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.
