D.D. Discovers Quotes

Choose the Meaning You Give

2011-10-13T00:04:00.000-07:00

I don't any longer think that it's possible that other people can hurt me. They are just giving me their observation and I'm giving it meaning. And so I get to choose what that meaning is. - Rita Bridenstine

We All Want the Same Thing

2011-07-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

We live in different spaces, different parts of the country, have different goals but ultimately we all want the same thing. We want to know that we matter. We want to know that we were heard and that what we had to say meant something. Whether you're talking to your boss, whether you're talking to friends, everybody and every conversations, and particularly in every arguments and disagreements just want to know, "did you hear me?" and "did what I say mean anything to you?". - Oprah Winfrey

Celebrate Your Independence

2011-07-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

This month, I celebrate my own independence. I choose to be free of all negativity, anger, fear, insecurities, jealousies--and any thought that makes me feel "less than." I no longer choose to live in the prison of my mind. I choose thoughts of love, joy, prosperity, and unlimited creativity and opportunities. - Louise L. Hay

Vision

2011-06-19T20:00:00.001-07:00

"That's because I micro-manage, I will be on top of every single thing so that nothing goes wrong. It's not just because my money is in it. It's because it's my vision and I can't bear to see it go any other way." - Michelle Chong (Actress, model, writer, director, producer and founder of Huat Films)

Silence and Words

2011-06-19T07:53:00.000-07:00

"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." Elbert Hubbard (American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher)

Surprise

2011-06-15T10:08:00.001-07:00

“Be at peace with surprise.” – Wayne Dyer

The Insecure Ones

2011-06-13T08:47:00.000-07:00

"To the insecure ones, the world is always against them. Everyone seems to owe them something. No matter how much good intentions and assurances given, they will never be enough. Until they are able to feel secure at their own time, don't let them affect your sanity. Your response is not controlled by how loud they shout out their insecurities. But by how much control you have over your own mind and emotion." - D.D.

A Star of Happiness

2011-06-10T02:34:00.001-07:00

"Each of us keeps at the bottom of his heart a memory which does not want to die. It is the sound of a footfall, the sound of a voice, a name or a smile. Each of us keeps at the bottom of his hearts a star of happiness." - Guy de Maupassant

Refuse to be Reduced

2011-06-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. - Maya Angelou

Flame

2011-06-08T05:44:00.001-07:00

“Flame is a fickle mistress.” Mozzie, White Collar

Good Points of Others

2011-06-06T22:25:00.001-07:00

"It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones." - Francoise Sagan (French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter)

Why & Why Not

2011-05-30T09:45:00.000-07:00

Life's two most important questions are "why" and "why not". The trick is knowing which one to ask. - Shania Twain

Divert the Sadness

2011-05-26T17:47:00.000-07:00

"The idea here is not to divert the sadness, but to give it a context from life other than what is making you sad. Just as a ginger can lose its bitterness when baked in bread, sadness can be leavened by other life. When feeling the sharpness of being sad or hurt, it helps to take new things in. This pours the water of life on the fire of the heart. So when exhausted from expressing all that hurt, listen to music you’ve never heard of, or ask someone to tell you an old story from before your birth, or take a drive down a road near a ridge you’ve always meant to look out from. Look with your sad eyes on things new to you that will give you something to do with your sadness. Your sadness is the paint. You must find a canvas." - T.H. White

Choose to Inhale

2011-05-23T09:23:00.000-07:00

"Choose to inhale; do not breathe simply to exist. That's not always easy but it is always worthy." - Final sentences of Mattie Stepanek on his dying bed.

