Through ironically colourful colourblind eyes....

6/22/2007 10:20:00 AM

My Quotes to live by

I been collecting quotes for a while now. Usually when Im going through a rough period in my life these qoutes somehow find their way to me. Ive been collecting them as I go along so as not to forget. Here I share them with you.



"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

"Perception matters more than reality"

"The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense"

"It is interesting that people who are supersensitive about what others do to them are often totally insensitive to what they do to others" - Joyce Meyer, Managing your Emotion

"In life, its not the destination that matters, its the journey"

"If youre not prepared to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen"

"Our imperfections add to our own beauty, wisdom and ability to birth the greatness of our true purpose"

“Change your thoughts and you change your world."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

"It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning."
-- Claude Bernard

"It's amazing how crippling the power of fear can be...for in hiding yourself you hide not only your weaknesses but your strentgths...talents and those things unique to you which have been placed in you to give to those in need. It should never be underestimated what the presence of "you" may have on the lives of those around you." - some random person on hi5

"Man cannot conquer new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore" - unknown

"No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE.
No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK.
And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE"
- author unknown

"If someone wants to walk out of your life, LET THEM GO"
- T.D. Jakes

"Everything eventually falls into place. Until then laugh at the confusion, live for the moment and remember that everything happens for a reason."
- Author unknown

"Take the most difficult challenge you are facing now and turn it into the greatest opportunity to grow simply by changing how you see it.. DEAD ENDS THEN BECOME TURNING POINTS"
- Author unknown

6/18/2007 10:06:00 AM

Do the math

8 hour work day

+

directing 3 hour pan practice

X

4 days a week

+

directing Wednesday section practice

+

directing Saturday section practice

+

Sunday quartet practice

+

tentative Sunday section practice

+

ad hoc missing weak sections

+

little to no notice

+

first concert

+

little experience

+

personal insecurities

+

no chance for a break, not even one night

+

continuously changing practice plans

+

month and a half

+

on call work

+

overtime work

+

stupid credit card expenses

+

automobile expenses

+

cant properly clean car (no time)

+

cant service car (limited time and funds)

+

accidentally leaving on the heater for the entire day

+

almost broke (or broker than usual)

+

time for family

+

time for SO

+

bad memory

+

no exercise (no time)

+

career future?

+

educational future?





=





almost total loss of personal freedom

+

extremely short temper

+

consistent bad moods

+

non-communicative

+

self imposed isolation

+

headaches

+

misunderstandings

+

constant fatigue

+

mental exhaustion

+

short with coworkers pan members family

+

inability to perform optimally in both jobs

+

no time to think about Unix Certification exams...when to study?

+

no time to properly think about future financial investments

+

no time to think about career future properly...if I lose my job today where would I be?

+

bruk pocket...high light bills!!

+

bruk pocket....from unserviced vehicle!!

+

not too happy SO

+

miscommunication episodes with family

+

barely any time and energy to link friend whom I havent seen since prep school

+

almost no time for me




A few life quotes I need to remember:

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

“Change your thoughts and you change your world."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

"It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning."
-- Claude Bernard

"Everything eventually falls into place. Until then laugh at the confusion, live for the moment and remember that everything happens for a reason."
- Author unknown

Talk more. Smile more. Even when you dont have the will or energy to. It helps.

Need to learn to pull a good mood out of thin air. Need to work hard to make tasks seem less like work :)

They say the Lord never gives you more than you can bear....holding on for dear life to this theory