[lit-ideas] Re: Quotes of the Day
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:36:11 EDT
In a message dated 5/10/2005 5:26:57 PM Central Daylight Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Wow. I'm voting for Marlena Tarpits!! Those were grand and made me smile
and think! Really--after a day like to today, who could possibly ask for more?
Anyone for a roadtrip to Memphis for a rally? I have heard that it may be
held at Graceland--which is far more beautiful in the middle of nowhere than
one would think.
Kind of like Marlena Tarpits!
But, Andy--I do not see any sort of contradiction between the two quotes.
The first quote does NOT say to focus on others: "Care about people and you
will be their prisoner" kind of illustrates the thought that you ought NOT do
so--for then, truly, you are trapped and if they are not doing their own
inside work, then they often will steal your energy.
Here is the key to the first quote which ties it to the second:
"Do your work..."
What is your work? My work? Our work? Why this, Andy!!
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
> affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and
> endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the
> best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy
> child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one
> life has breathed easier because you have lived..."
The first quote gives you some insight into how to not get distracted from
doing what the second quote says is your work.
What marvelous quotes!
Thank you!
In addition to such thoughtful wonder, we now have our marvelous candidate!
(I do not think, still, that Hillary is who Marlena Tarpits ought to run
with...still think we need to think of Another!)
Off to a Meet-up and then to pick someone up from swimming practice,
Marlena in Missouri
The first quote says focus on
>yourself and you'll be happy; the second quote says focus on others and
>you'll be happy. It seems to me that the first quote is the shorter and
>less bumpy road to happiness. Marlena, any ideas?
> "Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care
> about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then
> step back. The only path to serenity."
> - Lao-tzu
>
> "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
> affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and
> endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the
> best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy
> child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one
> life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have
> succeeded."
> - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
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