é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF SILENCE
IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY
THE SILENCE IS BEAUTIFUL
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Please acknowledge, build and appreciate your blessings!
How was the lunch that you have just gobbled down quickly? Was your last phone call with your mom too brief and perfunctory? How long have you not eaten with your dad and had a good chat? Did you do anything for the poor victims who survived the tsunami?
Have we ever lived our lives knowing how blessed we are and that many people around us are living in pain and needing our help? Have we ever contributed to these people, without asking for repay?
Only those who acknowledge their blessings would appreciate and create more blessings for the others. It is very important to have gratitude for all our blessings. Blessings are to be able to have a full stomach, to have a roof that protects you from rain, to have your family with you, to have a great work, and to be in a country with no or minimal natural disasters.
We, who are so blessed, should create blessings for others, it is our responsibility and also our source of happiness.
Though living in this materialistic world, we must always remember to appreciate what we have, be grateful and create blessings as much as we can, to generate happiness for others and ourselves. -
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