Anything You Need, Call Me

"Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it,..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:59:35 -0400

“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you’ve got a bad year. Choke those bad days. Choke them down to nothing.”

- ~ Tom Waits (via conflictingheart)

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Fri, 03 May 2013 21:44:24 -0400

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Always!!

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400

Always!!

More than that, waiting for perfect is the enemy of efficiency,...

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:06:10 -0400

More than that, waiting for perfect is the enemy of efficiency, effectiveness and getting things done.

Very true.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:28:38 -0400

Very true.

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:11:23 -0400

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:51:29 -0400

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Force it

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:49:34 -0400

Force it

563. Never show a fool unfinished work.

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:37:55 -0400

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Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:21:09 -0400

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:09:18 -0400

Do it.

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:10:47 -0500

Do it.

Growing Older is Mandatory. Growing Up is...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:43:09 -0500

Growing Older is Mandatory. Growing Up is Optional.

michiamocristina:

An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…” “No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.” She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be .

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

*TO ALL THE READERS: THIS IS NOT MINE. I JUST GOT THIS FROM FACEBOOK. I DON’T KNOW ALSO IF THIS IS A TRUE STORY. THE OLD WOMAN IN THE PICTURE BY THE WAY IS NOLA OCHS WHO IS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER AS THE WORLD’S OLDEST COLLEGE GRADUATE. SHE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS STORY. I POSTED IT HERE BECAUSE I LIKE THE STORY AND IT INSPIRES ME. SO TO ALL WHO MISUNDERSTOOD MY POST: KEEP CALM AND BE TOUCHED.

Step out of your comfort zone, nothing extraordinary will happen...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:23:22 -0500

Step out of your comfort zone, nothing extraordinary will happen in there.

This is exactly what I mean: think about WHAT IS IT YOU...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:21:45 -0500

This is exactly what I mean: think about WHAT IS IT YOU LIKE DOING …

The money will come later, and if it doesn’t come, at least you’ll be happy.

capitalbruce:

This video, narrated by the late British philosopher Alan Watts, is both beautiful to watch and incredibly motivating for any Artist trying to accomplish his goals. It is a gentle reminder of how the happiness we all strive for should never be overrun by our desire to be wealthy. Love this.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:13:07 -0500

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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:57:13 -0500

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:10:42 -0500

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… and Call Me.

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:45:36 -0500

… and Call Me.

"It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly...."

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:21:14 -0500

““It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…””

- Aldous Huxley, Island (via theersatzian)