Showing posts with label He said/she said. Show all posts
Showing posts with label He said/she said. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2015

Swimming in the deep end


"A discouraging word from a well-meaning adviser: 'Ooh, that’s very brave of you – are you sure you won’t be in over your head?'
...Swimming works better when there’s more water than there is swimmer. Ever try swimming in the shallow end, where the water is not over your head? Very difficult. At best, clumsy. Worse, you could be at risk of crashing your head into the bottom of the pool...


...Of course, all of this assumes the ability to swim, float, and tread water. Basic skills are necessary. But, simply put (and without metaphor), in the real world, when you want to grow in a particular area, you have to try stuff that feels risky, that pushes you past your place of comfort. Experience has to begin somewhere. Every expert at one time was a newbie, at one time took that first floppy fish dive out into deeper waters."
Kelly Belmonte

You can read the whole thing here.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

The Serenity Prayer uncut


The full version of the Serenity Prayer:

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,

not as I would have it.

Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,

and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen"
Reinhold Neibuhr

Thursday, May 28, 2015

What people remember

People will forget what you said,
       people will forget what you did,
              but people will never forget how you made them feel."
                        Maya Angelou