Extraordinary Thoughts On Life As Perceived by Dr. Victor Frankel Shared With Me By Another Amazing Gentleman

Today I shared a communion on life with a total stranger. I exchanged magnificent thought provoking, heart felt thoughts on existence.

A wonderful gentleman with a great visionary perception of life led me to Dr. Victor Frankel, another extraordinary man of wisdom, who got to experience the worst, yet gained a deeper and stronger outlook, and life empowering strength.

As this gentleman said honoring one of his father's quotes: "There is no such thing as coincidence." I share with my readers the following citation:


Victor Frankel On Life...

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only answer by being responsible.”


This experience proves to me once again, that life is to be lived, experienced responsibly, and shared. Do not close yourselves to the possibility of exchanging incredible opportunities to share wisdom, a smile, your hand, and even open your soul to anther that the Divine places in your path.

You never know how much and how many memories can be forged by giving your best to all that passes your life. Even if it is an instant, you both could be marked forever. This applies to humans, animals, the trees, the universe as you are experiencing at this moment.


L I V E !

Rev. Barbara Soliman

( Please find more on Dr. Frankel on this site: http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/frankl/frankl.html )

The Reason For my Gratitude… For my ways, for loving all, & for my song…

Oh my dear Lord, today I woke up and looked at my child’s face deep asleep, as he dreamed images of innocence… I saw

I was able to speak to him words that expressed my deepest love towards him as a mother, yet he could not reply back... I spoke
(and will speak for him as needed, since he is blessed with autism)

My grateful heart leaped with joy as in his sleep he reached out to my hand, pulled it and took it close to his heart… I felt

As I walked out to the car, early, very early before dawn, a bird greeted me with his loving song… I heard

Later, the wonderful sun greeted me through the majestic backyard tree as the gentle breeze of a lazy Autumn Monday gave me a nudge to start the daily chores and go to work…
I have health to work, and I have a job to perform, a service to offer

Someone gave me a true hug, and I felt their immense gratitude of sharing words of wisdom of a life lived with dignity and love… I shared with friends

I felt an overwhelming feeling of reminisce as with friends today, we shared how, now, much older and maybe not as skinny, wealthy, not wearing the high heels, hair and the clothes we once we were able to wear…We are so much happier, are stronger, much more resilient, can appreciate life better, understand others more, have a strong belief in ourselves, are able to love without loosing our identity, be ourselves without shame, without boundaries, with great respect to life and what it has to offer… To see the best in others (and ourselves) regardless of our or their faults, forgive without wondering, have faith and hope without limits, enjoy a butterfly, a child, the moon, and the sky, those we love, those who do not love us back, yet we send them our best regardless… We thank those who make our lives a yogurt, because it is because of them that we are stronger and wiser… We don’t dwell on past mistakes, because, we now know better… We have great hopes for tomorrow, loved our past with all its lessons, and most of all enjoy our today since it is our eternal companion!

BLESSINGS TO ALL ON THANKSGIVING!

To you my dearest friends,

brothers and sisters in this earthly plane,

I send this message with love,

laughter, wisdom, and joy!

May your lives be filled with Joy, Laughter, and Love…
regardless of the situation

May you grow beyond all your expectations… making your dreams realities

May you experience the awe and wonder of your inner child at work…
so you can truly see beyond all current limitations

May you have a lot of great stories to tell the young and no so young ones..
Meaning that you have lived… yes, you did learn to play the instrument you never had but wanted

May you be Blessed with God’s grace, love, and wisdom…
so choose wisely on your thoughts, actions, and feelings…
so you can really build your own reality

To enjoy your NOW, as it is all we have, planning for tomorrow, but enjoying today
at its fullest… and your life will be rewarded with great experiences

Have a Great Thanksgiving and Enjoy Life at Its Fullest!

© Rev Barbara Soliman, 2008

Welcome to my blog!

It is my privilege to share with you thoughts.
Flashes of wisdom to help you, (and I) grow and be better human beings.

Stop, yes, please stop this very moment.

Think of three things you consider wonderful about yourself, your life, and write them down.

Is is easy, can you find more than 3? Then add those as well.

How do you feel about realizing the gifts you have at this very moment?

Do you know that this NOW is all that is real?

Choose one of the things and ponder on it a bit longer.
Let the excellent feeling of recognition of it linger inside of your heart.
Experience the joy it brings to you. Try to make a memory stamp of it.
Let it become part of your memory bank.

Now let this memory be stored so whenever you need a lift,
a reminder of life's worth, you can go back to it.

It is simple, allowing yourself to connect to a different context
of whatever is going that make not make you happy. You can turn it
around by recalling on this memory bank of happiness.

SUCCEED!