I choose to juggle this year and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
That goal will serve to organize and measure the best of my energies & skills. That challenge is one that I am willing to accept, one I am unwilling to postpone, one which I intend to win. -thank you John F. Kennedy
Reflect on the spirit embodied by monks at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert: Their daily work period starts at 9:40 AM and is for only 3 hours!
Asked of one monk what he does when the bell rings at 12:40 PM but he feels that his work is undone, he replied, “You get over it.“
Life is so unfair. He wasn’t on the offense; his job was defense, not to catch the ball. But, he was playing the game. And what difference would possession make?
So the missed catch split his life, a mortal caesura so to speak, his life before and after the unexpected happening.
Contrasting tones of red and blue create a distinctive mood, contributing to and emphasizing an aesthetic or emotional atmosphere. Is it romance, mystery, or nostalgia of some sort?
Brain activity in the pink matter (wet) comes up with a mental impulse that drives the hand to draw with pencil on paper (dry), transferring an idea into physical space. From there the graphic design, as in this example, gets uploaded into the AIR of cyberspace.
Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman‘s idea of thinking in terms of System One and System Two.
System One defines the fast, effortless, intuitive, almost impulsive type of thinking.
System Two describes a deliberate, slow-paced kind of thinking that involves the effort of concentration.
To Stop thinking requires training your mind to silence your thoughts. That higher level of control is achieved with deliberate, focused time & effort, through the practice of meditation.
So many people
Boston – More Than A Feeling – YouTube
have come & gone
Their faces fade
as the years go by
Yet I still recall
as I wander on
As clear as the sun
in the summer sky
In good time as the ardor of youth declines and years increase; as reflection lends her solemn pauses; then a love of ease & virtue supplants the love for maidens. –Moby Dick by Heman Melville
Simple aerobic exercise such as walking improves episodic memory and executive-control function by about 20%. Running can make you a genius.
Tool for manipulation of reality plays upon words. Control meaning of words, and you can control people who must use them. Example: Whoosh of happiness.
No one wants to explore the darkest recesses of the soul without bringing along a light. Allow self-improvement to occur at the deepest levels by aligning the entirety of your being with your purpose, facilitated by operating in a context of lightness.
–Rebirthing by Leonard & Laut
Use your skills & talents, doing what you enjoy, to create the perfect world for someone else.