10 things to remember

So in my quest to discover interesting things and educate myself, I stumbledupon this list of 10 quotes to remember. Under normal circumstances, with each post comes a little lesson, but today I leave this to you. If you find the lesson inside these words, you are ready to find it, if you are still left wondering, keep searching, it will come to you when you least expect it.

1. "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."


2. "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance."


3. "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

4. "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

5. "The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage."

6. "Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

7. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."

8. "He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

9. "He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

10. "If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?"
          - Confucius

And I'm back with more...

Good evening, its been too long...

Somehow I always forget about this little place that I attempt to write what is on my mind, and as much as I say it'll improve, we shall see if that happens. The other day I came across a posting of the '30 books to read before you are 30' and considering I am halfway to 22 I thought that it was time to get started... Many of them seem intimidating and a few have even been read before, but that isn't stopping me from starting from the beginning to see if I can make it through all 30 (considering that give me 8.5 years, I think it cane be done!). Its my way of turning over a new leaf, I've had a lot of negative influences in my life recently and after shedding the dead weight, it is now time to get back to me and what makes me happy. Books have always been a way for me to escape, because as I said to someone earlier today, the only people that know what is going on are the characters in the story and myself and for me that is pretty special. To have a world to escape to and feel safe and reflective is important. I encourage everyone to find their 'Neverland' and escape once and a while. It will cure any heartache and revitalise the soul. There is nothing similar to the feeling of becoming 'you' again, to know what you've let go of all the bad and are just wading through all the good.  Focus on the 'now' and just take it day by day, enjoy the little things around you, stop to smell the flowers and be thankful for the love and support that you are surrounded by- even if you don't feel it every day.  There is a lot of love out there for everyone, you just have to know where to look and sometimes you have to create it for yourself, don't be scared of that. To find love you have to feel and give love, so start with yourself. Renew. Rejuvenate. Reveal the inner happiness that is ready to come out and say hello to the world.

Here is the list for you all to enjoy yourself..take a look at a few, you might be surprised! I'll get through them slowly but surely and get back to you all about what I have taken from each story, good luck escaping into your own little world.

1. Siddhartha- Herman Hesse
2. 1984- George Orwell
3. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
4. A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
6. War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy
7. The Rights of Man- Tom Paine
8. The Social Contract- Jean Jacques Rousseau
9. 100 Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. The Origins of Species- Charles Darwin
11. The Wisdom of the Desert- Thomas Merton
12. The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell
13. The Wind in the Willows- Kenneth Graham
14. The Art of War- Sun Tzu
15. Lord of the Rings- JRR Tolkein
16. David Copperfield- Charles Dickens
17. Four Quartets- TS Eliot
18. Catch-22- Joseph Heller
19. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
21. Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
22. The Prince- Machiavelli
23. Walden- Henry David Thoreau
24. The Republic- Plato
25. Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
26. Getting Things Done- David Allen
27. How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
28. Lord of the Flies- William Golding
29. The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
30. The Master and Margarita- Mikhail Bulgakov

BONUS:

31. How to Cook Everything- Mark Bittman
32. Honeymoon With My Brother- Franz Wisner

Peace, Love, & Happiness

Lawful Rebellion

 Walking down the street with Moses, discussing the ways of the world and why things happen, an interesting thought came to mind: I don't believe in laws.  Prompted by someone asking me what I thought 'Lawful Rebellion' was I responded by saying that I couldn't explain that because I don't believe in the establishment of laws... Think about it, why should an organization be able to tell a person what they can and cannot do. Who gives them that right? They claim to be elected officials chosen by the public but they are restricting our rights and freedoms.  You are probably thinking that I have completely lost my mind but just wait...I am NOT saying that I do not follow laws I just think that they shouldn't HAVE to be in place.  I don't avoid hitting someone or stealing things from a store because it is illegal but I make a CHOICE to not do these things because that is what is right.  People shouldn't just follow laws because they are in place but rather because they believe in them. Unfortunately there are people in this world that need the laws to be in place and consequences to follow because they cannot control themselves but don't be that person, choose to do what is right.  Make decisions that you believe in and stand by your choices.  The only person that is able to tell you how to live your life is YOU. Choose to make decisions to better those around you, and share the idea with the world that people should make the choice to follow laws because they believe in them.  Inspire those around you to make better choices...don't ever do something because you are told to, be inquisitive and question what is going on in the world to really understand what is going on.  Making informed decisions will allow you to be confident in those decisions and know that you are actually being an independent individual in society.

Reading recommendation: The Republic (Plato)

Peace, Love, & Happiness

Nella

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome...

Hola mon amore... I have started and restarted this blog too many times to count but I have finally been inspired by a friend to just write what I want to write, so please excuse the randomness of posts but this is me, open for everyone to see, eventually my music, maybe some of my written pieces, who knows.

Peace, Love, & Happiness

Nella