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"That’s what all love comes down to, doesn’t it? We help others only as much as they let..."
“That’s what all love comes down to, doesn’t it? We help others only as much as they let us.”
- Megan McCafferty
- Megan McCafferty
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"Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours..."
“Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you.”
- Katherine Anne Porter
- Katherine Anne Porter
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"Over every mountain, there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley."
“Over every mountain, there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.”
- Theodore Roethke
- Theodore Roethke
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JUST GO OUTSIDE (by ThePitNYC) Funny spoof on the cure for...
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"Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that..."
““Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.””
- Og Mandino
- Og Mandino
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"Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask..."
“Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don’t know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.”
- Norman Maclean
- Norman Maclean
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How many more days until Friday? Operation find a Georgia boy for the summer is NOT going very well...
How many more days until Friday?
Operation find a Georgia boy for the summer is NOT going very well at all.
All the other co-ops and interns are now officially ruled out, as the one that I was kinda thinking was cute and smart and cool and all of that… is starting to date some girl from back home. Blergh.
And all the regular people at work are either old, married, or both. It is super weird to be surrounded all the time by primarily men, and primarily married men. I think the working world as a woman engineer is going to be slightly awkward and frustrating. Have I mentioned before my profound discomfort with married men? Or older men in general? Oh, daddy issues.
But I can not go an entire summer without dates, and I refuse to. I am approaching graduation and my mid-twenties super quickly, and now is not the time to take a “single summer.” Heck, no.
I may be slightly hormonal as well. This may literally be the longest stretch of time I have gone since my Mennonite days without so much as a date.
Ugh.
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"We can love completely what we cannot completely understand."
“We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.”
- Norman Maclean
- Norman Maclean
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"If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel...."
“If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.”
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So. Friggin. True. You made a decision, not a mistake. Decisions don’t usually get apologies.
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"What are you saying when you cannot find the words to say much at all?"
“What are you saying
when you cannot find the words
to say much at all?”
- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson
when you cannot find the words
to say much at all?”
- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson
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20 Things I Should Have Known at 20.
1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.
2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.
3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.
4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.
5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.
6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.
7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.
8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”
9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.
10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.
11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.
12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)
13. Learn to program.
14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.
15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.
16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.
17. Get a reminder app for everything.Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.
18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.
19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.
20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken.
Written by: Julian Smith inoveryourhead.net
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