Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Stop and Smell the Daisies: Looking up
Stop and Smell the Daisies: Looking up: "It's been three years since we fell under with the 'modern' great depression. Some of us lost our jobs, our homes, couldn't find employmen..."
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Sweeter side of Sour
Walt Disney should have really been idolized as a martyr. He didn’t only create an theatrical empire - he defined the term ‘hedonism’. Disney’s philosophy, talent and unrivalled creativity led him to establish a haven for adults and children. His philosophy was to enjoy life in every way possible. For in every movie he made there was always a happy ending.
A spoonful of sugar is a classic song with lyrics that help remind us to make everything in life sweeter. There is the over clichéd saying when life gives you lemons made lemonade, well I think I’ve come up with an even better idea. While adding the sugar to make it sweeter takes off the bitter taste, the bitter taste is still in the mixture with just the taste being altered. Take those lemons that life throws you and make nectar. Nectar is pure and sweet. There isn’t a trace of anything bitter. By the same token take your bitterness, pessimism, negativity and all the things that are unsweet and get rid of them.
Create something fresh and new-your own sweetness. Form your nectar. Starting afresh by looking at looking at things from a positive perspective is a good way to start. Regardless of how negative something is you can always look at the positive outcome that emerges from it. Take some advice from Walt’s A spoonful of sugar
In ev`ry job that must be done, there is an element of fun.
You find the fun and snap the job`s a game.
And ev`ry task you undertake becomes a pice of cake.
A lark! A spree! It`s verry clear to see.
That a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Medicine go dow-wown, medicine go down.
Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down
in the most delightful way. - (excerpt from A spoonful of sugar)
Adding that "sweetness" to your life opens up endless posibilites for the future. No one really expects someone who is facing many obstacles to be cheeful and optimistic. In fact people look forward to pitying you and comforting you. We're never expected to look for the light at the end of the tunnel although we're told that it's there at the end. Rather that searching for hope from other people, we must cultivate hope in ourselves. Hope is light, it is positivity and it is the nectar that we need to sweeten our lives.
Remember that life is what we make of it. We are going to be thrown around like a frisby to different corners, strange places and unexpected situations will arise which we have not a clue how to deal with.
Transforming these upsets into grand innovations enables us to gain strength as well as explore other inner powers that we possess. So next time someone tells you to stay sweet you better take that literally!
Monday, July 4, 2011
Why Worry
When was the last time you didn't worry about something in your life ? I'm pretty sure your answer to that question is never. There is always something to worry about. If some one asked you the purpose of worry in your life what would you say? The answer is plain. None. Worry has no purpose in your life. It gets you nowhere. You can't progress from worrying over a situation nor can you do anything to change it. What you can do is stay calm about it and let life take its course. Now I will admit I'm not one of those people to do that. I've been a worrier many times in my life and I have suffered many times over.
Only today I received an extremely important document in the mail that had been sent through Fed Ex 3 weeks earlier. The document however, had an error on it. Given the nature of the documents I decided to use a courier service rather than regular mail to ensure it was securely sent. Little did I know that my hassle free dealing with Fed Ex would now cause me a worry some two weeks. I had to have the document resent only this time I was not willing to incur charges from a courier service and opted for regular mail.
So what did I do for two weeks? Well worry of course! Every day I checked my mailbox to see whether I had any mail and of course every day would be another disappointment. After the second week I began to speak to myself. What use is it in worrying over something I have no control over? Are sleepless nights really worth it? I will eventually receive it in the mail. If I am patient enough I will receive it. My worry had created panic. All I could think of was receiving that letter. When would I? That was all I kept asking myself. Surprisingly today I was not agitated at all. I was calm and guess what I saw? My letter waiting for me in the mail.
Two weeks and 30 heart attacks later, I am worry free. I do have lots more to 'worry' about. Am I going to do that? Absolutely not. There is no need to create unnecessary unhappiness and stress in your life. If you want to live a great life then you must change your attitude and outlook. Will you worry or will you leave it let it be? We're too busy worrying to even see the seasons change before us. Stop worrying and start living.
Naturally I'm ending this with the anthem of all anthems! The happy song :)
Only today I received an extremely important document in the mail that had been sent through Fed Ex 3 weeks earlier. The document however, had an error on it. Given the nature of the documents I decided to use a courier service rather than regular mail to ensure it was securely sent. Little did I know that my hassle free dealing with Fed Ex would now cause me a worry some two weeks. I had to have the document resent only this time I was not willing to incur charges from a courier service and opted for regular mail.
