Posts Tagged ‘wisdom’

. . . The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

At some point, there exists a watershed point between the courage to work for change and the serenity to accept the world as it is. The Wisdom Point reveals itself in the continuum between commitment and insanity: between doing what you can and doing the same thing over and over again with the same results.

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The Arrogance of Self-Destruction

Friday, February 20th, 2009

The same arrogance that allows a person to assume that he or she can handle the truth without any particular preparation (like becoming immersed in the collected knowledge and wisdom of the world), also empowers people to insist that they (and they alone) can handle their own lives, their own decisions, their own destinies, without regard to or help from anyone else.

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When Will I Ever Learn?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

When will you ever learn? When will you no longer have to cope with fears and frustrations, mistakes and errors and the feelings of guilt that come with them?

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How to Deal with Slowin’ Down

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

I’ve never heard anybody say, “If I can’t compete in the Olympic decathlon anymore, just shoot me!” Never. Not even once. But, when you start talking about slowing down mentally, the paradigm shifts. If you’re not as sharp at 50 as you were at 25, maybe it’s time to call in Dr. Kevorkian.

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