Every Bad

2011-05-19T03:22:00.000-07:00

"And yet to every bad there is a worse."
- Thomas Hardy

Money and Happiness

2011-05-17T20:52:00.001-07:00

Money truly can't buy happiness, especially if you're unhappy to begin with. "If you are worrying about vegetables now, you'll be worrying about yachts then," - Jacob Needleman

Praise and Blame

2011-05-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.
- Edmund Gosse

Do Better

2011-05-13T12:15:00.000-07:00

"Do better if possible, and that is always possible..." - Francois Constantin, Turin, Italy, 1819

Inspiration and Work

2011-05-12T06:16:00.000-07:00

"Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it." - Madeline L'Engle

Selflessness of Nature

2011-05-11T06:06:00.000-07:00

"Even after all this time. The sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with A love like that. It lights the whole sky." - Hafiz of Persia

We are What We Think

2011-05-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." - The Buddha

Go for It

2011-05-09T06:01:00.000-07:00

"When you get the chance, go for it. You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself." - Oprah

Balance Lives in the Present

2011-05-08T05:59:00.000-07:00

"Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen." - Oprah

There is No Greater Gift

2011-05-07T05:43:00.000-07:00

"There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive." - Oprah

Everyday Religion

2011-05-06T09:13:00.000-07:00

"I have an everyday religion that works for me, love yourself first and everything else falls into place." - Lucille Ball

Communication is Like A Dance

2011-05-06T05:41:00.001-07:00

Communication is like a dance. One person takes a step forward; the other takes one back. Even one misstep can land both on the floor in a tangle of confusion. - Oprah

How You Do

2011-05-03T20:12:00.001-07:00

"How you do anything is how you do everything." - Anon

Fame Does Not Change Who You Are

2011-05-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

Fame does not change who you are. Fame is like having a magnifying glass on who you are. And it only highlights and enlarges what was already there. - Oprah Winfrey

Learn from Differences

2011-05-02T01:10:00.000-07:00

"Perhaps if humanity focused less on what separates us from one another and more on what we could learn from our differences, we would stop killing one another."
--Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, NCIS Season 7 Episode 10

Rhythm and Rhyme

2011-04-15T08:34:00.000-07:00

Rhythm and rhyme; answer man's immortal need for monotony and symmetry, as opposed to the vanity and danger of inspiration. - Charles Baudelaire (Les Fleurs du Mal - Flowers of Evil)

Beliefs and Results

2011-04-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

It has always been true that you act according to your beliefs and, since the way you act has consequences, your beliefs manifest in the world through various situations. When you act out your beliefs, you see the results of your actions everywhere. - Geneen Roth

Goodbye

2010-01-14T06:42:00.000-08:00

"I've had to say goodbye more times than I'd have liked. But everyone can say that. And no matter how many times we do it even if it's for the greater good, it still stinks. And though we'll never forget what we've given up, we owe it to ourselves to keep moving forward. What we can do is live our lives always afraid of the next goodbye. Because chances are, they are not going to stop. The trick is to recognize when a goodbye can be a good thing, when it's a chance to start again." - Ugly Betty, Season 4 Ep 11

Disguise

2009-04-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Who I Was

2009-04-02T23:51:00.000-07:00

"I wished I had some way of showing them who I was, or who I was convinced I was. I was the surge, the being, the radical absence of non-being, the river in flood, the dispenser of existence, the power to be beseeched." - The Life of Hunger, Amélie Nothomb (Belgian author)

Trauma

2009-03-27T02:30:00.000-07:00

"Trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home. It changes our lives. Trauma messes everybody up. But may be that's the point. All the pain and the fear and the crap. May be going through all that is what keeps us moving forward. It's what pushes us. May be we have to get a little messed up, before we can step up." - Grey's Anatomy

Wealth is Work

2009-03-13T05:52:00.000-07:00

"When are we going to realize in this country that our wealth is work? That we are workers and by selling this idea of “Hey, man i'll teach you how to be rich.” How's that different from infomercials?” - Jon Stewart commenting on CNBC while interviewing Jim Cramer.

Best Things vs Best Life

2009-03-03T21:32:00.000-08:00

"Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life."

