Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Privacy DOES matter.
Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see — and write about — the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States’ extensive surveillance of private citizens. In this searing talk, Greenwald makes the case for why you need to care about privacy, even if you’re “not doing anything you need to hide.”
Watch the video below or at TED Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters
Orbital Systems has created a high tech shower that they claim has 90% water savings and 80% energy savings. They add cleaner water and higher comfort to the mix.
There’s a CNN video at CNN features Orbital Systems.
When you talk you are only repeating what you know; but when you listen, you may learn something new.
Dalai Lama
I subscribe to information from TED, a great source for presentations that inspire, teach, entertain and make you think. Some days ago I got a link to “Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door” and I watched it today. It’s for kids of all ages. Mac talks about truth, fiction, lies, wonder and a blue whale. There’s even a Venn diagram…
Watch the video below or at TED: Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door.
I like The Four Agreements, they are great. Now I have started reading “The fifth agreement” by Miguel and Jose Ruiz. That’s a different story, I feel a resistance towards the book and switch between a decision to finish the book (as a learning experience) and stop reading it.
The fifth agreement is “Be skeptical but learn to listen” and I agree with that. It, to me, goes really well with the concept in Your teacup is full (Empty your cup). To listen with an open mind is terrific.
I think my problem with the book “The fifth agreement” is due to that there’s a clash between the fifth agreement and the tone of the book. The authors have all the answers, no room for being skeptic there.
This post is copied to my new blog The Wise Owl.
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.
John Lennon
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
Oscar Wilde
Speak with integrity.
Say only what you mean.
Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others.
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Nothing others do is because of you.
What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.
Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama.
With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick.
Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
newborn – we are tender and weak
in death – we are rigid and stiffliving plants are supple and yielding
dead branches are dry and brittleso the hard and unyielding belong to death
and the soft and pliant belong to lifean inflexible army does not triumph
an unbending tree breaks in the windthus the rigid and inflexible will surely fail
while the soft and flowing will prevailTao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
When the wind blows,the grass bends.
Confucius, The Analects
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