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I’m an obstacle!

Some Guy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:59:53 +0000

I like this:

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

- Daniel J. Boorstin

I’m pretty much a walking obstacle, seeing as how I think I know everything.

Not so obvious:

Ben — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:47:48 +0000

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate

Kids

Ben — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:57:05 +0000

My oldest is apparently learning (through a friend at school) how to cuss in Chinese. Awesome.

And my middle child announced, while we’re sitting in the back of church, “Dad, there are nineteen people here with a bald spot on their head.” I glare at him. He continues, “No, really,” pointing now “One, two, three…”

Don’t you wish you were me?

Math prodigy

Ben — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:24:48 +0000

Quote my 10 year old:

“If you and mom would quit buying wine all the time, pretty soon I could have a PS3.”

little

Ben — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:02:33 +0000

All good work is done the way ants do things, little by little.

- Lafcadio Hearn

That said, as I wake up this morning I’m reading about the horrible storms that hit last night. I’m sorry for all of those affected.

Quit procrastinating

Ben — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:15:26 +0000

You’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you’ve lost them forever.

- Wayne Dyer American Psychotherapist, Author & Lecturer

So, you have no excuse NOT to have that morning quickie…

the sit-coms pretty much have it right

Ben — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:15:15 +0000

Actual conversation I just had:

Me: “Would you like some tea?”

Her: “No I don’t think so.”

Me: “How about some water?”

Her: “Some tea would be nice.”

I’m not there yet.

Ben — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:53:59 +0000

Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of pain that was entrusted to you. Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, each one of us is part of her heart, and therefore endowed with a certain measure of cosmic pain. You are sharing in the totality of that pain. You are called upon to meet it in joy instead of self-pity.

- Pir Vilayat Khan

what he said.

Ben — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:15:42 +0000

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Essayist & Poet

All you need.

Ben — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:57:36 +0000

Love is not something you do,

It is not how you behave.

There’s nothing you can do that constitutes loving another,

No action that is of itself loving.

Love is a way of being.

And more than that.

It is simply being,

Being with another person, however they may be.

Holding no judgements, having no agendas,

No need to have them experience your love,

No desire to demonstrate love,

No intrusion upon their soul.

Nothing but a total acceptance of their being,

Born of your total acceptance of yours.

- Peter Russell, Author