Quotes for Life

Quotes for Life

 

 

Quotes and sayings I've kept through the years. Many of them come from my own thoughts, reading, conversations with friends, oh, anywhere and everywhere really, as the quotes warm and uplift me, or strike a heartfelt chord. /  Tel 

 

Accomplishment.  There is no end to the great things we can accomplish if we don't worry about who gets the credit. 

Acting.  If you speak and act pure thoughts, happiness follows you like a shadow. 

Ambition. My treasured ambition is going on. On the other hand it seems as if fate is interfering with my laid out plans.  

Apartheid.  South Africa is tying to heal the wounds of apartheid by giving victims a chance of catharsis and their oppressors an opportunity to confess.

Attitude: Positive attitudes provide positive results.

Belonging. I'm not sure where I belong. I can write heaps on this. 

Ideas. The ideas that take hold in our minds today will shape the world we live in tomorrow. Some ideas liberate, others enslave. Some fill us with hope and optimism, others strike us as abhorrent. We may cherish or loathe these ideas, but the one thing we can't afford to do is ignore them. 

Identity. Just being myself, and to identify with what I want to be. 

Thoughts and Actions. Thoughts determine what we want. Actions determine what we get.  

Perspective on track. Thinking about Jane Campion's movie "Holy Smoke", it has a mesmerizing opening that plunges into the story with an intimacy reminiscent of the first scene of "The Portrait of a Lady". It also has some of the intimacy of "The Piano". It is saved by some funny scenes , together with an ending that not only puts everything on track but in perspective.   

Capacity of Man.  "Man has a limited capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock."  Alvin Toffler

Commitment: Se are committing our behaviours and we shouldn't put anything if we aren't going to do it.  

Confidence.  Believe in yourself, and never underestimate the poer of the human spirit. 

Corporate World & Job.  Okay, you work very hard. You get to be an associate, then full associate, then manager... then what next. Will this ever come to a point where you are intrinsically satisfied? When will this end?  I was happier before but I took things for granted. I guess I got dazzled by all the automatic door, the big  corporate image, etc... it's not and was never my cup except for the money.     

Demoralized. I think you guys just wanted me to get away. I volunteered what I could do. No one seemed to listen and would give me a chance. I seem to have lost my voice. My brain seems dead, my tongue seems limp. Slowly, I moved away, demoralized.   

Discipline.  "Real discipline comes form within - a person has to be able to decide for him/herself what behaviour is appropriate (not for kids though, they need guidance)" - Judith Wheeldon.

Excellence.  Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with your excellence.  

Feelings.  When water reaches its boiling point, there's turbulence. I'm about reaching this. I've been despondent over their indifference and unsupportive attitude. Sometimes I feel that joy skips me. "Sometimes I feel like my life is like a jail and all my sins are closing in on me." (The Buccaneers, Edith Wharton.)  "I'm not dead after all. Dead don't weep nor feel pain." (Movie Madame X.)   

Hurrying obfuscates faith. Also, a vague answer to questions confuses and makes the meaning of things unclear... something that politicians use to deliberately make things more confusing in order to conceal truths.

 

(c) September 2009. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.

Keeping Life Simple

Since I've been out of the rat race I've learnt to keep life simple. How do I do this?

Three things keep me grounded and appeased:  

enjoy what's in front of me,  

create time for what I care about, and 

increase my stress tolerance.

Sounds pretty straightforward, but challenging to actually do.

In between life takes, I have a rest. (A gentle warning: you've got to forgive me for inserting here and there my obvious passion for classical music and Mozart. Thanks.)  Heard of the 'Mozart Effect'?  Invigorating the energy of sound. Mainly as a form of rest, I make listening to favourite music a therapy. 

And then there's creativity, Ah, creativity!
Looking around my place
I notice some items just taking up space.
Got to think of new uses for them.

Unlike driving, in life we can make the rules ... to avoid following other people's complicated plans unless we thoroughly understand and agree, or prefer their logic and strategy, and... to devise our own plans whenever possible, right?



(c) July 2009. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.

Information overload, our knowledge, and wisdom

With human knowledge tripling and search engines just at our fingertips, the potential for learning is endless. In fact, there's too much information overload. Who can understand the real benefits and risks of having too much knowledge? As with everything in life, there is always a downside to living. 

 

Overloaded computers can crash, and like it, our minds can lock up. Whilst searching for knowledge, we can get lost in information overload. For the same browsers we are using can be utilized to look for pornography, destroy people we don't like, and so on. 

 

Wisdom shows us what is important and enables us to use insights skillfully to reach our goals. The pursuit of knowledge without wisdom can overload our minds, drown us. 

 

 

 

(c) February 2009. Tel. Inspired Pen Web

The Beauty of Caring, Giving, and Sharing

What a lovely thought - caring, giving, and sharing!

The poem was generously shared many moons ago by a friend after I motivated him to challenge his creativity with words. He came up with this beautiful poem. I first published it in my Inspired Pen blog at Google sites after the millennium. After closure of some of my blogs, I've kept some friends contributions. Thank you, Ron, wherever you are, I hope you are keeping well.

Now I share this poem with friends and readers - food for thought...  

The Beauty of Caring, Giving, and Sharing

By Arthur Ronald Dayrit

A helping hand

A sympathetic ear

Patient understanding eyes

Or even just a cheery greeting

Conveys a special meaning.

It doesn't take much

Just a small act of kindness

And the day is suddenly brighter 

the burden much lighter

The healing incredibly faster.

Family, friend, or stranger

Whoever you are

Share whatever gift you possess

For the need is constantly increasing

But the source is often lacking. 

If someone cares, gives value 

Then life must be worth living

An amazing way of linking, growing

Today's receiver shall be tomorrow's giver

And hopefully, this extends to forever. 

Like flowers in the evening

The profound beauty of caring, giving, sharing

Lies hidden in the simple joy of knowing

That each time you give

The pleasure is yours to receive.

(c) Dec 2009. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.  

Patience and Temperance

Writing insights... 



I found this often-quoted little poem which expresses the way I've recently been feeling. Perhaps you my friend or you my visitor reading this post, are familiar with it. Embrace the heartwarming insights with me. I've searched for the author/poet but to no avail; just the same I wish to thank him/her for this beautiful poem.

It bespeaks of patience and temperance.

If you have learned to 

walk a little more sure-footed than I,

Be patient with my stumbling then

And know that only as I 

do my best and try 

May I attain the goal 

for which we both are striving.

If through experience, 

Your soul has gained heights

which I as yet in dim-lit vision see,

Hold out your hand 

and point the way,

Lest from its straightness 

I should stray,

And walk a mile with me.  

~ * ~

(c) January 2009. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.