Monday, March 28, 2011
April 4
Puncture To be stronger emotionally, I suggest you take life less personally Patch If my decomposing flesh nourishes a worm or a flower, or even a vulture - that is enough immortality for me
April 3
Puncture If you live long enough, every victory will turn into defeat Patch If you want to be younger, then discard an opinion and get a new one
April 2
Puncture Growing up is about dreams and achieving goals, old age is about maturity - and letting go Patch If you can study and learn, then old age can be delightful
April 01
Puncture I wish I'd talked less and listened more Patch If I were younger I could be more certain
31 March
Puncture If I cannot recall it, then I just forget it Patch If your friends laugh at your clothers - get new clothes, or get new friends
30 March
Puncture If you know a person is lying, then pretend to believe him/er Patch Success is at the end of a new trail - not an old path
March 29
Puncture "We have to surprise them with restraint and generosity" - Nelson Mandela Patch What a marvelous response to apartheid in South Africa. It would also be a wonderful strategy in Afghanistan and our current political debates
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
March 28
Puncture
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless activity, then you have learned how to live
Patch
I have no money, no resources, no hopes - I am a happy person
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless activity, then you have learned how to live
Patch
I have no money, no resources, no hopes - I am a happy person
March 27
Puncture
To fairly judge a person, you must know all their thoughts, actions, and feelings
Patch
No good deed will go unpunished
To fairly judge a person, you must know all their thoughts, actions, and feelings
Patch
No good deed will go unpunished
March 26
Puncture
Oh, if only I could live two lives - one to make mistakes, the other to profit from them
Patch
If we cannot fix all the world's problems, let's at least help the victims
Oh, if only I could live two lives - one to make mistakes, the other to profit from them
Patch
If we cannot fix all the world's problems, let's at least help the victims
March 25
Puncture
If I take care of the moment, then the years will take care of themselves
Patch
If pentagons had a god, it would have 5 sides
If I take care of the moment, then the years will take care of themselves
Patch
If pentagons had a god, it would have 5 sides
March 24
Puncture
If you are strong enough, then there are no precedents
Patch
If you limit actions to never make a mistake, then you won't accomplish much
If you are strong enough, then there are no precedents
Patch
If you limit actions to never make a mistake, then you won't accomplish much
March 23
Puncture
If your only prayer is a "thank you", that will suffice
Patch
Learn by reading, understand by writing, master by teaching
If your only prayer is a "thank you", that will suffice
Patch
Learn by reading, understand by writing, master by teaching
March 22
Puncture
If you are willing to fail interestingly, then you might succeed interestingly
Patch
If the only priority of the captain is the safety of the ship then they would never leave port
If you are willing to fail interestingly, then you might succeed interestingly
Patch
If the only priority of the captain is the safety of the ship then they would never leave port
March 21
Puncture
Failure is not falling down, it is the staying down
Patch
There is no learning without difficulties and fumbling
Failure is not falling down, it is the staying down
Patch
There is no learning without difficulties and fumbling
March 20
Puncture
If you are lonely when you are alone, then you are in poor company
Patch
To go quickly, go alone. To go far, go together
If you are lonely when you are alone, then you are in poor company
Patch
To go quickly, go alone. To go far, go together
March 19
Puncture
To wait for the moment when everything is ready, is to never begin
Patch
Growth requires a temporary surrender of security
To wait for the moment when everything is ready, is to never begin
Patch
Growth requires a temporary surrender of security
March 18
Puncture
If you look only at what you have - it's enough. If you look at what you don't have, then it is never enough.
Patch
To be neutral in an unjust situation is to side with the oppressor.
If you look only at what you have - it's enough. If you look at what you don't have, then it is never enough.
Patch
To be neutral in an unjust situation is to side with the oppressor.
March 17
Puncture
If you want something buy are not willing to agitate for it, then you are like the farmer who wants a crop but is not willing to plow the ground.
Patch
If you are making no mistakes, then you are not doing anything
If you want something buy are not willing to agitate for it, then you are like the farmer who wants a crop but is not willing to plow the ground.
Patch
If you are making no mistakes, then you are not doing anything
March 16
Puncture
If you want the good feeling that comes from doing things for others, then there is a price you pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
Patch
Pleasure is often greatest in anticipation, but then so is trouble.
