Thursday, May 2, 2013
In a time like ours there are four kinds of people. There are those who consciously wish to sink further and deeper into chaos and darkness. There are those who willingly or unwillingly, are always ready to endure anything. Then there are also rightwing dinosaurs around who live the present situation by way of lamenting. From whining to commemorations, they imagine they can bring back the old order, which explains why they constantly score defeats. But there are also those who yearn for a new beginning. Those who live in the darkness, but are not of the darkness; i.e. those who strive to resurrect the light. Those who know that beyond the real, there is also the possible.

Alain de Benoist

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Sunday, April 28, 2013
The less I needed, the better I felt.

Charles Bukowski  (via blue811)

Yes!!

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In its ritualism and monitorial lessons, Masonry teaches nothing in morals, in science, in religion or in any other department of human knowledge or human interest, not taught elsewhere in current forms of thought or by the sages of the past. In these directions it has no secrets of any kind. It is in the ancient symbolism of Freemasory that its real secrets lie concealed and these are as densely veiled to the Mason as to any other, unless he has studied the science of symbolism in general and Masonic symbolism in particular. R. Swinburne Clymer, M.D (via theworkingtools)
Saturday, April 13, 2013 Sunday, April 7, 2013
Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you. Hillary Rodham Clinton (from Living History)

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Saturday, April 6, 2013
Why are…poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life. Piero Gheddo
Try to forgive by trying to understand how it would feel to be in the other’s shoes. If someone hurts you – ask them - “What hurts you so much that you would do this?” Listen to the answer and try to understand what is valid for them. They may have been fighting for your attention, but no one thinks of themselves as attackers, only defenders! So don’t judge their ways, only set them free by giving them a chance to speak. You may both learn a lot from your kindness and courage in asking for the truth. But even if nothing changes, release it, remember that you both have a right to be who you choose to be. When we make judgements we’re inevitably acting on limited knowledge, so ask if you seek to understand, or simply let them be! Jay Woodman
Friday, April 5, 2013

shitonskanks:

Having tattoos and piercings is not unprofessional.

What’s unprofessional is turning down an aspiring employee due to superficial reasons and not their skill level or experience.

It depends on the position.  How one appears can have a significant impact on their ability to fulfill the duties of their position.  Right, wrong, justified or not, one’s appearance affects how one’s communications are received, not only by upper management, but also by others, especially customers.

For instance, I have to appear before a judge on Monday.  How I appear to him or her will influence the interaction.  Period.  Doesn’t matter if I agree or disagree, it’s simply what’s so.  I can address it powerfully, or I can whine and complain that it ain’t right.  Which will get me what I want? And so I recently cut my shoulder-length hair and Monday morning I will shower, shave, put on nice shoes, dress pants, a long-sleeve button-up shirt and a tie.

It doesn’t matter what I perceive as right/wrong, justified or not.  What matters it’s what’s so and how I’m going to deal with it.  I have no control over others, only myself, and if I want to achieve what I want to achieve in life, then I will be open and attentive to the way others will receive me and respectful of their views.  Just because their views differ from mine does not make them right or wrong, again, it’s simply what’s so.

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” - Shakespeare 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” ` ~Dan Millman Let’s Saidiana:  
It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy. Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via man-of-prose)
Saturday, March 30, 2013
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. Buddha  (via silentnostalgia)

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