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Fri 13 Nov, 2009 07:06 am
Silence from the talkative
Patience from the impatient
Kindness from the unkind
Tolerance from the intolerant
Paradoxically I am not grateful to any of those who taught me these lessons....
Before it's pointed out.... I don't claim authorship of this wonderful quote... I'm paraphrasing Kahil Gibran. Wish I'd thought of it though. It's perfect.
Silence, patience, tolerance..
I've heard of all those,
but never learned them well
Joe(or perhaps at all)Nation
@Joe Nation,
Joe Nation wrote:
Silence, patience, tolerance..
I've heard of all those,
but never learned them well
Joe(or perhaps at all)Nation
but we can define our worth by the effort.... I'm still working on all of these things... and I've made progress. In the end what else can we do?
That shows us what we DON'T want to be, but just what we DO want to be is the challenge.
they say everyone has a purpose. I suppose some of us are born to the purpose of showing people what NOT to be
@Bi-Polar Bear,
There is a quote from William Faulkner that I wish I had thought of:
"If I had to chose between pain and nothing, I would always chose pain. I can not live in nothingness."
@Joe Nation,
There's an expression they use in 12-step programs e.g. A.A. -- We claim spiritual progress, not spiritual perfection.
I have learned...
sarcasm from the sincere
silliness from the serious
and philandery from the chaste.
i have learned nothing
and i believe i learn less everyday
I've learned that the only thing that really matters is what I believe... and I believe it's after six and time for a glass of wine.
@Bi-Polar Bear,
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:
I've learned that the only thing that really matters is what I believe... and I believe it's after six and time for a glass of wine.
don't forget it's always after six somewhere in the wold
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing
to do and always a clever thing to say -- Will Durant (1885-1981)
@ebrown p,
"silliness from the serious"- one of my favourite forms of transcendence
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