May 2013
March 2013
18 Rules of Living by the Dalai Lama
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: 1. Respect for self 2. Respect for others 3. Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little...
February 2013
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
I have a choice to make.
Do I go to uni and start all over again in September, or do I forget it altogether and work full time and save up some money so I can actually go and do the things I want to do with my life as a whole! I tend to think seeing the things I want to see would affect my life far more than spending 4 year in university, when I won’t be guaranteed a better job at the end. I really don’t know...
“The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it....”
– Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
“I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald]
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But...”
– A little girl called Jessica, age 8
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“… all I can do is hope for the best, but hoping for the best, like hoping for a...”
– Lemony Snicket - The Beatrice Letters
50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier
by Nancy Sathre-Vogel on November 28, 2011 in education, home
You’re stronger than you think you are.
Mistakes teach you important lessons. Every time you make one, you’re one step closer to your goal.
There is nothing to hold you back except you.
You can press forward long after you can’t. It’s a matter of wanting it bad enough.
No matter how much...
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“But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you...”
– Lemony Snicket/ Daniel Handler , The Beatrice Letters
“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
“I felt I was on fire with the things I could’ve told you. I just assumed you...”
– Conor Oberst
January 2013
