Lei's Myriad Inspirations

and the 100th!  kiki emoticon "We live in times when super-busy schedules  have become something to boast about.  While the speed of life increases,  there is less and less time to enjoy the moment that you are in. The ability to appreciate the moment, the environment and yourself in it, is the base for the bridge towards long term happiness of any human being." http://100happydays.com/ an experiment... a project... a challenge... a daily dose of joy... viral happiness.... and it's more than what I thought it was when I took the challenge on day one... To focus on choosing happiness, as I live and survive each day. And when I start to be thankful to the Divine, I can never stop, for there was the realization of the gazillion things to be grateful for. I seem to have developed that imaginary filter within me to be unmindful of the wastes that might weigh me down and continue learning the skill to find positive perspectives. I love this "wasted time" in social...

I've been in some simple places... and I've found beauty in each of them. The eyes will just see the vision, but the heart will capture the emotions depicted by the scenery. Whatever I am capable of, I choose to decide with my heart. Any decision may not be error-free, but I'm pretty sure, in this life, all my smiles emerge from my  heart emoticon . •*¨*• 06232014 http://youtu.be/H02qXnXo4v0

Our men-- We just look at them, and their attention is ours. We just smile at them, and they will never hesitate to make us LOL. We just speak to them, and there'll be varied topics we can cover. We just walk with them, and they'll take us to journeys with worthwhile memories. We just understand them, and they will find ways to lift our spirits. We just love them, and they will love us back more. ♥•*¨*•.¸06222014 http://youtu.be/XFXZ-rFjK-4

I believe in pink.  I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.  I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.  I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years. ~ A. Hepburn 06212014 http://youtu.be/QJO3ROT-A4E

Land and water are not really separate things,  but they are separate words, and we perceive through words. It's like, as I stand on land and send my words to you, the waters, armored by the wind, would send them across. And somewhere beyond space or time, against adversities that may be encountered, the words will find you and meanings will then be conveyed. If we can't go through an obstacle, it's best that we go around it. For whatever we gain or lose, what matters most is that, it's always within our self that we find worth. ♥•*¨*• 06202014 http://youtu.be/i8Bv1gbibqU

Love is a feeling completely bound up with color,  like thousands of rainbows  superimposed one on top of the other. ~ P. Coelho  And I believe it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow. ☼♡ ♥ ♡☼ 06192014 http://youtu.be/ZjkQ8PSN2iE

Notice, when looking at quotes of each person, you won't agree with every single quote of anybody's.  We all have a different view of reality, of what is meaningful.  This is why there are arguments upon arguments, but they're just that--to spice things up and to keep life from being bland. And we have to agree to disagree, and just get on with it, or maybe laugh a little too. It's wonderful really, and delightful at that-- the infinite variety of wisdom, common sense, truth and beauty. Life is neither static nor unchanging. Experience the beauty in its spices. .★*¨*•.¸¸  06182014 http://youtu.be/3wkuqRFXNvI

We live and learn. We suddenly understand something  we've understood all our life, in a new way. No success is attained by mere chance, we have to work with ardor and with an appreciative heart. Though another man's learning may be valuable lessons for us, it is our own wisdom that will get us through adversities. The sound of knowledge knows no boundaries. It is much the same as saying that there is no limit to learning. And it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters..★*¨*•.¸¸ ★ 06172014 http://youtu.be/DelW32rd0mQ

I love people who make me laugh.  I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh.  It cures a multitude of ills.  It's probably the most important thing in a person.~Hepburn In most times when I'm so thankful, I smile out loud, and try as I might, I couldn't break that spirit. If a rainbow or flower in bloom ever cast a sound, comparatively, maybe, that's how I sound when I laugh...*¨*•.¸¸ 06162014 http://youtu.be/tdhVNO6AVoA

When you thought I wasn’t looking, you hung my first painting on the refrigerator and I wanted to paint another. When you thought I wasn’t looking, you fed a stray cat and I thought it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn’t looking you baked a birthday cake just for Nanay and I knew that simple things were special things. When you thought I wasn’t looking you said a prayer and I believed there was a God that I could always talk to. When you thought I wasn’t looking you kissed me good-night and I felt loved. When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt— but that it’s alright to cry. When you thought I wasn’t looking you smiled and it made me realize life's beauty. When you thought I wasn’t looking you cared and I wanted to be everything I could be. When you thought I wasn’t looking— I looked, and wanted to say thanks for all those things you did, when you thought I wasn’t looking.*¨ 06152014 #coelhobl...