—Oprah

Two Beliefs for Success

2009-03-03T21:05:00.000-08:00

Most successful people begin with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.

—David Brooks

Greatest Happiness

2009-03-02T22:38:00.000-08:00

"The greatest happiness that you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." - William Sarovan

Standing Tall

2009-02-27T09:39:00.000-08:00

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. --Harriet Woods

Seeking Happiness

2009-02-25T02:03:00.001-08:00

"Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. "

—Eckhart Tolle

This Moment's Best

2009-02-25T02:02:00.001-08:00

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

—Oprah

Effort

2009-02-25T02:00:00.000-08:00

Each new effort brings you closer to the one that might really work. - Bob Greene

For Evil to Prevail

2009-02-23T22:42:00.000-08:00

A quote that speaks right through me at the right moment:

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Quotes Rush

2009-02-22T06:32:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I updated this site ... and finally I am updating it because if not, I'll be someone else's lunch! Argh ... yes, a friend of mine - Guy, has been "pushing" me to update my blogs and I've been doing my best in ... procrastinating it! But this weekend, it's now or never ... hence this post, will be the compilation of the quotes I've been sharing through my Facebook. Hope you like them.

All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words. - Harvey Milk

Fear is a friend who's misunderstood. But I know the heart of life is good - John Mayer's song - The Heart of Life

We just get the one life, you know. Just one. You can't live someone else's or think it's more important just because it's more dramatic. What happens matters. May be only to us, but it matters. - Ghost Town (Movie)

and one of the longest quote that I've just needed to share, from the movie Adaptation:

"Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn't be falling out. Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I'm a walking cliché. ... If I stop putting things off, I would be happier. All I do is sit on my fat ass. If my ass wasn't fat I would be happier. I wouldn't have to wear these shirts with the tails out all the time. Like that's fooling anyone. Fat ass. I should start jogging again. Five miles a day. Really do it this time. Maybe rock climbing. I need to turn my life around. What do I need to do? I need to fall in love. I need to have a girlfriend. I need to read more, improve myself. What if I learned Russian or something? Or took up an instrument? I could speak Chinese. I'd be the screenwriter who speaks Chinese and plays the oboe. That would be cool. I should get my hair cut short. Stop trying to fool myself and everyone else into thinking I have a full head of hair. How pathetic is that? Just be real. Confident. Isn't that what women are attracted to? Men don't have to be attractive. But that's not true. Especially these days. Almost as much pressure on men as there is on women these days. Why should I be made to feel I have to apologize for my existence? Maybe it's my brain chemistry. Maybe that's what's wrong with me. Bad chemistry. All my problems and anxiety can be reduced to a chemical imbalance or some kind of misfiring synapses. I need to get help for that. But I'll still be ugly though. Nothing's gonna change that." - Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation (Movie)

There is A Time...

2008-12-03T19:24:00.000-08:00

"There is a time for work. And a time for love. That leaves no other time." - Coco Chanel

Right to be Heard

2008-11-04T01:36:00.000-08:00

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. - Hubert H. Humphrey

Mental & Emotional Diets

2008-11-03T22:34:00.000-08:00

Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health and well-being more than we realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves. --Doc Childre

Enough

2008-11-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. --G.K. Chesterton

Habit of Giving

2008-10-29T04:27:00.000-07:00

"The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give." - Walt Whitman

What is Stereotype?

2008-10-17T04:20:00.000-07:00

Stereotypes are devices for saving a biased person the trouble of learning
--Author Unknown

Questioning the Logic

2008-10-13T10:40:00.000-07:00

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. - Gene Roddenberry

Trust

2008-10-07T08:58:00.001-07:00

"I've learned that it take years to build up trust, and it only take suspicion, no proof, to destroy it." - Unknown

Be Grateful

2008-10-07T08:56:00.000-07:00

"Be grateful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." —Oprah

Oprah Says ....

