Amazing Poem by Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some genuine enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you;
Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world your best anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Happiness: The Theory of Moral Sentiments

The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches: ambition, that between a private and a public station: vain-glory, that between obscurity and extensive reputation. The person under the influence of any of those extravagant passions, is not only miserable in his actual situation, but is often disposed to disturb the peace of society, in order to arrive at that which he so foolishly admires. The slightest observation, however, might satisfy him, that, in all the ordinary situations of human life, a well-disposed mind may be equally calm, equally cheerful, and equally contented.

Some of those situations may, no doubt, deserve to be preferred to others: but none of them can deserve to be pursued with that passionate ardour which drives us to violate the rules either of prudence or of justice; or to corrupt the future tranquillity of our minds, either by shame from the remembrance of our own folly, or by remorse from the horror of our own injustice. Wherever prudence does not direct, wherever justice does not permit, the attempt to change our situation, the man who does attempt it, plays at the most Unequal of all games of hazard, and stakes every thing against scarce any thing. What the favourite of the king of Epirus said to his master, may be applied to men in all the ordinary situations of human life. When the King had recounted to him, in their proper order, all the conquests which he proposed to make, and had come to the last of them; And what does your Majesty propose to do then? said the Favourite.—I propose then, said the King, to enjoy myself with my friends, and endeavour to be good company over a bottle.—And what hinders your Majesty from doing so now? replied the Favourite. In the most glittering and exalted situation that our idle fancy can hold out to us, the pleasures from which we propose to derive our real happiness, are almost always the same with those which, in our actual, though humble station, we have at all times at hand, and in our power. except the frivolous pleasures of vanity and superiority, we may find, in the most humble station, where there is only personal liberty, every other which the most exalted can afford; and the pleasures of vanity and superiority are seldom consistent with perfect tranquillity, the principle and foundation of all real and satisfactory enjoyment. Neither is it always certain that, in the splendid situation which we aim at, those real and satisfactory pleasures can be enjoyed with the same security as in the humble one which we are so very eager to abandon. examine the records of history, recollect what has happened within the circle of your own experience, consider with attention what has been the conduct of almost all the greatly unfortunate, either in private or public life, whom you may have either read of, or heard of, or remember; and you will find that the misfortunes of by far the greater part of them have arisen from their not knowing when they were well, when it was proper for them to sit still and to be contented. The inscription upon the tomb-stone of the man who had endeavoured to mend a tolerable constitution by taking physic; 'I was well, I wished to be better; here I am; may generally be applied with great justness to the distress of disappointed avarice and ambition.

A Toast

Make merry! Though the day be gray
Forget the clouds and let's be gay!
How short the days we linger here:
A birth, a breath, and then--the bier!
Make merry, you and I, for when
We part we may not meet again!

What tonic is there in a frown?
You may go up and I go down,
Or I go up and you--who knows
The way that either of us goes?
Make merry! Here's a laugh, for when
We part we may not meet again!

Make merry! What of frets and fears?
There is no happiness in tears.
You tremble at the cloud and lo!
'Tis gone--and so 'tis with our woe,
Full half of it but fancied ills.
Make merry! 'Tis the gloom that kills.

Make merry! There is sunshine yet,
The gloom that promised, let's forget,
The quip and jest are on the wing,
Why sorrow when we ought to sing?
Refill the cup of joy, for then
We part and may not meet again.

A smile, a jest, a joke--alas!
We come, we wonder, and we pass.
The shadow falls; so long we rest
In graves, where is no quip or jest.
Good day! Good cheer! Good-bye! For then
We part and may not meet again!

Words I Hate !

Well, a few days ago I was telling my good friend Maria Georgy about the list of words/sentences people use that make me hate the living shit out of myself...

So, my Good friend Youssef Emil wrote a note about the 10 things he will miss the most about Egypt which got me to think..."Why not share my hate for those words with my friends?"

WARNING:
Some of those words could be used occasionally or excessively by you or one of your friends.
Most of those words are commonly used on Facebook and online chat!

1. "Enjoy it to da Max"
Usually it is said when someone is having a birthday party and everyone wants to tell them to enjoy it. The most provoking part is "da" instead of "the" and for a reason I'm not fully aware of I hate the word MAX!!!

2. "Luv", "Hun", "Gurl"...etc
Because of the inconsistency between sounding like Snoop while saying "Gurl" and Celine Dion while saying "Luv", I think these words make me want to puke!
They are usually said by "Gurls" to their "Gurl Friends" and I think it's a desperate trial to sound lesbian!!

3. XOXOXOXO
I know a lot of you would disagree with me on those, saying that "It's instead of saying hugs and kisses every-time!"....but why would you want to say "hugs and kisses" 547 times a day!! this is sick....why say "hugs and kisses" in the first place....why do we have to associate them all the time!

4. LMAO
Ohhhh, this one is a killer, it makes me feel that one day I can create something called "ICCAWFASIW" = "I Can Create A Word For Any Sentence I Want"!!!
Plus, the word looks like a misspelled "Lame"

5. LOL
LOL does not annoy me as much as the excessive and meaningless use of it by adding too many "O"s as a description of how much this person is laughing. If I crack a joke, I can never imagine someone saying LOOOOL really laughing....HAHAHA is way better!
LOOOOOOOL...it's meaningless!!!

