Shine With Grace

Do you want to be successful?  Do you want to be rich? 
Yes?
Why you want to be successful?  Why you want to be rich?
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BTW, have you given any serious thoughts to these questions? (When come to think about it they are indeed very fundamental questions.)  What do we actually crave for?  What pushes us so ruthlessly […]

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Richard Curtis is my favourite screenplay writer.  Whenever feeling out of sorts I would go back to his films and without failing I gain some comfort feelings.
His work is always filled with lots of love, and friendship and humanity.  Some may think that his films are unrealistic - such as the most unsuccessful book store owner marrying the most […]

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Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?
But then the morning comes, and we turn back into pumpkins, right?
You were travelling Europe, on the train to Vienna. 
You fell for her at first sight.  “Why don’t we travel Vienna together for just one day?” you asked.
You two walked around the city, talked […]

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Is our life determined by chance? 
Sliding Doors made an interesting attempt in answering the question by presenting the parallel stories of Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow).   And it all starts from the sliding doors…
Helen was fired from work that day.  Shocked, she made her way home via the tube.  She boarded the train before the sliding doors closed - and was […]

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People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered.  Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.  Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.  Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.  Be honest […]

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