2008-09-30T00:01:00.000-07:00

"We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are." —Oprah

Time Shifting

2008-09-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

"...recognizes that every single moment has a particular rhythm to it, and that we have the capacity to expand or contract an individual moment as appropriate. One way to shift what's going on in our world is not to try to rush to do more, but to allow ourselves to go deeper into that moment of being present. Our ability to shift gears, to shift our rhythm to meet that moment and be present in it, is what allows us to experience the fullness of life - to create our life in the way we want it to be." - Stephan Rechtschaffen

Source: Time Shifting vs Time Management

Unhurried Sense of Time

2008-09-29T18:19:00.001-07:00

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. --Bonnie Friedman.

What is It You Plan to Do?

2008-09-29T18:17:00.000-07:00

Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life? --Mary Oliver

True Heroism

2008-09-29T18:13:00.001-07:00

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,but the urge to serve others at whatever cost --Arthur Ashe

Little Things?

2008-09-29T18:10:00.001-07:00

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things -- a chance word, a tap on the shoulder, or a penny dropped on a newsstand -- I am tempted to think...there are no little things. --Bruce Barton

Creativity

2008-09-29T18:09:00.001-07:00

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. --Bill Moyers

No Others

2008-09-29T18:08:00.001-07:00

There are no others. --Ramana Maharishi

Empty Pockets

2008-09-29T18:06:00.000-07:00

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. --Norman Vincent Peale

So, What Do You See?

2008-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. --John Lubbock

Look Ahead

2008-09-28T08:22:00.001-07:00

Didn't know the crappy daily horoscope can bring words of wisdom too ... well, inspirations are everywhere indeed.

"You cannot change the past. Today, if you are full of regrets, just look ahead."

Speak the Truth

2008-09-28T08:10:00.001-07:00

It takes two to speak the truth -- one to speak and another to hear.
--Thoreau

Reality & Fairy Tales

2008-09-27T06:08:00.000-07:00

Fairy tales don't come true.
Reality is much stormier.
Much murkier.
Much scarier.
Reality is so much more interesting than living happily ever after.
- Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (Season 5 Episode 1)

Dream & Desire

2008-09-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. - Khalil Gibran

When A Few Quotes Give Wake Up Calls

2008-09-22T00:59:00.000-07:00

"Resourceful people ... are not having fun all of the time. But they do feel empowered when they force themselves to do what's needed."

Source: www.psychologytoday.com

"The only true security lies in action. No fixed position is ever secure. Security comes from dynamic action, knowing that no matter what happens, you can always do something about it." - Steve Pavlina

Source: www.stevepavlina.com

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.” - Anonymous

Risk

2008-09-14T05:15:00.000-07:00

RISK
Author unknown

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to others is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken,
because the greatest hazard in life is to do nothing.

The person who risks nothing,
does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.

They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.

Chained by their attitudes, they are a slave,
they forfeited their freedom.

Only the person who risks can be free

Source: http://www.iamthewitness.com/Risks.html

Die with Dignity??

2008-09-14T00:06:00.000-07:00

"You live with dignity, you can't die with it." - Dr. House

Source: House (TV Show) - Season 1, Episode 1

I think it's really one of the best quote that just hits home run for me. How many times you heard the cliche statement, "at least I die with dignity." But have they ever thought that the precious one is not in dying but in living? Dr. House's quote made me realize that. He was confronting a patient who's giving up and asking him to allow to go home and die. "I just wanna die with a little dignity." But his reply was a harsh one,"There's no such thing. Our bodies break down. Sometimes when we are 90, sometimes before we are even born but it always happen and there's never any dignity in it. I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It's always ugly. Always. You live with dignity, you can't die with it."

I hope it will shed some light to some of you too. Live life with dignity.

Courage & Accomplishments

2008-09-13T21:02:00.000-07:00

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
-- Muhammad Ali

How Do You Resolve Difficulty?

