Don’t be fooled into thinking that the most profound emotions are the negative ones. On the contrary, I believe that negative emotions are a cop out. I believe that sadness and anger, for example, are mainly the result of one’s inability to see the bigger picture. Some would argue that feelings are neither right or [...]
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Profound emotions
Posted in Life, tagged emotions, Happiness, Love on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beware, Those Theives of Time
Posted in Life, tagged freedom, Happiness, Life, material things, Relationships on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A phrase I overheard last Sunday afternoon: Things are thieves of time. The more you own or desire them, the more time you have to sacrifice by working to keep or acquire them. This is particularly relevant at this stage in my life when I’m beginning to ask whether the things that I’m able to [...]
Success
Posted in Life, tagged Happiness, success on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The feeling of success DOES NOT emanate from the achievement of goals. The feeling of success stems from your own personal knowledge that you did what was possible and necessary to achieve the goal. In which case, when you don’t achieve your goal, then you can say that it was not the time and move [...]
Being open to mom and dad
Posted in Life, tagged openess on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being able to talk to us about anything (and i mean anything) is a very important thing because it’s in all sorts of parent-child conversations (even uncomfortable ones like *grimace* sex and teenage pregnancy talks) that we get to learn a lot of things from one another. It’s also during any of these conversation when [...]
Of Penises and Vaginas
Posted in Life, tagged curiosity, happines, harmony, penis, question, vagina on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like you to think about this, son, when you are of a mature enough age: why is it taboo to mention one’s own genitals in public? Most people refer to their penis or vagina as “private parts,” Oprah calls her vagina “Va Jay Jay,” others would rather say “down there.” But if we consider [...]
Quotes from Einstein
Posted in Coping, Happiness, Life on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Einstein lately and I thought I’d share with you some of the great genius’ philosophies on life. On keeping your balance: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. On leading a full life: Life for its own sake is hollow. People [...]
Control
Posted in Character, Coping, Life on May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a paraphrase from Fernando Savater’s book titled “Amador“ “While we don’t always have control over the things that come our way, we always have full control over how we react to each of them.” I’ve held on to that saying since I read the book back in college and I try to [...]
Revision
Posted in Coping, Life on May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some quotes from wordsmith.wordpress.com Revision actually means “seeing again.” When we revise, we reconsider our perspective or argument, organizational structure, evidence, counter argument, and particularly our audience. Revision leads to rewriting and more rewriting. Michael Lee had it right when he said, “The first draft reveals the art, revision reveals the artist.” “Half [...]
Life is full of challenges. Get over it.
Posted in Coping, Life on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Life will always present you with challenges no matter where you are and no matter what age you are in. Don’t let that bring you down, though. It’s actually a good thing. Think about how boring it would be if there were no challenges. We’d all probably just be sitting on the ground staring into [...]
