9th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”830″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] Authentic happiness is a way of being and a skill to be cultivated. When we first begin, the mind is vulnerable and untamed, like that of a monkey or a restless child. It takes practice to gain inner peace, inner strength, altruistic love, forbearance, and other qualities thatContinue reading “9th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”

8th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”829″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. Marian Wright Edelman Permanent Prayer for Peace

7th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”827″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it andContinue reading “7th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”

6th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”828″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect. Henry Ward Beecher Permanent PrayerContinue reading “6th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”

5th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”826″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give. Edwin Arlington Robinson Permanent Prayer for Peace

4th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”825″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is byContinue reading “4th February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”

3rd February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”824″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness. When one desires to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being, then generosity – in action, word, and thought – is this desire put into practice. It is important toContinue reading “3rd February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”

1st February 2012 – Prayer for Peace

[shashin type=”photo” id=”822″ size=”large” columns=”1″ order=”user” position=”center”] People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. SalmaContinue reading “1st February 2012 – Prayer for Peace”