Something worthwhile I've done, and still doing, whilst in social distancing due to COVID-19. I've managed to clean-up and re-organise my 21 journals, including to-dos, rumblings, quotes, moment-outburst, raw notes, all sorts... nota bene. This will be an on-going activity, but hereon, better organised. In this post, I have sniffed them out from these past journals as a process of re-organising - my own thoughts, and quotes from my readings, from watching TV or from listening to a favourite radio program.
There's nothing satisfying hearing someone say something exactly what we want to say, or reading the right words that reinforces what we believe in. Or letting out pent-up sentiments. Liberating. Healing.
* The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself..." - Hermann Hesse
* Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of your life.
* Gene Kelly did it best! Walking and singing in the rain is fun especially with rain a bit warm. Or running away from the waves on the beach one lovely day. Sensations! That's what makes it fun. Simply enjoy. Don't think.
* Voltaire: "Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
When a loved one dies, we don't want to let go, but we have to let go. We move on, for our life is for the living, BUT we don't forget, for they are loved ones who left us.
The beautiful thing about memories is that they are ours whether they are good or bad. They belong to us, no matter where we are now.
*Friendship. True pleasure consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
* Every one and then, we deserve some fun. How much fun choco is! Instead of how to lose those pounds in two weeks.
Mark Twain:
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience. This is the ideal life."
Colin Powell: "A dream doesn't become reality through magic, it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
Maya Angelou: "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with (some) passion, (some) compassion, (some) humor, and (some) style.
The sea. The relentless sea! Not just the beach but the ocean - simultaneously calming and energising, inspiring and rejuvenating. (Whilst musing over the sea, allow me to indulge my senses with one of my favourite concerts with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based from the poem of the same name, by famous American poet - Walt Whitman. Here's a link from YouTube - A Sea Symphony. Unfortunately our performance has no video recording. (Thanks to uploader Colin).
This writing pen deserves a rest to withdraw from seemingly tireless thoughts.
(c) April 2020. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.
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