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I just came across some very inspiring and motivating quotes created by Pravs J. Although I don’t know whom Pravs J. is or what this person does as a living, I’m touched by the 7 meaningful quotes written by him/her.

I find that the inspiring and motivating quotes were created with words of wisdom. The lines are full of philosophy. Here is an example :

When you keep saying you are busy,
then you are never free.

When you keep saying you have no time,
then you will never have the time.

When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow,
then your tomorrow will never come.

~ Pravs J.

Does it sound familiar to you in our daily life? Do you have friends or family who often tell you that they are busy and have no time for you? Do you put things off till tomorrow when you can actually finish it by today?

If yes, you are in fact hearing all kinds of excuses from the people around you and this is the thing that the quote is trying to tell you. So, why do you want to be a procrastinator? Hmm…..Things to ponder.

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I stumbled upon Helen Steiner Rice‘s verse when I was choosing a birthday card for my friend two weeks ago. The card has a pleasant-looking design but what attracted me the most is the verse written on the front page.

The title of the friendship verse is “For A Special Friend“. I’m touched by the beautiful words written by Helen Steiner Rice who was often referred to as the “poet laureate of inspirational verse“.

Here is how the friendship verse goes :

FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND

There are some that we meet in passing
and forget as soon as they go.

There are some we remember often
because they’re so nice to know.

Whose memories tug at the heartstrings,
wherever they may be.

Too dear to be forgotten,
and you are that kind to me.

~ Helen Steiner Rice

What an inspirational friendship verse that poet Helen Steiner Rice has had written. It depicts what great friendship is all about and also what I wanted to say to my friend.

Show this touching friendship verse to whom you called true friends and treasure each other’s friendship till the end. Cheers 🙂

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I came across an inspiring poem when I was doing some reading in the 90s. The message that the poem is trying to bring across is to advise people to take time to do whatever you need to do.

Coincidently, one of my seniors also shared the same poem with me during the early days of my working life. She was full of enthusiasm to spread joy to others. I remember that my senior would grab whoever walk near her and read out the inspiring poem to the person.

She did it repeatedly without feeling tired or troublesome. However, my senior’s act made some of our colleagues feel that she was a bit insane and forceful. Anyway, I feel that she was just too passionate about bringing inspirational thoughts to others so as to help people to live a better life.

Want to know what it takes to Take Time To Do Whatever You Need To Do?

Here is the inspiring poem :

Take time to laugh
     It is the music of the soul.

Take time to think
     It is the source of power.

Take time to play
     It is the source of perpetual youth.

Take time to read
     It is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to pray
     It is the greatest power on earth.

Take time to love and be loved
     It is a God-given privilege.

Take time to be friendly
     It is the road to happiness.

Take time to give
     It is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to work
     It is the price of success.

~ ANONYMOUS

So, I think we need to really slow down at times and take the time to do whatever we need to do besides just working hard like a cow. After all, we are human beings rather than a working machine.

Thus, let us slow down a bit and learn to appreciate life.

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When I was attending the free preview of the Millionaire Business Academy seminar, the speaker of that night was Patrick Cheo. He is the Group CEO of AKLTG and he is the person who actually runs the business for the company.

Patrick Cheo has shared a lot of good tips with us and given us many ideas on how we can start up a business for ourselves. I think what he has said is very meaningful. He said that one of the criteria to succeed in any business is PERSISTENT.

This reminds me of a poem that I had read from an anthology. The poem goes like this :

PERSISTENCE

Nothing in the world
can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than
unsuccessful men with talent
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination
alone are omnipotent.
The slogan “PRESS ON” has solved
and always will solve
the problems of the human race.

~ Calvin Coolidge

This is indeed a great poem. So, if we feel that the going is very tough, we should remember that the slogan is to “PRESS ON” — no matter what problem we might face. I believe it will pay off to be persistent.

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I bought a poem book in California in 1994. This book was written by the popular poet called Maya Angelou. I took it out from my book shelf when I was referring it to write my Blog post on the topic of poem on 19 May (just last Thursday). I notice that this book has turned yellowish now. 

I received an email sent by my friend, the GFF, three days ago. This email is mentioning about Maya Angelou was interviewed by the famous talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, on her 70+ birthday. 

I think it is either a coincident or an effect of the “Law of Attraction“. Anyway, I would like to thank my friend for sharing this email with me.

Picture of Maya Angelou :

Maya Angelou said this :

 ‘I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.’ 

‘I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.’ 

‘I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.’ 

‘I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life.’ 

‘I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.’ 

‘I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.’ 

‘I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.’ 

‘I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.’ 

‘I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.’ 

‘I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.’ 

‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ 

I find what Maya Angelou has said are very inspiring and meaningful. I believe it has inspired us to see things in a different perspective and re-look the way we live our lives.

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As mentioned in my previous Blog post, I have found some short poems that are written in very few words recently. The poem is so short that it only contains four words in it to make a great poem. It’s just amazing! 

Basically, this type of poem is called the four-line long poem. There is only one word in each line and each word has four letters. It’s short and sharp.  

The four-line poem resembles the Chinese’s four-character idioms or Chengyu which literally means that “to become (part of) the language”.

Interestingly, the four-line poems also adopt the use of rhyme if not rhythm in them just like the conventional poems.

I guess you should be able to get the inspiration of creating your own four-line long poems after watching the video clip. So, let’s be creative!

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I like to read classic and contemporary poems since I was a student. I had also written a few poems back then during my school days and also during my early working days. 

Most of these poems were humourous poems written to amuse myself. I had also written a few poems as a form of gift to be given to my ex-colleagues during special occasions because I didn’t know what to buy for them during their birthday, farewell day and so on.

I remember one of my ex-colleagues who had received my poem was so impressed and touched that she regarded my written poem was the best gift among the birthday presents that she had had received on that day.

Some of my ex-colleagues were jealous about my poem and they said it sarcastically that their efforts in buying the expensive presents for the birthday girl just cannot match a written poem that didn’t even cost a cent. 🙂 Well, I’m not a cheapo and I think maybe this is called : “A gift from the heart“.

In my opinion, it is not too difficult to write poems if you had the interest in poetry. You can read up more poems whenever you have the opportunity. Meaning to say, the more you read poems, the more you know the technique. The flow of writing just comes in naturally.

I especially like those poems that have an interesting use of rhyme or rhythm in them.

For example :

If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among my race
And shown no shining morning face;
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; if morning skies,
Books, and my food, and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain;
Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

I have also found some short poems that are written in very few words recently. I think I will share it here in my Blog in the next few Blog posts. Stay tuned.

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