6. "xxx xxxx xxx Eva"
The use of the word EVA instead of EVER feels like pouring perfume on a highly infected wound!!

7. "A7'er 7aga"...translation: The Last Thing.
No Comment!

8. "Dude where are you?...I miss you ya Nawal"
I love the word "Dude", but when girls call each others Dudes....It sucks!!
Makes me imagine a Female-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

9. Excessive usage of NUMBERS:
I use "7" and "2" sometimes, maybe even 3, but...
Q8= Kuwait
Gr8=Great
L8=Late
4get=forget
jk=Joke
myt=Mighty
ak=ache
5ara=shit
9a2ed=Qa2ed (using the 9 as the arabic letter qaaf)
6are2=Tarek (using the 6 as the arabic letter Tah)
17md=ahmed!!!
8eba=Heba
....it's all too much...you name the rest!!

10. Smiley Faces
MSN created the greatest monster of all time, SMILEY FACES...people forgot about the fact that they are called "Smiley" faces and they now have all sort of Faces!!!
I use :) and :P and :D....but some people can get really creative with the whole
<3
o_o
:$ (what the hell is this face?)
:@ (and what's that too?)
:Q (I just created that!!!)
(Y) (is that a flower or a cunt?)
\m/ (wow, so cool, so stylish!)

So, here are some of the things that really get on my nerves, so, if you use any or all of those words, I won't hate you, we can still be friends....but DON"T WRITE ANY OF THAT ON MY WALL!!!!!

Cheers

100 Things that make me Happy :)

1. Remembering that Allah is always with me !
2. My family(Mom, Dad, Sis..).
3. Teasing my sis
4. x
5. Being surrounded by my friends.
6. Having a day where nothing goes wrong.
7. Hugs.
8. Hanging out in the rain.
9. Making someone’s day.
10. Long Weekends.
11. Photography.
12. Sleep.
13. Cars.
14. Feeling really tired after a good workout.
15. Running fast!
16. The smell of gasoline
17. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes!!
18. Watching a really good movie for the first time.
19. Good music.
20. Doing Donuts.
21. Swimming.
22. Appreciation (toward people, things, situations, etc.) & gratitude
23. Dogs.
24. When I’m volunteering.
25. All of the traffic lights are green when I’m in a hurry.
26. Holding hands
27. Someone calls to say, “I was just thinking about you….”
28. Having a beautiful living space
29. Reminiscing about childhood memories.
30. Chinese Food.
31. Vacation
32. Health
33. Getting phone calls
34. Seeing a rainbow
35. Dancing and not caring what ppl are thinking of me
36. Walking down the beach
37. Choclates.
38. Someone smiling at me
39. Hanging out all night with friends
40. My camera
41. Cooking.
42. Horse Riding.
43. Painting/ drawing something really good
44. Eating loads of ice cream.
45. Shopping .
46. Suprising people =]
47. Perfect jeans
48. Eating Donuts
49. Rockin out in my car
50. Adrenaline rushes
51. Being in bed when it’s cold, rainy and windy outside, and listening to the weather batter the house :)
52. I see a big word and actually know what it means.
53. Wearing sunglasses
54. Ice cream Shakes.
55. Being loved.
56. Texting, although I tend to go over
57. Singing along to songs in the car
58. Going on hunting trips.
59. Playing snooker.
60. Going a whole day without being bored
61. Crushes :P
62. Flexing :p
63. Bunking from classes.
64. Mangoes, strawberries, grapes !
65. Making short-movies.
66. Knowing people who make me laugh
67. Making silly faces at a baby and actually getting a smile
68. Good hair days
69. The pleasure of knowing you did the right thing
70. When I get compliments. Genuine ones.
71. Having everything done I need to have done.
72. Taking care n being cared.
73. Honesty
74. Getting really dressed up for formal occasions or just for the fun of it
75. Seeing old family pictures.
76. Being asked “Where’d you get that?!”
77. Graffiti.
78. Magazines.
79. Knowing that i inspired someone
80. Listening to loud music with hardcore bass!!!
81. Going on adventure trips.
82. Watching movies.
83. Re-discovering things that made me happy as a child or teenager, and that still make me happy!
84. Things working out as planned
85. Waking up on a weekend in the fall, with my bedroom windows open, being able to cuddle under my blankets and know I don't have to get up
86. Knowing what's going on without anybody having to tell you
87. Working on Adobe Photoshop
88. Being creative
89. Attending Parties.
90. Colorful things.. anything, whether it be paperclips, paper, blankets, clothes…
91. My Laptop
92. My Cellphone
93. Waking up at like 3 in the morning and then realizing i have more time to sleep.
94. Pranks
95. Getting a lot of messages/texts.
96. Laughing
97. Being trusted or when someone doesn’t breaks my trust.
98. Celebrating..even the smallest of things.
99. Knowing the best is still yet to come.
100. Speaking my heart out