Thoughts of the Day

[grim23]

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." ~Anais Nin

"Dignity and a calm attitude are the mark of a player who can be trusted." ~Pat Califia

"There are two kinds of strengths: the strength to lead and the strength to follow: the strength to control and the strength to yield. There are two kinds of power: the power to strip another's soul bare, and the power to stand naked." ~Yaldah Tovah

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."
~Lao Tzu

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Re: It's odd...

[(Anonymous)]

“Nothing is accidental in the universe -- this is one of my Laws of Physics -- except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.”

Joyce Carol Oates

Re: It's odd...

[grim23]

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” ~ Alan Watts

Re: It's odd...

[msrebecca.livejournal.com]

When people can't abide things as they are, when they can't abide the present, they do one of two things ... either they ... either they turn to a contemplation of the past ... or they set about to ... alter the future. And when you want to change something ... YOU BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

EDWARD ALBEE, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Bang!Bang!Bang!..Bang? Like banging one's head against the wall working to understand a koan perhaps?

Hmmm....

Re: It's odd...

[grim23]

“What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and the good, prosperity and shame, gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan.” ~ Hakuin

Re: It's odd...

[msrebecca.livejournal.com]

Vows are spoken, to be broken - feelings are intense, words are trivial - pleasures remain, so does the pain - words are meaningless, and forgettable. ~ Unknown

Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness. ~Unknown


Words have no meaning without actions behind them and feeling in them. They are simply words and going through the motions. Meditate on that.

Re: It's odd...

[msrebecca.livejournal.com]

So, I took my own advice and meditated on words and the meaning of what is behind them. Surprisingly enough, sometimes it isn't the words you have to watch out for, but the letters.

C+

With that.. I offer another quote.

"C is for cookie..." ~Cookie Monster

Re: It's odd...

[grim23]

“I think the world is run by C students.” ~ Al McGuire

Re: It's odd...

[msrebecca.livejournal.com]

It is!!


FedEx was founded by Fredrick Smith in 1973. Smith was also the company’s first CEO, and he remained in that position until March 1998. Smith got this idea about improving the existing express delivery system while he was an undergraduate student at Yale University... Fred Smith recognized this and presented a paper describing the existing system and recommended improvements to it. Smith received a ‘C’ grade for his efforts.
Obviously, Smith was not discouraged by the letter grade as is evident from the current standing of Fedex.

~ http://www.rpi.edu/~ravit/sis/projects/fedex_final.PDF

Re: It's odd...

[grim23]

Exactly, Miss Rebecca! *smile*

Re: It's odd...

[(Anonymous)]

It makes one wonder how foolish that professor felt when they eventually realized how far off base they were.

Re: It's odd...

[grim23]

Grades are just letters, based on the perceptions of the moment. He probably shrugged and wished FedEx good luck. *smile*