Tuesday, June 21, 2005
More from "Easier Than You Think"
p. 38-9: Hope is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. It keeps us happy instead of depressed, looking toward the future instead of the past, and knowing there's always a chance that life can be better than it is right now regardless of our circumstances. Hope keeps the human spirit alive. It gives us reason to go on even when times are tough. It keeps us enthused, inspired, and optimistic. It also gives us reason to give each other a chance even when they have done something wrong or when it seems they might not "deserve" it. From Desmond Tutu: "There is no situation that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless. There is no set of circumstances that cannot be turned around by ordinary human beings and their natural capacity for love of the deepest sort."
63: The truth is that the only aspect of life you have any control over is your own reaction to the events taking place. If you can learn to become more responsive to life and not take it at all personally, your life is going to be much smoother and a lot easier. Taking five is about learning to choose between jumping up and down in protest, reacting to life as if everything taking place is about you, and taking a moment, gathering yourself, and responding with a clear understanding of what you can control.
Spent a lot of time on LinkedIn, finding people from Chicago and from places I'd like to be. Feel like I was just lead on by what I thought was the perfect company. But have a few more leads--hopefully things will work out. Had written letter to Tech classmate when I was glum about job search and she responded "As another solution, why don't you try to find a person to get married? It seems to avoid the problem, but it helps us not to be impatient in such an instable time." Laughable. The one search that's probably even more hopeless than job search. Doesn't seem like goal anymore--hard to live with a person, what if they snore, are messy, and not like I want to have kids.
p. 38-9: Hope is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. It keeps us happy instead of depressed, looking toward the future instead of the past, and knowing there's always a chance that life can be better than it is right now regardless of our circumstances. Hope keeps the human spirit alive. It gives us reason to go on even when times are tough. It keeps us enthused, inspired, and optimistic. It also gives us reason to give each other a chance even when they have done something wrong or when it seems they might not "deserve" it. From Desmond Tutu: "There is no situation that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless. There is no set of circumstances that cannot be turned around by ordinary human beings and their natural capacity for love of the deepest sort."
63: The truth is that the only aspect of life you have any control over is your own reaction to the events taking place. If you can learn to become more responsive to life and not take it at all personally, your life is going to be much smoother and a lot easier. Taking five is about learning to choose between jumping up and down in protest, reacting to life as if everything taking place is about you, and taking a moment, gathering yourself, and responding with a clear understanding of what you can control.
Spent a lot of time on LinkedIn, finding people from Chicago and from places I'd like to be. Feel like I was just lead on by what I thought was the perfect company. But have a few more leads--hopefully things will work out. Had written letter to Tech classmate when I was glum about job search and she responded "As another solution, why don't you try to find a person to get married? It seems to avoid the problem, but it helps us not to be impatient in such an instable time." Laughable. The one search that's probably even more hopeless than job search. Doesn't seem like goal anymore--hard to live with a person, what if they snore, are messy, and not like I want to have kids.
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