So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step…

And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing ( Read more... )

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"Put this programme into action, a thousand times:

A) identify the negative feelings in you;
B) understand that they are in you, not in the world, not in external reality;
C) do not see them as an essential part of "I"; these things come and go;
D) understand that when you change, everything changes."

Awareness by Anthony de Mello

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Two cows are standing in the pasture. One turns to the other and says, "Although pi is usually abbreviated to 5 humbers, it actually goes on into infinity."

The second cow turns to the first cow and says, "Moo."

by Thomas Cathcart & Daniel

One of the funniest books I've read in a long while! This is what the chinese will call 对牛弹琴. :)

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you really love (and strikethroughthe ones you hate!).
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've ( Read more... )