Wisdom For The Day

[Knight of Albion]

I wish no living thing to suffer pain
- Percy Bysshe Shelley

[Knight of Albion]

Harry Wheatcroft, probably the most celebrated rose grower, says, "He who would grow good roses, must have roses in his heart"
And he is a pacifist, "I deplore beyond all measure the thousands of millions spent to create implements to destroy mankind. With all that money, everybody in the world could grow roses. The world could be so beautiful. If only people ..."
Yes, if only people had roses in their hearts, there would be no more wars, no more misery, just beauty and goodness.
- Al Koran

[Knight of Albion]

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
- The Dalai Lama

[Verinda]

As a cancer survivor I always find the words of this old song inspiring.

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink
The years go by as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself it's later than you think.

[Knight of Albion]

I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do
- Edward Everett Hale

[Knight of Albion]

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful
- Malala Yousafzai

[Knight of Albion]

The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud.
In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud - the obstacles of life and its suffering ...
The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life ...
Wheter we have it all or have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death.
If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one
- Goldie Hawn

[Knight of Albion]

It ill behoves us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures
- Mahatma Gandhi

[Knight of Albion]

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need.
To me, those are traditional values.
- Ellen DeGeneres

[Knight of Albion]

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him
- Albert Schweitzer

[bearded bloke]

Never ride/drive faster than your guardian angel can fly - Anon

[Knight of Albion]

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world
- Albert Schweitzer

[Knight of Albion]

[A particularly poignant Pre-Death Experience account on this Remembrance Sunday, reminding us that death is not the end...]

Brothers In Arms:

My uncle served in the First World War and experienced the horrors of the Somme, which lived with him for the rest of his life. He had led a group of men, returned with only three survivors and was badly wounded himself.

It was about thirty years ago, when he was dying of cancer, that the following event took place.

During his illness my mother cared for him at home, and I remember one evening we were sitting with him talking quietly. He was too ill to contribute much to the conversation, but liked to hear us chatting, when suddenly he leaned forward and stared across the room. He became very animated and looked very happy as he began to talk to people he could obviously see but we couldn't.
He was calling each by name and asking how they were and how wonderful it was to see them.

It became apparent from what he was saying that they had served with him at the Somme and had died there.
There was a look of wonderment on his face and he forgot his pain.

I will never forget that night and though I could not see his friends I have no doubt that they were there.

I didn't see him conscious again and he died a couple of days later.

(From 'The Art of Dying' by Dr Peter Fenwick)

[lottie dolly]

OOOOh reading that has sent me hairs up and goose pimpled,makes you think you were witnessing it personally,

[Knight of Albion]

[A couple more Pre-Death Experiences, same source.
The first one is an account given by a woman who used to work in an old people's home, and the second is an account of a frail and dying elderly lady reaching the end of her life.
Both extraordinary... An important and comforting message.]

'One lady was fading at the age of 97, just slipping away.
She was talking to someone, we could see her doing it, but no one was there.
We asked her later who it was and she said it was her sister Alice who had died six months previously.
She said Alice would come for her at 2.30 p.m. the next day.

I started work the next day at 2.00 p.m. and asked "Is she still here?" I was told she was dying and as I was new to the job, someone would stay with me and see me through the death experience.
Just before 2.30 p,m. she opened her eyes briefly, whispered "Alice", held her hand out and passed away peacefully.'

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'My mother's face lit up with joy. She smiled the most marvellous smile. She seemed to 'come alive'.
She suddenly sat up in bed, her arms out towards someone with a great look of happiness and then after a pause sank back on the pillow and died not long after.'