The World is a Great Liar

An excerpt from Pegyy Noonan article in relation to the outpouring of support at Tim Russert's death in 2008.

 

"In a way, the world is a great liar. It shows you it worships and admires money, but at the end of the day it doesn't. It says it adores fame and celebrity, but it doesn't, not really. The world admires, and wants to hold on to, and not lose, goodness. It admires virtue. At the end it gives its greatest tributes to generosity, honesty, courage, mercy, talents well used, talents that, brought into the world, make it better. That's what it really admires. That's what we talk about in eulogies, because that's what's important. We don't say, "The thing about Joe was he was rich." We say, if we can, "The thing about Joe was he took care of people."

Be the change...

"Be the change you want to see in the world."

Mohammed?

You are your calendar

Always great things from Tom Peters.

Beautiful Song

Don't you love how you can find other little nuggets while visiting specific links on YouTube?

I ran across this video when I was searching something else:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va5d3Fr8uQI&feature=related

They don't allow you to embed it for some reason.

Personal Re-building

“Imagine yourself a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing, so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of; throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but He is building a palace.”

-  C. S. Lewis -

Mess

"Mess is stress."

Greatness

"Greatness is not a function of circumstance."

Yielding - a disciple of life

I'm so grateful for the Internet. Someone gave me this poem when I was in my late teens. I kept a copy, but couldn't find it today when I was thinking about it. Within minutes of searching "poetry" and "the stiff and unyielding," I was able to find the poem!


It is beautiful:


People are born soft and gentle.


When dead they are hard and stiff.

Plants are born tender and supple.

When dead they are brittle and dry.



Therefore the stiff and unyielding are disciples of death.

The soft and yielding are disciples of life.



The unyielding army cannot win.

The unbending tree will snap.

The hard and stiff will meet a fall.

The soft and supple will prevail.



—Tao Te Ching, verse 76

Entertaining Thoughts

Another quote on Patti's Facebook wall:

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
 
 

Chaos and Dancing Stars

Quote on Patti's Facebook wall:

"One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star" - - Nietzsche

Obey God

Post by Angela on her Facebook:

"Obey God and leave the consequences to Him."

Ugly Duckling

Regret

Quote found on a random blog:

"Leave me now and you shall never learn of regret."

True Friends

Found on a Facebook wall post:

"A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes the fake smile."

Old Spice and New Spice Marketing

Love how they are using the Old Spice marketing idea to market the use of the library.

Quote - Self and becoming

If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full let yourself be empty. If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

 

- tao te ching -

Video - Good things to come

Quote - Christians and Garages

A quote found on Facebook today:

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."


They have a point and admit it - kind of funny.