POSITIVE PICTURES WITH
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*** Positive Thoughts for this Positive Picture *** ------------------------------------------------------------ TWO AMAZING THOUGHTS ON “EXCELLENCE!” “Personal excellence can be achieved - Gerald Ford (1913-2006), 38th U.S. President --------------------- “The price of excellence is discipline. - William Arthur Ward (1921-1994), Inspirational writer ******************** BE COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE There is a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable. You can see this even in insects and animals and birds. All of us are the same. A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the object of out inquisitiveness is bitter or sweet. To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what the world is, how we tick and how the world ticks, how the whole thing just is. If we are committed to comfort at any cost, as soon as we come up against the least edge of pain, we're going to run; we'll never know what's beyond that particular barrier or wall or fearful thing. - From: ******************** If you're crazy – you're in good company. As Professor Lisa Sargese said: As a 1997 award-winning ad for Apple Computers said: Here's to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They are not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do – is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe you have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or, sit in silence and hear a song that hasn't been written? Or, gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? We make tools for these kind of people. While some may see them as the Crazy Ones – we see genius. Because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world . . . Are the ones who do! If you're crazy you're in good company . . . Who are the Crazy Ones? Albert Einstein. Bob Dylan. Martin Luther King, Jr. Richard Br anson. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Buckminster Fuller. Thomas Edison. Muhammad Ali. Ted Turner. Maria Callas. Mahatma Gandhi. Amelia Earhart. Alfred Hitchcock. Martha Graham. Jim Henson. Frank Lloyd Wright. Picasso. So, if you're crazy, you're in good company. Think different, |
