We live in an amazing Marketplace of Thoughts and Ides

The Bargains we get to Choose from include:

Good Thoughts or Bad Thoughts

Fertile Thoughts or Barren ones

Wandering Thoughts or Disciplined ones

Hazy Thoughts or Clear ones

Positive Thoughts or Negative ones

Constructive Thoughts or Destructive ones

We cannot escape from thoughts coming into our minds, but we can choose what kind will stay, so what thought will it be for you today sir, madam? Choose well, for the thoughts you let enter your mind will shape what you do today! - Grandpa Walr

The best things in life are free, and the simple things we do at home, at work, and at play, are the ones that most likely will light up our lives with faith in the future, hope in our hearts, and a love of all that is good an beautiful.—Grandpa Wal

Risk and Life

A Bridge Too Far

Life, as seen by a one time passer by

Some tentative lessons I have learned from Life

· I have learned that there are good times and bad times in everyone’s life, and that it is not so much the kinds of good times and bad times that come into our life, but how we face and survive the good and bad times, for both have lessons for us to learn and profit from.

· I have learned that some experiences we have while yet a child, can have a lasting influence on us unless we recognise that they are perceptions of what happened, and can be restructured positively in order to profit from them as lessons we have learned that shape our lives for good.

· I have learned that our choice of husband or wife is critical to establish the quality of life we wish to live.

· I have learned that having a faith to live by and a cause to live for can serve as a powerful compass and anchor for our lives.

· I have learned that having a tough mind and a fundamental intelligence to tell the difference between truth and error, between right and wrong, and between good and evil, is crucial to maintaining balance in life. Added to these qualities is the application of the will to choose truth over error, right over wrong, and good over evil as essential ingredients to a successful life.

· I have learned that it is important to think for ourselves and not depend on others to do our thinking for us on the assumption that they know and understand better what is involved than we do.

· I have learned that it is important to live within our means and not spend more than we have, so that we are not always chasing a rainbow that is not built on a solid foundation.

· I have learned the difference between good and bad debt. I have learned that good debt is that which earns us more wealth, while bad debt is that which keeps on costing us more and more until it destroys us.

· I have learned that in life everything is at risk and that we have to weigh up risks intelligently and take only those risks that we have to take with our eyes open and our mind and heart prepared to face the consequences of such risks.

· I have learned that there is no safe way to live and that everything we do has a price that must be weighed against our preparation to face such consequences. - Grandpa Wal

Formulating the right questions is quite an art, but it is an art that can be developed by quiet thoughtfulness. When we learn to ask the right questions [as opposed to trivial ones] relating to every part of our lives, and then seek answers that resonate with our sense of truth, we become enriched, secure, and confident about what our lives are really about. - Grandpa Wal

Real Treasure