2008-09-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." -- Rene Descartes

First Rate Intelligence

2008-09-09T19:58:00.000-07:00

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. --F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wonder & Wisdom

2008-09-08T00:11:00.000-07:00

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. --Greek Proverb

Light on the Path

2008-09-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.
--Ben Sweetland

Look in Awareness

2008-09-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
--James Thurber

Not Yet?

2008-09-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

Why always 'Not yet'? Do flowers in spring say, 'Not yet'?

—Norman Douglas

Desire Happiness

2008-09-01T01:49:00.000-07:00

"Every being must desire happiness for himself." -Richard Price

Source: www.Forbes.com

Lie Lie Lie

2008-08-31T06:52:00.000-07:00

"Great liars lie unknowingly to others. Lousy liars lie unknowingly only to himself/herself." - D.D.

Source: Experience

I am so amused by some people's ignorance towards their own idiocy. They lie in broad day light and then think they have staged the greatest drama in their life without knowing the whole audience has already figured out the tricks long time ago.

The Art of Preparation

2008-08-31T06:48:00.000-07:00

"I will prepare, and someday my chance will come." - Abraham Lincoln

Emotion & Status

2008-08-27T02:07:00.001-07:00

"Emotion knows no ranks, circumstances and status. It simply falls when it feels right."

Source: Inspired by friend's experience

Wisdom & Responsibility

2008-08-23T07:36:00.000-07:00

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. --George Bernard Shaw

Source: CharityFocus.org

French Quote of the Day

2008-08-22T02:07:00.000-07:00

Dans les belles paroles, le coeur ne parle point. - Noël du FAIL, Propos rustiques, VI

Source: About.com

Meaning: In beautiful words, the heart doesn't speak.

I am

2008-08-15T02:34:00.000-07:00

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. -Madonna Ciccone

Source: www.CharityFocus.org

Imagination and Belief

2008-08-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."
--Plutarch

Source: Wisdom from the Greek

"We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better."
-- J.K. Rowling (Author of Harry Potter)

Source: Her wonderful article

Contemplation & Action

2008-07-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
--Meister Eckhart

Source: www.charityfocus.org

As we think, so we are ... simply put. :-) Be careful what you wish for, cause you might just get it all.

Extraordinary & Ordinary

2008-07-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."
--Jean Paul Richter

Source: www.charityfocus.org

What a profound message to all of us. How many times we hope we have a break in our daily lives where we can just be extraordinary. May be too much influence from action films or superhero figures.

But why don't we just focus on the ordinary and be totally present in it. Give our best shot make it extraordinary in the ordinary way.

When Garfield Is Oh So Wise .....

2008-07-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that Garfield is actually quite wise? Check out some of his words of wisdom.

Image courtesy of www.wikipedia.org

"I gotta be me. I'm too weird to be anyone else."

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

"DO NOT DISTURB. I'm disturbed enough already."

"'Organised' is my middle name. 'Poorly' is my first."

"You are only young once but you can be immature forever."

"When in doubt, act stupid."

and my favourite, the one that I need to keep reminding myself all the time:

"I Don't Do Ordinary."

Religion & Behaviour

2008-07-24T21:57:00.000-07:00

"Religion doesn't prevent one to inherit and practice vituperation." - D.D.

Source:
A horrible experience of witnessing someone of a strong Christian belief whose act of barbarian was worse than anything I've ever seen.

Punishment

2008-07-03T01:49:00.000-07:00

"It's not a punishment to remember someone you love. The punishment is to forget him."

Source: Nyfes (Movie)

Hmmm .... I haven't watched this movie so I'm not sure how the tagline was inspired from the show. However I can relate on the pain of trying to forget instead of trying to remember. May be some memory is not meant to be forgotten since they bring so much pain in forgetting. May be it's just meant to be that way.

Future & Past

2008-07-03T01:46:00.000-07:00

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
-Thomas Jefferson

Source: www.Forbes.com

And yet most of us are so caught up with our past that we forget that our future can indeed be better.

