Sunday, January 31, 2010

When the future finally gets here, what will you say you did?

Stop thinking about your problems; think about the results you want to attain. Defer instant gratification. Your problems won't necessarily be solved yet, but you'll be a happier person. – description of the Six of Pentacles card from thelostfound.com

Saturday, January 30, 2010

New Day


With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Friday, January 29, 2010

If you crack some eggs, make an omelot


Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves. – Sidney and Suzanne Simon

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Fiction and sense


The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. – Tom Clancy

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The World is Flat!! The World is Flat!!


An unspeakable horror seized me. There was darkness; then a dizzy, sickening sensation of sight that was not like seeing; I saw space that was not space: I was myself, and not myself. When I could find voice, I shrieked aloud in agony, “Either this is madness or it is Hell.” “It is neither,” calmly replied the voice of the sphere, “it is Knowledge; it is Three Dimensions: open your eye once again and try to look steadily.” I looked, and behold, a new world! – Edwin Abbott, Flatland



For the record... the last 2 minutes of the song are, in my opinion, two of the most beautiful moments in all of music.


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Peace Amid Chaos

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. – H.H. The Dalai Lama



Monday, January 25, 2010

Know Thyself


The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself. – Confucius






Sunday, January 24, 2010

Good and evil

Good and evil do not exist outside of our beliefs about them. – Jonathan Haidt



Saturday, January 23, 2010

Procrastination: the cornerstone of accomplishing nothing


Putting off an easy thing makes it hard.  Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.  - George Claude Lorimer





Friday, January 22, 2010

How long are you going to carry that anger? It must be heavy


T-Bone Scappagioni was a son of an immigrant. And like most immigrants, he was a human being. Human beings make mistakes. We’re just not perfect. But I’ll tell you what isn’t a mistake: to love someone and to forgive him, no matter what his shortcomings. That’s not a mistake. I loved that man and I forgive him. And I know that for the rest of my life every day there’s going to be a moment where I’m going to miss him. That’s all I’ve got to say. – Coach, Cheers (Coach Buries a Grudge)




Thursday, January 21, 2010

Create Yo'Self

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself. – Carl Gustav Jung




Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Exploring Your Life


Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. – Pema Chodron









Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Do what you love... Part Deux, Electric Boogaloo


Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. – Rumi









Monday, January 18, 2010

Where Does Your Path Go?


Who’s to say where the wind will take you
Who’s to know what it is will break you
I don’t know which way the will blow
Who’s to know when the time has come around
Don’t wanna see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye – U2, Kite

Song - Kite