So what did I do for two weeks? Well worry of course! Every day I checked my mailbox to see whether I had any mail and of course every day would be another disappointment. After the second week I began to speak to myself. What use is it in worrying over something I have no control over? Are sleepless nights really worth it? I will eventually receive it in the mail. If I am patient enough I will receive it. My worry had created panic. All I could think of was receiving that letter. When would I? That was all I kept asking myself. Surprisingly today I was not agitated at all. I was calm and guess what I saw? My letter waiting for me in the mail.
Two weeks and 30 heart attacks later, I am worry free. I do have lots more to 'worry' about. Am I going to do that? Absolutely not. There is no need to create unnecessary unhappiness and stress in your life. If you want to live a great life then you must change your attitude and outlook. Will you worry or will you leave it let it be? We're too busy worrying to even see the seasons change before us. Stop worrying and start living.
Naturally I'm ending this with the anthem of all anthems! The happy song :)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Creativity is The Spice of Life
You've heard of diversity as being the spice of life. Here is my spin to it. Like diversity, creativity involves different elements. Some elements are known to us others are unknown. Unknown in the sense that it has never been contrived. It's completely new, radical and innovative. Albert Einstein one said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." This makes absolute sense. While one may have the knowledge and expertise in a particular area what use is their intelligence if they haven't got innovative ideas to enhance their concepts. They then become monotonous and dull.
Author John C.Maxwell highlights in his book How Successful People Think, the importance of creative thinking. He mentions that one of the benefits from creative thinking is the value it adds to everything. He says"Creativity is being able to see what everybody else has seen and think what nobody else has thought so that you can do what nobody else has done."
Just think about how a simple concept as Facebook, intended for college students to network has now changed we look at the word 'social networking'. It almost makes the term look as though it could have been coined by networks such as Facebook or Twitter. The innovation of a college student with a concept that wasn't the first to be thought of but was the first to be executed in such as, format led him to being one of the youngest most successful entrepreneurs today.
Who knew if some twenty odd years ago someone was thinking of a similar concept. Today someone has actually gone ahead and made than concept a reality. This certainly doesn't mean that Mark Zuckerberg is a prodigy of any sort. He is one individual whose creativity gave him the foresight to develop such a network that could be used to connect people across the globe.
There is a myth that people are 'born' creative. Creativity isn't always something inherent in individuals. It can also be developed. We are all blessed with the ability to imagine. As adults we seldom utilize our creativity like we used to as children where we created our own make believe world. Remember when you would 'pretend' to be your favorite star or 'imagine' you were in a particular place. You never thought of yourself as being silly. Being creative was fun, exciting and enchanting. The same applies for your creative ideas that you share in your adulthood. Make them as thrilling as you did when you were a child. Show the same amount of zeal and wonder in getting them off the ground.
It's been said that the most successful people never planned to be they just kept doing what they were good at and the rest just happened. Keep doing whatever you are great at. Let your creativity take control. After all there is no telling where your idea may end up!
This video takes creativity to another level. Who knew using an 'x-ray' effect to morph different images could add a deeper meaning to the video as it relates to rebirth.
Author John C.Maxwell highlights in his book How Successful People Think, the importance of creative thinking. He mentions that one of the benefits from creative thinking is the value it adds to everything. He says"Creativity is being able to see what everybody else has seen and think what nobody else has thought so that you can do what nobody else has done."
Just think about how a simple concept as Facebook, intended for college students to network has now changed we look at the word 'social networking'. It almost makes the term look as though it could have been coined by networks such as Facebook or Twitter. The innovation of a college student with a concept that wasn't the first to be thought of but was the first to be executed in such as, format led him to being one of the youngest most successful entrepreneurs today.
Who knew if some twenty odd years ago someone was thinking of a similar concept. Today someone has actually gone ahead and made than concept a reality. This certainly doesn't mean that Mark Zuckerberg is a prodigy of any sort. He is one individual whose creativity gave him the foresight to develop such a network that could be used to connect people across the globe.
There is a myth that people are 'born' creative. Creativity isn't always something inherent in individuals. It can also be developed. We are all blessed with the ability to imagine. As adults we seldom utilize our creativity like we used to as children where we created our own make believe world. Remember when you would 'pretend' to be your favorite star or 'imagine' you were in a particular place. You never thought of yourself as being silly. Being creative was fun, exciting and enchanting. The same applies for your creative ideas that you share in your adulthood. Make them as thrilling as you did when you were a child. Show the same amount of zeal and wonder in getting them off the ground.
It's been said that the most successful people never planned to be they just kept doing what they were good at and the rest just happened. Keep doing whatever you are great at. Let your creativity take control. After all there is no telling where your idea may end up!
This video takes creativity to another level. Who knew using an 'x-ray' effect to morph different images could add a deeper meaning to the video as it relates to rebirth.
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