The Irish Blessing

Some beautiful and meaningful Irish blessings;

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“May your blessings outnumber The shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you Wherever you go. Irish blessing”
― Stephen Revell, Picture Perfect

 “May you always have a friend that is worth that name. Irish blessing”
― Faith Lyon, Alice

 “May those that love us, love us. And those that don’t love us, May God turn their hearts. And if he doesn’t turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles, So we’ll know them by their limping.”
― Jean Legrand, IRISH BLESSINGS - Over 100 Irish Blessings in 8 Categories   

To Judge or Not To Judge

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“We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.”
― Tami Hoag, Dark Horse   

 Why is it that we as human beings simply enjoy passing judgment, being mean to our fellow earth inhabitants? Do we really make ourselves feel better by judging another instead of looking to ourselves?

To assume something without the facts is to err, to be a fool for only a fool will make conclusions based on myth and hearsay.

Rather be slow in speech and judgment...

Stay blessed

Paddick Van Zyl

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The Cost

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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden   

The Choice

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“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.”
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay

How Much love?

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“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”
― Mother Teresa

Memories

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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Marquez


These words are so true. We all go through misfortunes, misery, and the like throughout our lives. And many times these events leaves scars that are deep and perhaps never fully heal. However, the memory of the good, the amazing and the beautiful is what is important. It is all about perspective, at the end of the day.... that makes the difference.

Stay blessed in life.

Paddick Van Zyl

© Paddick Van Zyl & Refelctions on Life 2016

Ambiguity

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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
― Gilda Radner

Death

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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie   

Happiness

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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus