Life Is A Journey, Not A Competition

If you can influence in the long-term by leaving behind a legacy, to me, that’s real power.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius (via forbes)

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Miniature Art by Tatsuya Tanaka (Follow the artist here)

It really does get to be fun. What’s the point of stressing, worrying, and being miserable? Instead let’s focus on the positives and enjoy this one life! https://ift.tt/2Ca6fMh

Going vegan wouldn't affect the woods or water, if anything vegans consume more water. Js

This is actually really untrue!!!!! This topic isn’t even arguable. On a vegan diet i am saving around 1,100 gallons of water each day compared to the average meat eating diet!!!

You would think that vegans take up more money because the plants we eat need to be watered but in reality when someone is eating an animal the animal needs plants to eat and a cow can eat A LOT more than i can on a daily basis and also drink a lot more! So on a diet where someone is eating animals, water is being used to grow what the animals are eating and drinking, as well as all of the water used in the process of turning a living creature into a dead piece of meat for people to eat!

Each year the animal agriculture business uses 34-78 TRILLION gallons of water each year!!

56% of the water in the US is used just to grow the food for livestalk to eat (this doesn’t even include what is used in the factories)

20-33% of the worlds fresh water is used for animal agriculture

To make one pound of edible beef it takes 2,500 gallons of water

To make 1 pound of eggs it uses 477 gallons of water

To make 1 pound of cheese it takes 900 gallons of water

To make 1 gallon on milk it takes 1,000 gallons of water

And as for wood/forests/land use!!

Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation

For each cow in the animal industry 2-5 acres of land are used- this land used to be a forest before it was clear cut

Source

If you still don’t believe me you should go on netflix and watch the documentary Cowspiracy!

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Friendships In Ancient India Through Subhashits

आतुरे व्यसने प्राप्ते दुर्भिक्षे शत्रु संकटे।

राजद्वारे श्वशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स वान्धवः।।

The real friend is the one who stays in the court and in the crematorium when he is sick, in trouble, in famine, when he is endangered by the enemy.

विवादो धनसम्बन्धो याचनं चातिभाषणम्।

आदानामग्रतः स्थानं मैत्रीभङ्गस्य हेतवः।।

Quarrels, financial relations, taking loans, incessant chatting and desire for unwanted competitions are the reasons for destroyed friendships.

आढ् यतो वापि दरिद्रो वा दुःखित सुखितोऽपिवा ।

निर्दोषश्च सदोषश्च व्यस्यः परमा गतिः ॥

Rich or poor, grieving or joyful, innocent or bastard; A friend is the biggest supporter of the man.

चन्दनं शीतलं लोके ,चन्दनादपि चन्द्रमाः |

चन्द्रचन्दनयोर्मध्ये शीतला साधुसंगतिः ||

Chandan (sandalwood) has the most cooling properties in this world; The moon, however, is more cooler than chandan. In actuality, it is the company of good friends that is the most soothing.

महाजनस्य संसर्गः कस्य नोन्नतिकारकः।

पद्मपत्रस्थितं वारि धत्ते मुक्ताफलश्रियम्॥

Just like a drop of water that falls on a lotus gains the status of a pearl, company of good friends elevates the value of a person.

आपत्काले तु संप्राप्ते यन्मित्रं मित्रमेव तत् |

वृद्धिकाले तु संप्राप्ते दुर्जनोSपि सुहृद्भवेत् ||

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Even an evil person can befriend anyone during prosperous times but it takes a real friend to honor the friendship during difficult times.

सर्वथा सुकरं मित्रं दुष्करं परिपालनम् l

अनित्यत्वात्तु चित्तानां मतिरल्पेऽपि भिद्यते ll

It's pretty easy to earn friendships but difficult to keep them. The human mind is transient and even some petty conflicts can be the reason to end the friendships.

न सुहृद्यो विपन्नार्था दिनमभ्युपपद्यते।

स बन्धुर्योअपनीतेषु सहाय्यायोपकल्पते॥

A good friend helps a friend in fatality and brings back the friend on the right path (if he has strayed away from the path of goodness).

गुणवान् व परजनः स्वजनो निर्गुणोऽपि वा।

निर्गुणः स्वजनः श्रेयान् यः परः पर एव सः॥

A loved one without merit is better than a stranger with merits.

“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize there are more important things than what people do all day.”

Calvin and Hobbes (via bl-ossomed)

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🔺Conduct disorders

🧠Dissociative disorders

🔻Neurodevelopmental disorders

🧠Personality disorders

Ours is a love that needs no words.