In paganism light is mixed with darkness, and religion and truth are blended with superstition and error.
Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
You are what your record says you are.
The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that we frequently forget, for it needs a very big mental re-adjustment. Don't worry about it -- just serve! But the very least that is demanded of us in this context is to RESPECT the person we are serving. That includes respecting their beliefs; in fact, it means reaching their spiritual Self through their beliefs, not ours. It means putting oneself in their shoes; cheering them up if possible, but seeing things from their point of view.
To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.