An old man saw a scorpion drowning and decided to pull it out from the water. He calmly extended his hand to reach the creature. When he did, the scorpion stung him. With the effect of the pain, the old man let go the creature and it fell back into the water.
It depends on how long I hold it
A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”
Follow Your Bliss through Open Doors
Steve Jobs said something about loving what you do, ?Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven?t found it yet, keep looking. Don?t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you?ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don?t settle.?
To Hold, You must first open Your Hand
Have you ever come across moments in your life where the lessons came knocking on your door and without even waiting for you to react, they came right through, as you opened that door, into your heart and your soul; becoming a part of you and you knew that your life was enriched? That, I called, is a ‘Moment of Realisation.’ The first time I read the above quote by Steve Jobs, I was travelling on the bus.
It Couldn’t Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done but he with a chuckle replied that “Maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it.
New Year: A Chance to Forgive …
.. and as you all can see, the ball has stopped half way to its perch. it’s suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the new year, to stop, and reflect on the year that has gone by, to remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken, the times we opened ourselves up to great adventures …
The Women On My Journey by Rev. Melissa M. Bowers
To the women on my journey who showed me the ways to go and ways not to go, Whose strength and compassion held up a torch of light and beckoned me to follow, whose weakness and ignorance darkened the path and encouraged me to turn another way.