Alcohol

2008-07-01T21:22:00.000-07:00

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy." - Frank Sinatra

Source: www.Forbes.com

Well, well ... something on the lighter side. I find this quote interesting. I really love how words are being played candidly :-) Don't take it too seriously, guys! But then again it's worth pondering. If alcohol is our enemy and yet we do love it why can't we love our human enemy as much. Why do we need to keep having war with each other? That ... will really the greatest mystery of all. May be the aliens from other planets will have an answer one day.

Inconsistency & Weakness

2008-07-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

"Inconsistency with ourselves is the great weakness of human nature." - Joseph Addison

Source: www.Forbes.com

Though there's another theory that says human nature is inconsistent but I think what this quote is trying to say we have to have our own principles. Just like the foundations of the building. We may have zillion of opinions and perspectives on something but when it comes to principle to be our guiding light, we'd better decide what we want to believe in. If not we will be easily uprooted.

There's A Fine Fine Line

2008-07-01T02:10:00.000-07:00

Heard this song at Hossan Leong's mini concert. It's actually from a Broadway Musical called Avenue Q. Such a meaningful song that contains tons of beautiful quotes. Indeed there's a fine fine line to almost anything you thought are wide apart. Enjoy the video and the lyrics.

There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

Courage

2008-06-30T23:22:00.000-07:00

"Courage conquers all things."
-Ovid

Begins to Die

2008-06-27T14:22:00.000-07:00

"He begins to die, that quits his desires." --George Herbert

Source: www.Forbes.com

I'm absolutely feeling this especially these past few months. I thought it's like quarter life crisis thingie but apparently, it's because I don't really have desires for anything in life. No wonder life feels so dull. A great reminder when you feel dull, desire something. It'll change your mood.

Is Nature Simple or Complicated?

2008-06-23T22:37:00.001-07:00

I think they are both. I think nature comprises both elements - its simplicity and its complications. How can you explain a bumblebee whose aerodynamically not supposed to fly and yet it flies, that's complicated. Or how can you explain the very basic of water it flows from the high to the low, that sounds pretty simple.

One quote that's related to nature that caught my mind recently was from a new TV show called Pretty Handsome. It's about this prestigious doctor who came from a very well to do family who secretly has the urge of being a woman. Yes, he's a guy, but since young he wants to be a woman, a secret he has been keeping to himself. The show (though very uneasy to watch by some, it's something "not" normal) has brought to focus on how being closed-minded towards one's choices in life has made others suffer in silence. It's a pity and tragic.

Anyway, the doctor has a genius son who's finally putting up one big aquarium and he tried to rear seahorses. There were 2 seahorses in the aquarium, the male and female. He said the male seahorse has the role of a female when it comes to fertilizing their eggs. As quoted from wikipedia - "The female inserts her ovipositor into the male’s brood pouch, where she deposits her eggs, which the male fertilizes."

When the parents are amazed at this phenomenon, the genius boy said:

"Nature at its best is complicated"

Source: Pretty Handsome (TV Show)

I can't agree less. The wold is so much more than what we see and know. And yet here we are compartmentalized things and think our ways are the rightest way. Oh how foolish that can be. If only humans observe more of the nature and learn from them may be one day they'll understand, they don't know nothing yet.

Better or Worse

2008-06-13T02:42:00.000-07:00

Have you ever felt that you are nor here nor there?
How do you describe it in Chinese?
Well, the following phrase has definitely sum it well. If you are not really at the rock bottom and you are not really one of the very best, just make sure you are not too bad and don't be the worst.

比上不足，比下有余
(Meaning: Worse than some, better than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst)

God's Handwriting in Present Moment

2008-06-13T02:12:00.000-07:00

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty exists in everything that we can see, hear, feel, touch and even those we can barely imagine. Love how the quote has "wordified" the experience.