"Freindship without self-interest, is one of the rare and beautiful things of life..." JAMES BYRNES.
" The only way to have a freind is to be one.. "RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
A freind is a gift you give yourself. .ROBERT STEVENSON.
" Take away love,and our life is tomb."
" Love does not just sit there like a stone;it had to be made,like a bread remade all the time,made new.." Ursula Le Guin.
"Do you think you can enter the garden of bliss without facing the trials and pains of those entering befor you ?". THE HOLLY QURAN.
"The doorways to the realm of heaven are right here on earth, and they are four in number : we enter the highest heavenly abodes through loving kindness , compassion , sharing joy , and equanimity. It is through service in the world , not by abondoning this world, that we attain to heavenly realms or spiritual fulfillment." BOUDDHA.
on the journey, not the destination.

* Happy people tend to focus on "downward comparisonitus. Un-happy people tend to focus on upward comparisons, otherwise known as keeping up with the Joneses. Happy people tend to have empathy for those less fortunate than themselves and they tend to volunteer to help others when they can. By trying to help those less fortunate than ourselves, not only do we begin to understand how "lucky" we are, but how wonderful it feels to make life better for those that don't have it as well as we do.
When we spend all our time and energy trying to catch up with our neighbors who "have it better than us" then the focus is all about the future again. This is a major problem in both happiness and enlightenment. There will always be people who you think are better off than you and those that have it worse than you. Spend more of your time trying to help the less fortunate ones if you want to find happiness and enlightenment. If you spend your time seeking riches just remember one thing, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter heaven. That probably applies to heaven on earth as well. (:

Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happ