My heart is so small
it’s almost invisible.
How can You place such big sorrows in it?
“Look,” He answered,
“your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi, 1207-1273
Beloved Persian Poet
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Inspirational
18
Dec 08
Big sorrows
17
Nov 08
Build your wings
This sounds vaguely similar to the definition of faith I once heard, see On faith and More on faith. I guess, from time to time, it is “healthy” to push yourself off the edge and fall head-first into the unknown…
If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
Ray Bradbury
American Author
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19
Aug 08
You are needed
When this quote appeared in my email Inbox courtesy of the newsletter I subscribe to, I could not help but a smile. What a wonderful, wonderful idea!
You have a solemn obligation to take care of yourself, because you never know when the World will need you.
Rabbi Hillel, 30 B.C. – 9 A.D.
Jewish Religious Leader
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31
Jul 08
Work smart
I am a firm believer that if anything it is always easier to change yourself than others. Well, this is really taking it to a different level. Instead of the old saying, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” this is even more innovative, don’t you think? 
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983
American Visionary, Architect and Poet
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30
Jul 08
A moving target
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.â€
Richard Cook
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