either.. or
April 29, 2008
Be Your Own Person
April 27, 2008
People who say they cannot be their own person usually claim that someone else is keeping them from being themselves.
How can that be true? How can you be anyone but yourself?
When you are afraid to risk, you stop being your own person. Then you become the ward of anyone who will protect you.
Unfortunately, the person who protects you expects you to behave like the person he or she feels you should be, the person he or she rescued you to become.
If you are afraid of being your own person, you’re probably afraid of taking care of yourself or being own your own. If someone should accompany you, fine, but the purpose of choosing your own way is to keep company with your own best, not to rely on the strength of others.
Accept your independence and the loneliness that comes with it by being willing to go it alone, not in defiance, but as a choice.
If you are afraid of being your own person, you are probably afraid of your own anger. You feel you have to hold it in or else you might offend the person you depend on for your survival, or run the risk of being thrown out in the cold if you express yourself.
So you hold your anger inside, and after a time it turns inward. Then you hate yourself for being weak, inferior, not being your own person.
It is a vicious cycle.
You are never trapped if you are your own person.
You may make mistakes, but you are free to correct them.
You may hurt others, but you are able to apologize and deal with their rejection.
You may be hurt, but you feel strong enough to love again.
Save yourself.
Just do what is right for you.
Express yourself.
Find your life and live it.
If you cannot act in your own best interests, you cannot act in anyone else’s.
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Being Happy
April 23, 2008
This post is dedicated to a very good friend.
Being happy is liking the way you feel and being open to the future without fear.
Being happy is accepting yourself at this place and time.
Being happy is not being perfect, becoming rich, falling in love, having power, knowing the right people, or succeeding in your job.
Being happy is liking yourself the way you are right now – maybe not all of yourself, but the essential you.
You deserve to love yourself for the way you are at this moment.
If you think you have to be more than you are now to be happy and love yourself, you are imposing impossible conditions on yourself.
Only you know yourself the way you do. You can compile the longest and least sympathetic inventory of your faults. At any time, no matter how successful or accomplished you become, you will be able to undermine your happiness by reciting this list of faults.
Know your faults but do not allow their existence to become an excuse for not loving yourself just the way you are.
Our Beautiful Earth
April 22, 2008
Take nothing but pictures.
Leave nothing but footprints.
Kill nothing but time.
~Motto of the Baltimore Grotto, a caving society~
A few more Good Thoughts
April 20, 2008
Loving a Friend
April 18, 2008
Be Polite
April 16, 2008
Some Important Laws Which Newton Forgot to State……….
April 14, 2008
LAW OF QUEUE: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
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LAW OF TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
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LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR : After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
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BATH THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
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LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
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LAW OF THE RESULT: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will!
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LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
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THEATRE RULE: People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle arrive last.
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LAW OF COFFEE: As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
Some Good Thoughts
April 12, 2008
I think You are Wonderful!
April 9, 2008
The following story captured my heart.
It happened several years ago in a Paris Opera House. A famous singer had been contracted to sing, and ticket sales were booming. In fact, the night of the concert found the house packed and every ticket sold.
The feeling of anticipation and excitement was in the air as the house manager took the stage and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your enthusiastic support. I am afraid that due to illness, the man whom you’ve all come to hear will not be performing tonight. However, we have found a suitable substitute whom we hope will provide you with comparable entertainment.”
The crowd groaned in disappointment and failed to hear the announcer mention the stand-in’s name. The environment turned from excitement to frustration.
The stand-in performer gave the performance everything he had. When he had finished, there was nothing but an uncomfortable silence. No one applauded. Suddenly, from the balcony, a little boy stood up and shouted, “Daddy, I think you are wonderful!” The crowd broke into thunderous applause.
We all need people in our Lives who are willing to stand up once in a while and say, “I think you are wonderful”.
And at times others are expecting this from you.
Are you telling them how wonderful they are???
Say it now and make someone’s day more pleasant.
I think You are Wonderful!
