Today is my AWESOME DAY!!!! lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqUWq8e5zew&feature=player_embedded

love this clip soo much!

it's so inspiring!

so energising!

go out there and get your very own AWESOME day!

The 3A's of AWESOMENESS

This is a very thought provoking talk by Neil Pasricha on what he believes are the 3A's of Awesomeness.

Attitude

Awareness

Authenticity

take time to check it out - you won't be dissapointed.

http://blog.ted.com/2011/01/07/the-3-as-of-awesome-neil-pasricha-on-ted-com/

Neil's blog - 1000 Awesome Things was very interesting too and reinforces the idea of enjoying the simple pleasures of life.

http://1000awesomethings.com/

Things come out of nothing...

I was catching up on reading futuregirl's blog posts that I have missed when I came across this thought provoking post -

http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2009/7/im-a-unpromising-beginning.aspx

hmm, time to go start something ;)

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ooo and this post also!

http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2009/6/the-beginning-of-a-new-life.aspx

I totally understand what it is she is talking about here... LOL

Twenty Dollars

Twenty Dollars

Author Unknown

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you - but first, let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked. "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.

You are special - don't ever forget it."

I love quotes and I love collecting quotes.

Alot of Albert Einstein's quotes not only fascinate me but resonate with me. Ones such as these -

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Insanity; doing the sane thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

The world will not be destroyed by evil people but by people who watched and didn't do anything.

"Be who you are and say what you feel...

Because those that matter... don't mind...

And those that mind... don't matter."

Some Matrix Quotes

Morpheus: "There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

Morpheus: "I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it."

NEO: "There is no spoon."

Agent Smith: "I'd like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I realised that humans are not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment; but you humans do not. Instead you multiply, and multiply, until every resource is consumed. The only way for you to survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern... a virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer on this planet, you are a plague, and we... are the cure."

Morpheus: "Don't think you are, know you are"

Morpheus: "You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind."

Sign above the Oracles kitchen door - Know Thyself

Once upon a time there was a wise man

who used to go to the ocean

to do his writing.

He had a habit of walking

on the beach

before he began his work.

One day he was walking along

the shore.

As he looked down the beach,

he saw a human

figure moving like a dancer.

He smiled to himself to think

of someone who would

dance to the day.

So he began to walk faster

to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw

that it was a young man

and the young man wasn't dancing,

but instead he was reaching

down to the shore,

picking up something

and very gently throwing it

into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out,

"Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused,

looked up and replied,

"Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked,

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up and the tide is going out.

And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that

there are miles and miles of beach

and starfish all along it.

You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely.

Then bent down, picked up another starfish

and threw it into the sea,

past the breaking waves and said-

"It made a difference for that one."