What Should I Do with My Life?

~ by Po Bronson

I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

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A calling is not something you know, it's something you grow into, through trials and mistakes. Work shouldn't just be fun. Work should be like life - sometimes fun, sometimes moving, and defined by meaningful events. Attack your fears, rather than shy away from them. Bring what you do in alignment with who you are. Freedom is the confidence that you can live within the means of something you're passionate about. Failure's hard, but success at the wrong thing can lock you in forever. Don't be seduced by artificial love. Be open to defining experiences. Don't mistake intensity for passion. You don't find your purpose above the neck, you find it below the neck, when you're transformed by what you have witnessed. You can get good at what you need to to serve what you believe in. Get your mind 80 percent of the way there, then go looking for the catalyst. Look backward as much as forward, inward as much as outward. Nothing helps like knowing you're not alone. There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Create an environment where the truth is invited into your life. If you develop the character, the odds are pretty good you can succeed. Success is defined as when you're no longer held back by your heart, and your character blossoms, and the gifts you have to offer the world are apparent. Don't cling to a single scenario, allow yourself many paths to the same destination. Give it a lifetime to pay off. Things you work hardest for are the things you will most treasure.

I really should quit playing bejeweled blitz!

Started playing a week ago and was totally hooked! At first it was therapeutic, then competitive. Every game lasts just one minute, so it's really hard to step away and say that's enough.. one more minute of wasted time couldn't hurt that much, could it? Well, it could.. those minutes do add up!!

Today I finally got to the top of the current ladder, so I figured this is a really good time to stop. Someone's probably going to knock my score down pretty soon, but no matter.. I'm gonna stick this picture in my memory and pull myself out of a meaningless race. And never play again! Hurrah!! :)