· Quotes of the week
Going after anything worthwhile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn't, he won nothing. ~John Jakes
"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."
~Epictetus
· Meditation of the week
The shy man usually finds that he has been shy without cause and that, in practice; no one takes the slightest notice of him.
--Robert Lynd
We sometimes feel self-conscious in front of others. It may be that we've just gotten braces or a new haircut and we're afraid everyone will stare at us. We stop smiling and talk with our heads bowed. Many people have worn braces and many more will. We need not be ashamed just because we feel different. By beginning to smile again we will see how many people really didn't notice our braces, or our haircuts, or anything but what they see inside us.
All we need to do is lift our heads and smile. We will be amazed to find how little even our best friends notice about the externals, the things that don't really matter. Who we are is far more noticeable and far more important than what we look like. A smile at shy times helps us accept ourselves as others do.
--Robert Lynd
We sometimes feel self-conscious in front of others. It may be that we've just gotten braces or a new haircut and we're afraid everyone will stare at us. We stop smiling and talk with our heads bowed. Many people have worn braces and many more will. We need not be ashamed just because we feel different. By beginning to smile again we will see how many people really didn't notice our braces, or our haircuts, or anything but what they see inside us.
All we need to do is lift our heads and smile. We will be amazed to find how little even our best friends notice about the externals, the things that don't really matter. Who we are is far more noticeable and far more important than what we look like. A smile at shy times helps us accept ourselves as others do.
· Poem of the Week
Passage
He who
took the steps
by two
now pauses
on each tread
and I
who love him so
am filled
with dread.
took the steps
by two
now pauses
on each tread
and I
who love him so
am filled
with dread.
· Video of the week
100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds
· Deficit reduction idea of the Week
· Websites of the week
· And finally, the culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor
Best text from “texting while intoxicated” website
(318): I understand how scissors can beat paper, and I get how rock can beat scissors, but there is no fucking way paper can beat rock. Is paper supposed to magically wrap around the rock and leave it immobile? Why can't paper do this to scissors? Screw scissors why can't paper so this to people!? Why aren't sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they take notes in class? I'll tell you why, because paper can't beat anybody! A rock would tear that sh!t up in like 2 seconds. When I play rock paper scissors I always choose rock. The when somebody claims to have beaten me with paper I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say, "oh shit I'm sorry, I thought paper would protect you, you asshole!"
(1-318): I love you.
(1-318): I love you.
