"Empty your cup so that it may be filled.."

There is a common story in Buddhism about a professor who went to talk to a zen master. The professor spends most of the time talking over the master, basically showing off. The master eventually starts pouring tea for the professor, but doesn’t stop pouring. When the tea fills the cup and starts to overflow the professor shouts, “stop, no more tea will fit”. The master responds, “You are like this cup. You ask for teaching but your cup is full. Before I can teach you, you must empty your cup.”

Emptiness is the starting point, when you are in a state of confusion, anger or blaming. As Bruce Lee shared with us, being empty is an opportunity to be filled. When your cup is empty, you can fill it with new and exciting healthy beverages, while taking your Vitamins.

“In order to taste my cup of water, you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all of your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.” ~ Bruce Lee

” It's not about how hard you hit,it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”

I have found that in my life, I have met so many people who were much smarter, talented and luckier than me. What made me more successful at the end of the day was my ability to get hit again and again and to keep moving forward. I never gave up. However, I know of many friends who got hit hard by life and could never find the courage to get up again. Instead, they quit dreaming and accepted a mediocre life.

There were many times in my life when I did get hit hard and felt that I had problems I could never solve. There were times when I felt that life was unfair and too painful to live. What kept me going forward was that I knew that no matter how bad, every problem will not last forever. Every recession will end. Dawn always breaks after the darkest hour. It was this belief that allowed me to keep getting up.

Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not point fingers and blame other people. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!”

Let your smile change the world,but don't let the world change your smile!

Consider trees.

Every leaf keeps on taking carbon dioxide and in return give us oxygen to breathe and sustain our life, no matter what we do to them.We burn them, cut them down , add harmful pollutants to environment which harm them and us.But trees never forget to make this world a beautiful place. Do what a tree does.

Just like this trees " let your smile change the world" it means that if you put good and positive things into the world represented by a "smile", it can change the way other people respond. It’s the same as saying, "like attracts like."

And the other half of that statement, "don’t let the world change your smile", means if you can maintain a good attitude don’t let the negative things that happen in the world bring you down. Don’t allow yourself to be swallowed up by the challenges of life; try to stay positive.