Words To Live By Update 5June2018

[Zam-Zam]

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Thomas Jefferson


Have tranquil day.

 

[bdtex]

My father says the happiest man is the man who has to work for a living. You have a good day sir.

 

[Zam-Zam]

My father says the happiest man is the man who has to work for a living. You have a good day sir.

Your father sounds like a wise man.

Thank you-You have a wonderful day yourself.

 

[sear]

It is a conspicuous irony that those that seem to pursue pleasure most directly are among those least likely to find it. When was the most recent time you saw someone all strung out on heroin that looked overjoyed?

I turned to drugs for mind expansion & pain reduction. What resulted was pain expansion and mind reduction.
actress Carrie Fischer

 

[Spamature]

When was the most recent time you saw someone all strung out on heroin that looked overjoyed?

When they were high on heroin ?

 

[sear]

You reveal your own good fortune to not know any junkies.
If they ever feel happy, it's on their first ever use of heroin.
Feeding the addiction thereafter is merely an attempt to regain that one brief feeling.
And it can never be regained. It's a trap.

Not sure why.
But the topic point about serendipity is true.

TV actress Teya Leone was reviewing her college grades with her father.
Teya's comment was:
- This is the course I got the best grades in. So I guess that's how I'll be earning a living.

Her Dad replied:
- To have a fulfilling career, don't find something you're good at, & do that.
Instead, find something you enjoy doing, and get good at it.

And you'll find, most of the world's most successful people:
- Bill Gates
- Warren Buffet
- Taylor Swift
They love what they do so much that if they couldn't earn a living at it, they'd earn a living some other way, and do it in their spare time.

btw
I'm living proof of this. I "retired" at age 43, gave up a very comfortable job with a Fortune 500, and went to work for myself. I've never been happier.