Quotations

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

/ hsoi

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

-Sawyer

So it’s not that I’m ignoring you, it’s that I’m seeking inner peace. 🙂

All silliness aside, it’s actually true, especially in this day and age of information overload. Frankly, now that I ignore Twitter, barely check Facebook, and probably catch up on my RSS feeds maybe once every couple of weeks (which involves a lot of “Mark All As Read”) well… let’s just say I don’t stress as much.

Now if I could just do the same at work… and get away with it. 😉

Quote for the day

/ hsoi

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from his “I Have A Dream” speech

Quote for the day

/ hsoi

The First Amendment is the singer on stage in front of everyone whose voice can not be ignored, while the Second Amendment is the individual in front of the stage making sure no one kills the performance.
— Matthew

Thought for today

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This morning, two quotes from Shunryu Suzuki came over the Maku mozo! mailing list. In light of last night’s crazy journey, they felt appropriate.

The most important thing is to be able to enjoy your life without being fooled by things.

When you practice as though this were your last moment, you will have freedom from everything.

Stuff to ponder.