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Life is not reasonable, it is paradoxical.

judypatooty

Posted: 17 November 2007 12:43 PM

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I’ve been reading a wonderful book by one of my favorite authors, Zen teacher Cheri Huber, and I came across this last night.

Life is not reasonable, it is paradoxical.

When you stop trying to change, you will be different.

When you accept everything as it is, everything will have changed.

When you are no longer focused on knowing, you will know.

When you are no longer identified as a self, you will be self-confident rather than self-conscious.

When you are no longer interested in doing, you will be able to do anything.

When you do not care at all about success or failure, you will succeed.

-- from How to Get From Where YOu Are to Where You Want to Be by Cheri Huber

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It is never too late to become what you might have been. - George Eliot

To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. - William James

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world ... as in being able to remake ourselves. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Julie

Posted: 18 November 2007 11:59 PM

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On a slightly more cynical note, one of my favourite quotes from the TV series, Babylon 5, speaks to this:

“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
~Marcus Cole, Babylon 5

I like yours better, though, Judy. *grin*

Cheers,
Julie

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-Brandon

Posted: 19 November 2007 04:01 AM

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