Philosophy
How To Overcome Crushing Blows
The past few months have been like a riptide for me, every time I pop back above the surface I’m further out, and getting pushed right back under. I’ve lost friends, I’ve somehow managed to walk away from death, and I’ve lost my job. The thing is in life those things matter, but they happened in the past, they will effect how I act in the future, but I shouldn’t have to wait for these to occur to figure out I needed to change.
The Preciousness Of Time
*Rough post and unlikely to be modified do to the time, and realizing I don’t have the answer. This is a set of recent realizations, some personal, in their rough form, take of it what you will.
Time is itself immutable, and, yet, it is the essence of all mutability
Last week, I spent time with family after the loss of my cousin. Over the week I spent time with relatives and family friends talking about memories and all the time we have sacrificed without a second thought. One of the conversations was with my aunt, about my relationship to my estranged father and how there isn’t much time left. I’m still not sure what I’m doing with my life, but this past week has been a wake up call, I need to get rid of all the hindrances in it that are wasting time.
Time is the stitching that holds billions of scattered, unconnected, snapshots together to create the ever rippling fabric of life.
The single reason for wasting time, accidents and traffic not withstanding, is our throwing mental barriers up to avoid certain situations or people. I noticed this after talking with my aunt about my dad. The only reason I’m estranged from him is because of my half-siblings, his wife, and the way she treats him. I can’t stand them so I avoid them, along with him, unfortunately, I care about him and know all to well the this recent funeral could have easily been his. I’ve seen him maybe two hours in total since New Year ‘08 and that’s not enough time to spend with someone you care about, no matter how you feel about them or the people they surround themselves with. I still haven’t figured out what I’m going to do to repair this situation, but I don’t have much time because noone expects another 5 years out of him.
“Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell
I notice myself being less and less reliable on listening to my instinct and find my self deliberating on things far to much. I think we all need a good kick in the ass to get us to realize we don’t have time to waste analyzing all the data, it just takes to long. We have to learn when we come across a sunk cost and how to keep from wasting anymore time on it. I think I’m just going to stop thinking about stuff.
“Time is like money.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
This is the truth and the fact is that you can spend both rationally, or you can waste them on frivolous affairs. The best form of management with either is to think ahead and budget how you’re going to use them, but always remember to leave a little extra for fun and pleasurable things. The one major difference between the two is that you can always earn more money without spending it, but with time your always spending it and your never going to get more.
The best way to get more out of life is too enjoy the time you have.
Collection of Twinspiration Apr. 12 – May 11
Since October 10th, I’ve been using Twitter to try and lift people up, after the large amount of fear being spread by the media. As of right now I’m putting this idea in the freeze, as I’ve just begun copying and pasting and not thinking. This is the last of them but if you’d like to follow me for when I do randomly spit one out, you can find me at @jimminy. Also if, you’d like a great resource that I used for several months, Habit Is A Cable…
“Our life is frittered away by detail … simplify, simplify.’ ~ Henry David Thoreau
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” ~ Thomas Edison
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
“A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.” ~ Sasha Azevedo
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” ~ Buddha
“It just seems natural. You and me against the world.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” ~ Cicero
“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” ~ W. M. Lewis
“All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.” ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“The mind is like the stomach. It’s not how much you put into it, but how much it digests.” ~ Albert Jay Nock
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ~ Steve Jobs
“Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.” ~ Blaise Pascal
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” ~ Douglas Adams
“Having wonderful people in your life is the ONLY oxygen we need” ~Gary Vaynerchuk
“I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received” ~ Antonio Porchia
“Don’t walk in front of me I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus
“All of life is a risk; in fact we’re not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.” ~ Jim Rohn
“The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.” ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” ~ Tennessee Williams
Collection of Twinspiration Mar. 11 – Apr. 10
For those that are new to the blog this is a collection of quotes from the past month that I posted on Twitter. If you’d like to have one presented to you daily you can follow me, @jimminy.
“You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.” ~ Irish Proverb
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ~ Bertrand Russell
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” ~ Mark Twain
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” ~ Victor Borge
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ~ Jim Ryuh
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank
“Stay far from timid, only make moves when your hearts in it, and live the phrase sky’s the limit.” ~ Biggie
“The only true gift is a portion of yourself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” ~ Paul Harvey
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” ~ Judy Garland
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent into the dark place where it leads.” ~ Erica Jong
“Don’t seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” ~ Basho
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction to carry on.” ~Walter Lippmann
“Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.” ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” ~ Washington Irving
“You must take action now that will move you toward your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.” ~ Les Brown
“The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” ~ William Stekel
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ~ Mark Twain
“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.” ~ C. S. Lewis
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Kindness is the oil that smoothen the friction of life.” ~ Anonymous
“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” ~ Jane Austen
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” ~Winston Churchill
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” ~ Woodrow Wilson
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” ~ Seneca
“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” ~ Arthur Ashe
“You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.” ~ Malcolm Forbes
“You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners.” ~ Lillian Gish