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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward Yesterday was the Best. Birthday. Ever. Starting with getting jumped on by my kids at 6am, we had pancakes/crepes for brekky while watching cartoons. We went down to Maroubra beach, where I had a great surf and a great […]
“This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won’t get it back later.” – Laura Schlessinger This. Is. All. You. Have. Wow. If you have the courage to truly look at […]
“Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.” – William Hazlitt I had the most horrible nightmare last night. I dreamt that I had a chance meeting with someone I’ve not seen in years, and the last time I saw them our friendship didn’t end on good terms. The dream was rude, angry, […]
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin Interesting use of rhyme, Mr Franklin. Also, an interesting use of the notion of applied purpose. A sundial in the shade is a lovely ornament but, aesthetics aside, it remains fundamentally useless. We often “hide out” in […]
“Commitment is an act, not a word.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I love this quote. It truly sums up where my head is at right now. For the entire year I’ve been saying I’m committed to the practice of daily yoga. But in practice, in action, I’ve barely done it 20% of the time. I realised last night that […]
“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” – Mahatma Gandhi Bit of a late delivery today! Sorry folks. I went to the 50th Anniversary dinner for the Australian Institute of Professional Photography with my darling wife last night, and after arriving home at 1:30am, I had grand plans of getting up […]
“The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made.” – John H. Schaar Today’s quote is brought to you courtesy of Darren Rowse – an amazing blogger and internet businessman – who used it during a talk he gave at this […]
“Our work should serve our life, and not the reverse.” – Israel Smith. Today’s IQ is from me, and is one of my deeply-held beliefs. I spoke about it at length at the seminar I gave in Newcastle a week or two back, and I thought today I’d include the entire “What I Believe” piece […]
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha Truth is a funny thing. While my good buddy Buddha believes there are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth, I believe there are two different types of […]
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch We live in an age of information consumption. We are literally using every spare moment to fill our minds with stuff. TV, Facebook, Twitter, DVDs, Netflix, newspapers, magazines, radio, podcasts, iPods, iPads, Airbooks, cable, books, blog posts, essays, novels….. […]