miércoles, 31 de agosto de 2011

7 Thoughts

1. If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Graham Greene

2. The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. David Mamet

3. The day on which one starts out is not the time to start one's preparation. African proverb

4. A competent professional listens well, probes, asks questions, and thinks before he speaks. This is easy to say, but hard to do. Jeffrey G. Allen

5. Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the right to do the same. Voltaire

6. No child is ever spoiled by too much attention. It is the lack of attention that spoils. Bessie Blake

7. Happy is the man who has learned to hold the things of this world with a loose hand.

14 Thoughts (Ago. 24, 2011)

1. Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. R. H. Tawney

2. Education should be as gradual as the moonrise, perceptible not in progress, but in result. Author unknown

3. A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. Pearl S. Buck

4. Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words? Marcel Marceau

5. What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Crowfoot

6. Your diligence and nurturing will protect and inspire many people in your lifetime. Acknowledge, and cherish, every single quality you have, and use it, and leverage it to the fullest. Make room daily for your own time and space, so that you are able to open your door generously to others. Teresa Heinz

7. Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay. Eric Hoffer

8. All clouds do not rain. Dutch proverb

9. Monotony is the awful reward of the careful. A. G. Buckham

10. Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Theodore N. Vail

11. When you become a parent, you begin to become sympathetic to your own parents. We begin to understand how much we owe to them, how much we're shaped by their vision of the world. Philip Glass

12. You learn love by loving--by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done. Aldous Huxley

13. Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it. Marguerite de Angeli

14. If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in too. Oscar Hammerstein II

15 Thoughts (posted Ago.10, 2011)

1. Luck never gives; it only lends. Swedish proverb   

2. Generosity gives assistance rather than advice. Vauvenargues  

3. Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. A. W. Tozer

4. To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything. Joan Didion

5. We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us. R.W. Boreham

6. Neither gods nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your imperative duty to use every means, moral, intellectual, and physical, that promise success. Henry Highland Garnet

7. I believe that people will do what is right and good if they are given a chance and are convinced that what they are being asked to do will truly help others. Helen Boosalis

8. Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings. Bruce Catton

9. Accomplishment comes to those who say: "I can make it happen." Brian Cavanaugh

10. Everyone is born with a limited amount of time. Every moment we live--whether we're working, playing, complaining, or being thankful--is time that we've spent. Nothing is more valuable than the time we have left. Cynthia Kersey

11. Everybody needs one essential friend. William Glasser

12. The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks, he thinks as he lives. Vaughan Quinn

13. The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer

14. The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. Bess Myerson

15. Without effort, even the greatest of ideas go nowhere. John Pearson

martes, 26 de julio de 2011

EL CAFE

El Café
Un grupo de profesionales, todos triunfadores en sus respectivas carreras, se juntó para visitar a su antiguo profesor.
Pronto la charla devino en quejas acerca del interminable ´stress´ que les producía el trabajo y la vida en general.
El profesor les ofreció café, fue a la cocina y pronto regresó con una cafetera grande y una selección de tazas de lo más ecléctica: de porcelana, plástico, vidrio, cristal -unas sencillas y baratas, otras decoradas, unas caras, otras realmente exquisitas... Tranquilamente les dijo que escogieran una taza y se sirvieran un poco del café recién preparado.
Cuando lo hubieron hecho, el viejo maestro se aclaró la garganta y con mucha calma y paciencia se dirigió al grupo:
´Se habrán dado cuenta de que todas las tazas que lucían bonitas se terminaron primero y quedaron pocas de las más sencillas y baratas; lo que es natural, ya que cada quien prefiere lo mejor para sí mismo.
Ésa es realmente la causa de muchos de sus problemas relativos al ´stress.´
Continuó:
´Les aseguro que la taza no le añadió calidad al café.
En verdad la taza solamente disfraza o reviste lo que bebemos. Lo que ustedes querían era el café, no la taza, pero instintivamente buscaron las mejores. Después se pusieron a mirar las tazas de los demás.
Ahora piensen en esto:
La vida es el café. Los trabajos, el dinero, la posición social, etc. son meras tazas, que le dan forma y soporte a la vida y el tipo de taza que tengamos no define ni cambia realmente la calidad de vida que llevemos.
A menudo, por concentrarnos sólo en la taza dejamos de disfrutar el café. ¡Disfruten su café!
La gente más feliz no es la que tiene lo mejor de todo sino la que hace lo mejor con lo que tiene; así pues, recuérdenlo:
* Vivan de manera sencilla.
* Tengan paz.
* Amen y actúen generosamente.
* Sean solidarios y solícitos
* Hablen con amabilidad.
El resto déjenselo a Dios. y recuerden que: la persona más rica no es la que tiene más sino la que necesita menos .
DISFRUTA TU CAFÉ!

La Piedra


‎​LA PIEDRA !
El distraído tropezó con ella.
El violento la uso para herir.
El emprendedor la uso para construir.
El campesino cansado, la uso para sentarse.
El niño la uso como juguete.
David la uso para matar a Goliat y Miguel Angel saco de ella una bella escultura.
En todos los casos, la diferencia no estuvo en la piedra sino en el hombre!.
No existe PIEDRA en tu camino que no puedas aprovechar para tu propio crecimiento.
Aprovecha  los obstáculos para aprender y engrandecer tu destino...

5 Pensamientos (posted July 25, 2011)

1. Know that a smile will rally many to thy cause, while a frown would drive all away. Edgar Cayce

2. To be of value, expressions of appreciation must be continually renewed. Sheree Parris Nudd

3. What we are in ourselves, and what we owe others, makes us a complete whole. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4. Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. Henry Chester

5. I like familiarity. In me it does not breed contempt. Only more familiarity. Gertrude Stein

10 Pensamientos (posted July 22, 2011)

1. You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man. Seth Parker

2. Tedium is never a useful teaching tool. Earl Stevens

3. The beauty of memory is that it still sees beauty when beauty has faded. Paul Boese

4. Dignity is fighting weakness and winning. Lola Falana

5. Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. Smiley Blanton

6. Don't find fault with what you don't understand. Author unknown 7. The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Frank Hamilton

8. Let us unite contemplation with action. In the harmony of the two lies the perfection of character. Alexander L. R. Foote

9. Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration. Louise Brooks

10. Discipline is remembering what you want. David Campbell