Blessed are my creatures-- for in his eyes,  he sees their pains and feels them like they do, he sees their sacrifices and bears them like his own, he sees their dreams and gives encouragement to what they do, he sees their triumphs and rejoices in all that they've accomplished, he sees their worth and takes pride in them, he sees their love and offers much more... Anyone can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a worthy one..*¨*•.¸¸ 06152014 http://youtu.be/ALrJ17qKpHg

Simple joys are brought about by having someone to love, something to do,  and something to hope for-- fill the pauses with humor and surround everything with constant prayers. One can never be halted by misery when in the heart, Life's beauty still remains. Live. Laugh. Love.☼ 06142014 http://youtu.be/v9hdMSr6Duc

When we maintain a conscious connection with Gratitude,  our presence will naturally radiate a certain warmth  and undisturbed, inner tranquility. The heart speaks clearly of the things it knows, trivial as they may seem to be, yet in introspection, so dearly that they resonate the bliss of knowing love is always there.¨♡*•. 06132014 http://youtu.be/7rLdT3K5K-o

We all feel an undeniable bond with the land where we were born.  Patriotism is a thing difficult to put into words.  It is neither precisely an emotion nor an opinion,  nor a mandate, but a state of mind -- a reflection of our own personal sense of worth, and respect for our roots. Not merely love, not merely pride. It is a commitment to what is best inside us all.★☆★ 06122014 http://youtu.be/EBaYmRHLES8

Learn everything you can,  anytime you can,  from anyone you can,  there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Never cease learning, it is beautiful.★☆★  06112014 http://youtu.be/IHp_Mq0hdxo

What are schools for if not to make children  fall so deeply in love with the world  that they really want to learn about it?  I believe that should be the true business of schools. And if they succeed in it, all other desirable developments follow of themselves.☆★☆ 06102014 http://youtu.be/YFEO5HP5Azs

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. ~ Gandhi Living is determined not so much by  what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.*¨*•.¸☼ 06092014 http://youtu.be/Z26BvHOD_sg

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal,  and you become convinced that the shattered world  will never be put back together unless  and until all living humans read the book. I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers. ~ Augustus But I believe in true love, you know? Everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does. I love you present tense. I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn...

A memory that will forever be... A bittersweet emotion that will stay... Your life, forever nestled in my heart... I have never feared my journey because I know, you're shining down at my path... My words, my thoughts, most times laced with tears, like my love, they will never cease and will go on for you... And with a multitude of gratitude, I live.. 006072014 http://youtu.be/isuCMplAQ_U

We live and breathe words--that's what I believe to be life's retrospect. I may not speak pretty much..and so, I read..and so, I write... To express, to discover, to inspire, to draw strength and give one in return-- It'll be a blessing if anyone could keep positivity in check, in the words we give out and take in. A word after a word after a word, may just be words.. But who can tell? They could work a miracle, bring forth change, spark magic or build power within..☆*¨*•.¸ 06062014 http://youtu.be/M3oMAVzpgkU

When Life's wrath and its cohorts seemingly scatter their clout around me, I do not fear to look up and hand it back to Him with gratitude. For whatever shades of life I deal with--lucid, dark, dull or light, it is worth knowing that the sun and rain have their origins from above-- and I simply realize that life is truly amazing. *¨*•.¸¸♥ 06052014 http://youtu.be/USW1keU1mGc