My friend David

A conversation with my friend David via Facebook this evening:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=533068532 <<< there is my latest paper. I had to edit a couple of things. All in all, I did a good job. I simply am hard on myself in my desire to create a freaking masterpiece though

6:56pmDavid

as it should be!

6:56pmMe

most do not care about making it really good for personal reasons

to me though, it's personal

6:56pmDavid

Neurotic self destructive perfectionists make the best masterpieces

6:56pmMe

LOL I shall remember that! Well said

hahaha

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I loved that. It not only pardons and justifies my extremist attitude toward my school work, but it glorifies it. Although it can be a flawed way of thinking, it is still very interesting and funny!

"Neurotic self destructive perfectionists make the best masterpieces"

hahaha awesome

Horatio Spafford

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

These are song lyrics from the hymn  It Is Well With My Soul.

I always thought this song was inspirational, but when I learned a few years ago the story behind it, I thought of it as even more profound.

Horatio Spafford is the man who wrote it and he experienced a great loss when his four daughters died in a shipwreck. His wife survived but imagine what it would be like to lose four daughters...


On his way to go be by the side of his wife in England, as he passed over the place where his four daughters had drowned, he wrote the lyrics to It Is Well With My Soul.


If anyone wants more of a full story, you may go here since Wikipedia's article is very uninformative.



Imagine having such resilience!

Imagine having been stricken with such terrible tragedy only to rise above it and be thankful for the things that you do have! That is some incredible determination and I daresay (no matter your views on spirituality - I think this is nearly impossible for a miserable atheist to achieve) that such resilience is due a strong belief in a higher being. I don't know of anything else on earth or heaven, in this life or the next, that can create such a strong "peace that passes all understanding" (Philippians 4:7)

That is inspiring. 




Imagine...."peace like a river..." as the first verse suggests.

John Keith Falconer

“I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out 
in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.”

 -John Keith Falconer


This is a great quote. It's from a Christian missionary but it's not overly religious. It simply means that it's better to die trying to better the world for a good cause even if the odds are against you than to sit uselessly, idly by giving light where it isn't needed.

Dante - HAHAHA

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality"

 - Dante Alighieri

 This quote cracks me up. It's a slap in the face to all the punks who sit around not giving a shit.

Cynthia Heimel

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

- Cynthia Heimel

This woman has published a few books and is considered to be a feminist. I find it ironic that she actually wrote for Playboy.

Anyhow though, I think it's an encouraging quote for me. I really need to remember lines like this because I often second guess myself to the point of being chicken shit.

First entry

Today is December 17th, 2009, and I am posting this new blog section in an attempt to collect those little quotes, sayings and witty lines that I have either heard throughout my days, read on a billboard or received in a fortune cookie. You know - just little things here and there.

Some may be deeply philosophical, while others may be just well, random.

I'll try not to put too much crap in it though, I don't want to water down the quality of this blog because it has good intentions behind it.

I recently bought a book entitled Overheard in New York - a collection of random quotes as featured on this website/blog. The book was only $1.00. Apparently it wasn't selling well and was on clearance at Books-A-Million, so I figured "why not?" .


This book got me sort of more motivated to actually write down random things I personally hear each day too, but in more of a purposeful way sort of.  Of course, I can't avoid listing some quotes found in two books I bought which contain nothing but (you guessed it) quotes. However, I'll try not to use those references ALL THE TIME. I'll also post some well known quotes most likely either by historical figures or famous people of the present time. This won't be a daily thing, just a random thing - like me.

Anyhow!

Now that I have explained my blog's purpose and origins, I'll start with today's entry.


This quote is featured in the forward from the author Glenn Beck in his book Common Sense:  The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government.  It's obviously inspired by Thomas Paine's revolutionary 1776 pamphlet Common Sense.  I remember reading about Thomas Paine when I was a little girl in school as I adored early American history.  Past the 1800's, however, I found it boring and dull. Anyways, I bought this book since it caught my eye with the title. In the forward, he addresses the reader and states our American cultural view of our government:

"...instead of rising up with a collective voice, we sit idly by and watch as our hard-won freedoms slowly dissolve into a puddle of apathy, political correctness, and outright corruption."

These words are so true. The "apathy" description really strikes a chord with me.