’t wait for inspiration,&You have to go after it with a club and take it.&The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.Think about this today. How do you want be remembered by others.&Don’t say you are going to try and do something; it’s liking saying I am going to try and see if the water is hot or cold.You have to jump in. When you say I‘ll try, that’s setting you up for defeat. So, when you fail you can tell others, I tried. It gets you off the hook.
Everything, good or bad first comes from a thought.Realize, you have the power to manifest them into reality.Good or bad they become your self-fulfilled prophecy.&If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.&The most powerful prayer is the attitude of gratitude.Be thankful for what you have, not what you want.&Choose a job you love,and you will never have to work another day in your life.&Worrying about something is like looking for a black cat in a dark room,Especially if there is no cat.&When the student is ready the teacher will appear,When the student is Truly ready…The teacher will disappear.&Give evil nothing, no thoughts, no energy, no time, and it will disappear by itself. The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.Where is our lost mind? In yesterday or tomorrow. Find the mind, bring it back, and live in peace today.Yesterday brings regrets, tomorrow brings anxiety and today brings PEACE. & To attain knowledge, add something every day,To attain wisdom and peace, let go of something every day.&When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.&It’s easy to hate and it’s difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. But there is a way out. You can be in this world, but not of it. &One prisoner of war said to another,Have you forgiven your captive yet?No said the other, NEVER!Then they still have you in prison.&
Those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Others will see someone happy and think about what’s wrong with them, by those who are living in the past.Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions and beliefs destroyed.&Forgetting our intentions is the most frequent of all acts of stupidity. So, write down your intentions if they are worthwhile.&Only when the last tree is cut down, the last fish has been caught and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we Can’t Eat Money.& There are two wolves fighting inside of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good…Which one will win? The ONE you feed every day. The other one will die.& When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.&Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.&We don’t die; we live in the hearts of people and loved ones we touched.& Day and night cannot blend together.We could not rejoice in the light, If we did not know darkness. &Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today by thinking of yesterday.&No Matter how hard or how long or the amount of energy you put into squeezing an Orange, You will not get grapefruit juice. Grapefruit juice doesn’t live there. And the same is true, if you keep negative thinking how can you expect positive results, They don’t live there. They live only in positive thinking.&
Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me, and I will understand.&Don’t walk ahead of me, because I may not followDon’t walk behind me, because I may not lead.Just walk beside me, and be my friend.&Don’t be afraid to cry, it will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.&Remember our children are not our own, they are lent us by the Creator.&You already possess everything necessary to become great. Seek within yourself and you will find it.&There is no death, only a change of worlds. Your love ones are not gone, there just not here.&Life is not separate from death. It only seems that way.Yes, death can take a life, but not a relationship.& True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.True love never dies, it goes on for eternity.& Men don’t chase women; Women don’t chase men. Just work on your own growth, values, and cultivate kindness and compassion. The right person will find their way to you, at the perfect moment, without any need for chasing. I know this is true, and for you to understand how I know, go to this link: https://www.goodtapes.com/deana/ &
&You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.&
We are all created from the same web. What we do to the web, we do to ourselves.&Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things are connected. Under God, we are all part of the Divine plan.&If you like playing games, don’t throw darts. You may become the target.&When you hate your neighbor, it is not he that you wrong but yourself.&Anger is like you taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.If you are holding on to anger, dig two graves because one of them will be for you.&Anger is a hazard to your health. Just as smoking, alcohol, and drugs. It has the power over you.But remember nothing has the power over you, except the power you give it.&To be angry is to take revenge on yourself for the mistake of others.&Nothing on earth consumes a man more than anger and resentment. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. So if you are standing alongside of the unjust, you may get wet also.&The way of a troublemaker is thorns. The way of a peacemaker is roses.&A man makes his own poison arrows. Are you shooting them at others or yourself?&If you see no reason for giving thanks, then the fault may lie within yourself.&Love a friend but remember he could become an enemy.You may hate your enemy, but don’t forget he could become a friend. &Use time and words carefully, remember neither can be retrieved.&Do not laugh at old age-because each day you are becoming closer to it. The only way you can escape old age, is to die young.&We do not stop playing because we grow old,We grow old because we stop playing. Take sometime for you today, and play.&Work as if you were to live a hundred, play as if you were to die tomorrow.&Live everyday as if it was your last day, because one of these days, it will be.
&Life’s biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.&If you intend to consult someone about your problems, look first at how that person manages his or her own problems.&To forge steel into an object, you have to strike it while the iron is hot. The same is true with an opportunity. You have to strike while it’s available to you. If you wait, it could be too late.&Judge your success not by all the money you made or the things you accumulated but by the degree that you enjoy peace, health and love.&Be thankful for what you have, but always strive for the best.&Shoot for the moon and even if you miss, you’ll wind up among the stars.&If a man has wealth in his heart and in his mind, no one can steal it from him. Wealth is not only money, but a state of mind.&By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.&Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a great mighty ship. We tell ourselves, “It don’t cost that much I’ll buy it.” Then we wake up and find we are broke.&Many people die at twenty-five and aren’t buries until they are seventy-five. Don’t worry about making a mistake, just do it. Life is too short.&Contentment makes a poor man rich; discontent makes a rich man poor.&If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Be thankful for what you have&It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.&You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.&Any person capable of making you angry becomes your master,A person can only make you angry, when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.&You become what you give your attention to.&The only real mistake, is the one from which we learn nothing from.&Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. T oday just plant one seed of encouragement to someone.&Always just be yourself, because everyone else is taken.One of my sons said, I want to be just like you, and I said don’t be like me, be better than me.&Sometime the roots of education is hard and bitter,But the fruit is soft and sweet.&Everyone falls down.Getting back up is how we learn to walk. Forget about falling, that’s depressing.Remember the getting up, that is inspiring.&A cat will only sit on a hot stove once And after that it will never sit on a cold stove either. Don’t discard your dreams,because it may not be the right time.&Write the bad times in your life in sand on the sea shore.Write the good times in your life in stone on the mountain.Thinking of the bad times, will drown you.Thinking of the good times, will put you on top.&Scripture says: Love your neighbor as you love yourself.But remember, you need to love yourself first.Sometime, if we were to love our neighbor as we love ourselves our neighbor would be in a bad shape.&What we know is a drop, What we don’t know is an ocean. of life.We are like a drop in the ocean of life.&It is not the man who has too little,But the man who craves more, that is poor.Be thankful for what you have.&How many things would you attempt,If you thought you could no fail.Think positive and you will create positive results.&Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.Cleanse your mind and you will cleanse your fears.You have to rule your mind,Orit will rule you.&Those who cannot change there mind, cannot change anything.You can’t wait for inspiration,&You have to go after it with a club and take it.&The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.Think about this today. How do you want be remembered by others.&Don’t say you are going to try and do something; it’s liking saying I am going to try and see if the water is hot or cold.You have to jump in. When you say I‘ll try, that’s setting you up for defeat. So, when you fail you can tell others, I tried. It gets you off the hook.