If you want the good feeling that comes from doing things for others, then there is a price you pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
Patch
Pleasure is often greatest in anticipation, but then so is trouble.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March 15
Puncture
Embrace reality by embracing both order and chaos. Stop choosing
Patch
Strong vision and purpose allow group creativity without the need for repressive rules
Embrace reality by embracing both order and chaos. Stop choosing
Patch
Strong vision and purpose allow group creativity without the need for repressive rules
March 14
Puncture
Most of the prisons we inhabit are created and furnished by ourselves
Patch
Our perceptions are dulled by the constant need for order. Open the window and let in the patterened chaos of a wild system
Most of the prisons we inhabit are created and furnished by ourselves
Patch
Our perceptions are dulled by the constant need for order. Open the window and let in the patterened chaos of a wild system
March 13
Puncture
Living systems never settle down
Patch
Learn to adapt to the competing necessities of Chaos and Order
Living systems never settle down
Patch
Learn to adapt to the competing necessities of Chaos and Order
March 12
Puncture
The calmness of any day is always a part of a larger disordered system
Patch
Concentrate on creating the environment that will permit people to accomplish the goals
The calmness of any day is always a part of a larger disordered system
Patch
Concentrate on creating the environment that will permit people to accomplish the goals
March 11
Puncture
What if you were to say, "Everything in my life is enough"?
Patch
Crawl the dangerous ridge between chaos and order
What if you were to say, "Everything in my life is enough"?
Patch
Crawl the dangerous ridge between chaos and order
March 10
Puncture
It is only after admitting we are lost and confused, that we can finally come to our senses and discover that we are Here
Patch
Do not be seduced by things you should have long ago outgrown
It is only after admitting we are lost and confused, that we can finally come to our senses and discover that we are Here
Patch
Do not be seduced by things you should have long ago outgrown
March 09
Puncture
We lose sight of the troubled and unfathomable world through endless self-preoccupation
Patch
Take time each day to recall what is most important to you
We lose sight of the troubled and unfathomable world through endless self-preoccupation
Patch
Take time each day to recall what is most important to you
March 08
Puncture
Sometimes I mope and coast, all the while being blown through the universe by cosmic forces
Patch
The simple ability to pay attention to the world as we find it, may be the heart of a well lived life
Sometimes I mope and coast, all the while being blown through the universe by cosmic forces
Patch
The simple ability to pay attention to the world as we find it, may be the heart of a well lived life
March 07
Puncture
An imperial system, with all commands emanating from the top, cannot deal with the wild effloresence of daily living we call life
Patch
Do not form a flock. Trust only flocks that emerge naturally.
An imperial system, with all commands emanating from the top, cannot deal with the wild effloresence of daily living we call life
Patch
Do not form a flock. Trust only flocks that emerge naturally.
March 06
Puncture
Individuals have less wisdom than the self-generated intelligence of a focused group
Patch
Deal with simple elements and not the complex systems. Allow complexity to emerge naturally
Individuals have less wisdom than the self-generated intelligence of a focused group
Patch
Deal with simple elements and not the complex systems. Allow complexity to emerge naturally
March 05
Puncture
Stop treating people like cattle who will stampede out of control without your constant herding
Patch
Truth can sometimes be found in a quiet walk around neighborhood
Stop treating people like cattle who will stampede out of control without your constant herding
Patch
Truth can sometimes be found in a quiet walk around neighborhood
March 04
Puncture
The moon is not full the entire month, so beware desire for continuous peak performance
Patch
Stop trying to draw infinitely from a finite world and discover how little is really needed to honor life
The moon is not full the entire month, so beware desire for continuous peak performance
Patch
Stop trying to draw infinitely from a finite world and discover how little is really needed to honor life
March 03
Puncture
With a little more care and courage, we can celebrate our lives in our work - and not, as is often the case, squander it in the shadow of a job
Patch
Do not forget, you occupy a much greater space than the one defined by your job description
With a little more care and courage, we can celebrate our lives in our work - and not, as is often the case, squander it in the shadow of a job
Patch
Do not forget, you occupy a much greater space than the one defined by your job description
March 02
Puncture
He doesn't have many enemies, but is intensely disliked by some of his friends
Patch
To be of service does not require one to surrender all personal desire, for that is what animates us, what attracted us in the first place to be of service, to do a good job
He doesn't have many enemies, but is intensely disliked by some of his friends
Patch
To be of service does not require one to surrender all personal desire, for that is what animates us, what attracted us in the first place to be of service, to do a good job
March 01
Puncture
It is not always possible to flourish if we are surrounded by the living dead
Patch
Be sure to not exclude that part of you that is awestruck with wonder, ripe with dumb questions, and thirsting for learning
It is not always possible to flourish if we are surrounded by the living dead
Patch
Be sure to not exclude that part of you that is awestruck with wonder, ripe with dumb questions, and thirsting for learning
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