My hat is off to the person at the great and wise
Fortune Cookie Factory who wrote this:
” You will enjoy true in whatever you do. “
Now, I’m not 100% sure what they intended,
so I’m going to go with the first thought I had:
The secret to success lies not
in doing what one likes,
but in liking what one does.… —-> Continue…
If you find yourself often
achieving undesirable results in Life,
look at the decisions you’ve made.
When you made them,
most likely they seemed like
a good idea at the time -
much like the ones
you make today… Right?
Maybe you should ask yourself;
“What am I basing this decision on?”
How far out of your own self are you stepping;
and have you looked at it objectively and unattached??… —-> Continue…
For a moment
turn off the noise
and listen.
No music.
No video.
Simply be still
and try to hear You.
This might take some time -
because we have been inundated
and conditioned to have so much
sound become the background of
our lives that we don’t even
know what “We” sound like.… —-> Continue…
“It’s always something…”
It’s a phrase we hear often from those who never seem to be able to catch a break.
From those people that, if it wasn’t for bad luck – they’d have no luck at all.
These are all outside occurrences that started from an inside job.… —-> Continue…
Many years ago I heard a story
about a letter Abraham Lincoln
had written to one of his generals
at some point during the Civil War.
From what I recall, the general had
been hesitant at a time when
immediate decisive action was
needed to achieve a victory,
and because of his delays and
decisions a defeat seemed eminent.… —-> Continue…
It was a fun night celebrated with friends
that brought me to downtown Portland.
That’s the Oregon one
(pronouned Or-ree-gahn by the out of towners) -
not the one in Maine on the OTHER coast.
It was on the walk back to the car that I saw it.… —-> Continue…
I get it.
It was early afternoon.
Broad daylight. A lot of traffic.
A man near the corner traffic light where I was stopped
was trying to wrap a blanket around himself to stay warm.
He was standing next to a building that had a slight
inset where he could huddle from the wind and cold.… —-> Continue…
