Words of Swami Vivekananda ...

When I Asked God for Strength

He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown

He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness

He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth

He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors

He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace

He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

He Gave Me Everything I Needed 

- Swami Vivekananda

A Nice Article about Love by Swami Vivekananda

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool,she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. 

" This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow  it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to  close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the  first cracks it finds. 

This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love ... they try  to posses it, they  demand, they expect ... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you. 

For love is meant to be free,  you can not change its nature.   

If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. 

Give and don't expect. 

Advise, but don't order.

Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple,   but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. 

It is the secret to true love.To truly practice it, you must  sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an  unconditional caring.

"Passing thought ... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take;  but by the moments that take our breath away"

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