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Dear Young Me, Dear Young Me, YOU are destined for greatness.

Dear Young Me,

Don't forget that. -Love older me You know all that time you spent worrying about finding that special guy in high school and all the time you spent thinking no one would love you for you? You were wrong, he's out there and he's amazing. -The older you Dear scared me, Everything is so much easier once you love and accept yourself. -It get's better. You will find the love of your life, it just may take a longer time than you think. -Older Me. Don't let him take your virginity, four months down the track you'll realize how stupid you were when he dumps you because of the "sub-text" of a text. - Oblivious Don't push your mom away when she reaches out to help you - her advice will change your life, only for the better. - Older You Who now listens to mom He will finally ditch you when he gets a wife.Don't give him that much importance. -Older me Dear young(ER) me, -Amy. The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget.

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget Kent Nerburn on a Most Profound Cab Ride Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pick up at a building that was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. "Just a minute," answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. "Would you carry my bag out to the car? " "It's nothing," I told her. "Oh, you're such a good boy," she said. "It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly. "Oh, I don't mind," she said. I looked in the rear view mirror. People That Come Into Your Life. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there... to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

People That Come Into Your Life.

You never know who these people may be but when you lock eyes with them, you know that every moment that you are with them, they will affect your life in some profound way. Sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart. Everything happens for a reason! Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Seven Blunders of the World.

The Seven Social Sins, sometimes called the Seven Blunders of the World, is a list that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi published in his weekly newspaper Young India on October 22, 1925.[1] Later, he gave this same list to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, shortly before his assassination.[2] The seven sins or blunders are: History and influence[edit] Mahatma Gandhi, who published the list in 1925 as a list of "Seven Social Sins" (1940s photo) The list was first published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in his weekly newspaper Young India on October 22, 1925.[1] Gandhi wrote that a correspondent who he called a "fair friend" had sent the list: "The... fair friend wants readers of Young India to know, if they do not already, the following seven social sins,"[1] (the list was then provided).

Seven Blunders of the World

In the decades since its first publication, the list has been widely cited and/or discussed. Easwaran, Eknath (1989). Gomes, Peter J. (2007). See also[edit] Makes Me Think. 100 ways to uncomplicate your life. I 'STUMBLED UPON' THIS POST AT 'LIVE THE CHARMED LIFE' AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I JUST HAD TO SHARE IT!

100 ways to uncomplicate your life

It begins... You see, when we’re born we see the world in an uncomplicated way. We know what we need, and we ask for it. We like nice people, and we don’t like mean people. We sleep when we’re tired, we eat when we’re hungry, and we stop eating when we’re full. As we grow older, we eat and drink to console ourselves, rather than addressing what’s bothering us. Here are 100 ways to uncomplicate it... 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pinocchio Paradox. Hope for Humanity. Philosophy Bro. Sins. Endothermic Hell.