BLOG NUMBER 72; MARCH 22,2013; THINK ABOUT IT

THINGS TO PONDER:

Some people attend religious retreats, or meditation seminars. We are exposed to motivational speakers, preachers, teachers, professors and politicians.

Our options in selecting the music we listen to are plentiful. We can listen quietly or sing, dance, jump around and hoot.

For those of us who enjoy reading there are serious works on human philosophy, history, adventure and accomplishment. We can read the classics or find enjoyment in novels.

Television and movies present every scenario possible. drama, love stories, comedy, tragedy and science fiction. News presentations are filled with accounts of wars, murders, crimes of passion, greed, heartache, poverty and human suffering.

What effect do these things have on our ability to process information and choose the parts that make sense to us while rejecting those that do not? Are the effects consciously received or are they subliminal? Do they affect our life permanently or are they fleeting mind assaults that hold no lasting value?

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:

- I used to eat lots of natural foods until I learned most people die of natural causes.

- There are two kinds of pedestrians....The quick and the dead.

- Life is a sexually transmitted disease. 

- The only difference between being in a rut or a grave...THE DEPTH.

- Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

- Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

- Why can a carelessly thrown match start a forest fire but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

- In the 60's people took LSD to make the world weird. Today the world IS weird and people
   take Prozac to make it look normal.

- Who was the first person to look at a cow's dangly things, squeeze them and drink what came out?

- Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE: 





“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” -Lao Tzu

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair.”― Taylor Swift

“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -- William Jennings Brya 

“Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism.” --Sigmund Freud

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” --Marilyn Monroe

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” -- Elbert Hubbard

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.” --Elie Wiesel 

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” --Allen Saunders

"Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies." --Elizabeth Bowen

TONY'S FAVORITE FOR THE WEEK:

"Cops lie, lawyers lie, witnesses lie, victims lie; a trial is a contest of lies...."-Michael Connelly.

The Brass Verdict

LAURELS TO:   Mother Teresa for her courage, strength, love and wisdom

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it. -- Mother Teresa

THE CLIP: