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The Importance of Being Yourself

 
 
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One has just to be oneself.  That’s my basic message.  The moment you accept yourself as you are, all burdens, all mountainous burdens simply disappear.  Then life is a sheer joy, a festival of lights.
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
 
 
We are meant to midwife dreams for one another… Success occurs in clusters.
Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
 
 
Take heart, [...]

When I was making my first steps… to success

 
 
 
3 years ago…
 
The first thing that I did on this journey was starting a diary.
This is not the first record, but I guess it explains everything.
 
24 Feb. 2007
It is extremely difficult to begin.  But I have to.
I’m afraid there is no other way.  Maybe I’ll do it slowly first…
I have a feeling that it might [...]

Success is a journey, not a destination

which is a contradiction to the definition of success.  That is the beauty of it.
 
Succeed (ME < L succedere <sub -  up (to) + cedere go)
 

turn out well; prosper : His plans succeeded. Any able person who works well can succeed..
accomplish what is attempted or intended: The attack succeeded beyond all expectations.  After much discussion, [...]

Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.

 
 
It is a family day in Canada.  I am reading books on parenting because my six-year-old son alone gives me as much headaches as (I am assuming, of course) a whole soccer team would.  I am reading on parenting and I am still nowhere.
 
That is an excerpt from Jeffrey Bernstein “Liking the Child You Love”.
 
Joking [...]

Quotes of the Day. January 27, 2010. Curiosity and Insanity.

 
 
 
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.” (Albert Einstein)
 
 
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” (Albert Einstein)
 
“For me, insanity [...]