Life is short

So, think what is good, speak what is kind,
and try to live your best.
Then this world will be bright and beautiful to you.

When money is lost nothing is lost.
When health is lost something is lost.
When character is lost everything is lost.

Live like a candle, which burns itself,
but gives light to others.

Impose your own terms upon life.
If you don’t you will have to accept the terms of others.

Look backwards with gratitude,
Upwards with confidence,
and forwards with hope.

When you truly care for someone,
you don’t look for faults,
you don’t look for answers,
you don’t look for mistakes,

instead you fight the mistakes,
you accept the faults,
and you overlook the excuses.

 

– fwd: valliamannil mathews