Senseone
05-24-2002, 04:19 PM
It might not do anything for you, but it made my day a little brighter... So read on if you wish, and feel free to flame, this might be a good topic starter:D
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From a new book called "why your life sucks and what
you can do about it":
The entire game of life is about making the best use
of your energy. The question is not, "Is there life
after death?" The question is, "Is there life before
death?" To answer this for yourself -- and live it --
you must quit doing things that deplete your energy
and start doing things that expand it. Moses delivered
Ten Commandments that point to how to accomplish this,
but (a) Nobody wants to be commanded; (b) Charlton
Heston's bad makeup job undermined Moses' credibility;
and (c) Nobody has enough patience on the Internet to
wait for ten commandments to download.
So here is everything you need to know to relocate
from Suckville:
Do what brings you life.
Do not do what deadens you.
The reason you are not where you want to be is that
you are doing things you do not want to do. If that
sounds simple, it is. (One of the most popular tricks
of power and control freaks is to hide in complexity.
But the best answer to a problem is usually the
simplest.) Sure, there are some things you have to do
that you don't want to do, but not as many as you are
doing. Give yourself a break.
If you took the energy you are wasting on things that
suck and used it for things you love, what would you
be doing differently?
When you invest your time and energy in stuff that
drags you down, you die a little bit every day. Then
your life force reduces to a dribble and you croak.
Yet the Bible documents people who lived for hundreds
of years, and there are people in remote regions today
who live far past 100. Their lives are simpler and
they do not fritter away their life force watching
people hit each other over the head with chairs on
Jerry Springer.
They just live close to nature, eat yogurt, and
develop meaningful relationships with llamas. So open
your heart to a critter who won't dump you on national
television and you will live long enough to get a
birthday card from the President.
While you may be very careful about what you pay for
with your money, you are probably less careful about
what you pay for with your attention. In the long run,
how you spend your attention affects your life far
more profoundly than how you spend your money. Your
attention is the strongest currency at your disposal.
If you squander it, your life will result in one
big overdraft. If you invest it in things you value,
you will collect interest big time -- and be
interested along the way.
Everything you do is an investment in more of the
same. The illusion is that if you do something you
don't like long enough, it will go away. But the truth
is that the more you get involved in something, the
more involvement it leads to. (Ever own a boat?) If
you truly enjoy something, dive in. If not, have the
guts to walk away from what doesn't serve you. There
is no redeeming value in misery (unless you do
timeshare presentations). The hell you worry about
doing to is not nearly as bad as the fear of it that
drives you to do things alien to your spirit.
If you live from fear, you already are in hell. If you live from love, you create the meeting point of heaven and earth.
[Edited on 24/5/2002 by Senseone]
************************************************** **
From a new book called "why your life sucks and what
you can do about it":
The entire game of life is about making the best use
of your energy. The question is not, "Is there life
after death?" The question is, "Is there life before
death?" To answer this for yourself -- and live it --
you must quit doing things that deplete your energy
and start doing things that expand it. Moses delivered
Ten Commandments that point to how to accomplish this,
but (a) Nobody wants to be commanded; (b) Charlton
Heston's bad makeup job undermined Moses' credibility;
and (c) Nobody has enough patience on the Internet to
wait for ten commandments to download.
So here is everything you need to know to relocate
from Suckville:
Do what brings you life.
Do not do what deadens you.
The reason you are not where you want to be is that
you are doing things you do not want to do. If that
sounds simple, it is. (One of the most popular tricks
of power and control freaks is to hide in complexity.
But the best answer to a problem is usually the
simplest.) Sure, there are some things you have to do
that you don't want to do, but not as many as you are
doing. Give yourself a break.
If you took the energy you are wasting on things that
suck and used it for things you love, what would you
be doing differently?
When you invest your time and energy in stuff that
drags you down, you die a little bit every day. Then
your life force reduces to a dribble and you croak.
Yet the Bible documents people who lived for hundreds
of years, and there are people in remote regions today
who live far past 100. Their lives are simpler and
they do not fritter away their life force watching
people hit each other over the head with chairs on
Jerry Springer.
They just live close to nature, eat yogurt, and
develop meaningful relationships with llamas. So open
your heart to a critter who won't dump you on national
television and you will live long enough to get a
birthday card from the President.
While you may be very careful about what you pay for
with your money, you are probably less careful about
what you pay for with your attention. In the long run,
how you spend your attention affects your life far
more profoundly than how you spend your money. Your
attention is the strongest currency at your disposal.
If you squander it, your life will result in one
big overdraft. If you invest it in things you value,
you will collect interest big time -- and be
interested along the way.
Everything you do is an investment in more of the
same. The illusion is that if you do something you
don't like long enough, it will go away. But the truth
is that the more you get involved in something, the
more involvement it leads to. (Ever own a boat?) If
you truly enjoy something, dive in. If not, have the
guts to walk away from what doesn't serve you. There
is no redeeming value in misery (unless you do
timeshare presentations). The hell you worry about
doing to is not nearly as bad as the fear of it that
drives you to do things alien to your spirit.
If you live from fear, you already are in hell. If you live from love, you create the meeting point of heaven and earth.
[Edited on 24/5/2002 by Senseone]