This post is in honor of Steve Jobs, who is back at work after long battle with his illness. Out all other business leaders, he inspires me the most.
Video: Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address 2005 – Steve talks movingly about life’s journey
"Life is simply a form of energy....to be guided and directed in a person's body by his or her intelligence."
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is likewrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward
Take a break from you busy moments and listen to this music by Loreena McKennitt, accompanied by Rumi's word on the screen. It's mesmerizing!
Here is the part I love, only if I can remember it on daily basis:
Look for the Soul, you become Soul
Hunt for the bread, you become bread,
Whatever you look for, you are
Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind. "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles" (Mathew 7:16). Farmers and gardeners choose their seed with the greatest care. They reject every defective seed they find and in this way make sure of the coming crop. To have prosperity in you home you will have to exercise the same intelligent discrimination in the choice of your seed words.
Here is a Persian song by Googoosh, She is the most well-known persian artist. Can you enjoy this song without understanding the words? It's persian version of TO BE or NOT TO BE ! Well, kind of.
Just finished watching Monty Phyton where Eric Idle proclaimed from his perch on cross:
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
Many are suffering now becuse of the economy. If you are one, then read the following quote; Remember it, memorize it, until you get it, it will make all the difference. I am doing the exact thing:
"What's true in sports is also true in our business and personal lives. There is only a fractional difference between winners in life and those who merely exist. The difference is attitude under pressure. It's the winner's edge. The Edge is not a gifted birth. The world is full of wasted talent. The Edge is not academic degrees. Education is important, but the world is full of educated misfits. The Edge is not luck. If it were, Las Vegas would be a ghost town. The Edge is not capital. Many of today's self-made, multi-millionaires started building their fortunes with under $5,000. The Edge is all attitude. Attitude, not aptitude, is the criterion for success."
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.
Deepak Chopra
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
Bernard Mannes Baruch
