Showing posts with label WORDS TO LIVE BY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WORDS TO LIVE BY. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
advice
One of my colleagues always says farewell by saying "Be good!". I often laugh and say "I'll try" or something along those lines back.
Today, we had a lady up from our Sydney office, and when she just departed, her response to his "Be good!" farewell was "If you can't be good, be careful". What a great little line.
Today, we had a lady up from our Sydney office, and when she just departed, her response to his "Be good!" farewell was "If you can't be good, be careful". What a great little line.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Rings true so many decades later
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr
Sunday, April 17, 2011
daily reminder
where's a good place I can put this so I can remind myself of it everyday?
credit: ailsa in wonderland tumblr
Thursday, March 31, 2011
live live to the max! (and no this is not endorsed by pepsi)
JF, this one's for you. Ever feel like life gets so busy that you can't fit in the things you mean to do or want to do? Cue inspirational quotes re: You only live once! Make the most of every moment of life! Live life to its fullest potential! Well recently it has occured to me, maybe you can achieve everything you want to do in life by maximising your time better; and Wednesday night was the perfect example of putting this theory into practice :)
JF and I had been meaning to see Little Red Riding Hood at the movies for a few weeks now, and it seemed as if we were constantly postponing it to next week (yes there's always a next week). Just as we were renogiating a time for next week, JF said she would pop around to my house anyway to pick up her umbrella. Unbeknownst to her however, I spontaneously sprug on her that we were going to the movies right then and there! It didn't matter that it started in 10 minutes, nor that it was the latest session and we both had to work the following day-Now, I know that seeing a movie at 9pm on a "school night" may not be considered exactly ground-breaking by most standards, but for us it was more about the moral of the act- Isn't this is what life is all about? Stepping out of your comfort zone and changing up your routine a little makes you feel that yes, you feel alive!
Luckily for me, I have a friend who I know who would laugh with me either way (whether she was a willing kidnappee or not!) which I think is a great testament to our friendship. What she may not have realised was that she was quite instrumental to the mindset of "make the most out of every opportunity life presents to you". Not so long ago, she told me that when she lived in San Fransisco, she made a promise to herself that she would say YES to life- to new experiences, adventures, friends which has really stuck with me.
Who makes the rules anyway that you have to sit in an office all day and work from 9am-5pm? Who makes the rules that you should be in bed by a certain hour? Oprah had Ryan Seacrest on her show the other day and when asked how he got to become so successful (and a millionare!) his response was that he got to where he did, not by being the smartest or the fittest or the most attractive, but by making time work to his advantage- He would fit in as much as he possibly could into his day to make sure he was living life to the limits.
So to living life with no boundaries. xo
JF and I had been meaning to see Little Red Riding Hood at the movies for a few weeks now, and it seemed as if we were constantly postponing it to next week (yes there's always a next week). Just as we were renogiating a time for next week, JF said she would pop around to my house anyway to pick up her umbrella. Unbeknownst to her however, I spontaneously sprug on her that we were going to the movies right then and there! It didn't matter that it started in 10 minutes, nor that it was the latest session and we both had to work the following day-Now, I know that seeing a movie at 9pm on a "school night" may not be considered exactly ground-breaking by most standards, but for us it was more about the moral of the act- Isn't this is what life is all about? Stepping out of your comfort zone and changing up your routine a little makes you feel that yes, you feel alive!
Luckily for me, I have a friend who I know who would laugh with me either way (whether she was a willing kidnappee or not!) which I think is a great testament to our friendship. What she may not have realised was that she was quite instrumental to the mindset of "make the most out of every opportunity life presents to you". Not so long ago, she told me that when she lived in San Fransisco, she made a promise to herself that she would say YES to life- to new experiences, adventures, friends which has really stuck with me.
Who makes the rules anyway that you have to sit in an office all day and work from 9am-5pm? Who makes the rules that you should be in bed by a certain hour? Oprah had Ryan Seacrest on her show the other day and when asked how he got to become so successful (and a millionare!) his response was that he got to where he did, not by being the smartest or the fittest or the most attractive, but by making time work to his advantage- He would fit in as much as he possibly could into his day to make sure he was living life to the limits.
So to living life with no boundaries. xo
Monday, February 28, 2011
new saying
This saying always makes me giggle. My co-worker always says it when we are talking about a client, or somebody we know, or even somebody we don't know. You have to have a little bit of comedic relief to get you through the 9-5 weekly drawl! New sayings bring a smile to my face :)
Cheeky squirrel courtesy of Harvard.
Photograph courtesy of me- What a typical tourist picture!
Photograph courtesy of me- What a typical tourist picture!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
don't sweat it
Earlier in the week, our CEO gathered our team together. As part of the informal meeting, she asked each of us our new years resolution.
When it reached her turn, she simply said her resolution was: "Don't sweat the small stuff".
This is one of my all time favourite life advice to live by. Sometimes though you need to remind yourself of this, otherwise before too long you may find your mind unwillingly slipping back into it's old ways. And today, I found myself having a moment of...sweating the small stuff.
It was a real lightbulb moment for me that there was a reason why my CEO had re-instilled this in me only days earlier.
I highly recommend the below book which encourages you to keep things in perspective. Even though I read this book as a grade 9er in highschool in 2001 (woah 10 years ago!), it is still so relevant.
When it reached her turn, she simply said her resolution was: "Don't sweat the small stuff".
This is one of my all time favourite life advice to live by. Sometimes though you need to remind yourself of this, otherwise before too long you may find your mind unwillingly slipping back into it's old ways. And today, I found myself having a moment of...sweating the small stuff.
It was a real lightbulb moment for me that there was a reason why my CEO had re-instilled this in me only days earlier.
I highly recommend the below book which encourages you to keep things in perspective. Even though I read this book as a grade 9er in highschool in 2001 (woah 10 years ago!), it is still so relevant.
Today's moral...
credit: don't sweat
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