Who is wise? He that learns from every One.
Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Nobody
Who is wise? He that learns from every One.
Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Loving ourselves
So, how much must we love ourselves, to feel good and contented with ourselves before it actually turns to become narcissism? Well, the answer is until you can honestly tell yourself that you wouldn’t want to be anyone else on the face of this earth regardless of any amount of health, wealth and influence in exchange.
Gosh, that would mean pretty much being in love with yourself just like the Greek youth who well, literally died loving himself? Hmm… in a word, yes and no.
Yes, we ought to love ourselves as unique persons – “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
See, we should love ourselves to the point that God loves us. It isn’t hard, really. Just ask yourself even at the lowest ebb of your life… You may just find it surprising that you will be able to say to yourself… “I won’t want to be someone else but myself, despite it all”.
And no, because narcissism is about loving the physical appearance of oneself over what’s deep inside us all. Ah ha! Yes, this is very easy to do also and accounts for the multi-billion dollar cosmetics and cosmetics surgery industries today.
And as we all know and have been preaching it throughout the existence of humanity is that what’s inside is more important than outside… Just that maybe it’s time to start believing in those words instead of merely preaching it.
Gosh, that would mean pretty much being in love with yourself just like the Greek youth who well, literally died loving himself? Hmm… in a word, yes and no.
Yes, we ought to love ourselves as unique persons – “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
See, we should love ourselves to the point that God loves us. It isn’t hard, really. Just ask yourself even at the lowest ebb of your life… You may just find it surprising that you will be able to say to yourself… “I won’t want to be someone else but myself, despite it all”.
And no, because narcissism is about loving the physical appearance of oneself over what’s deep inside us all. Ah ha! Yes, this is very easy to do also and accounts for the multi-billion dollar cosmetics and cosmetics surgery industries today.
And as we all know and have been preaching it throughout the existence of humanity is that what’s inside is more important than outside… Just that maybe it’s time to start believing in those words instead of merely preaching it.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Rethinking creativity
When King Solomon lamented the words “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. (Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 NIV)”, he pretty much figured it out that well… there is nothing new under the sun.
And the point I’m driving at?
Many people, especially those in the so called “creative industry” are so adamant on originality that a whole lot of time is spent in circles and moments pondering on the next big idea, or the “Big Kahuna”. And before you know it, days and months would passed with a correspondingly long bill to clients for hours spent.
Gosh, if only they weren’t so hung up on how “things are supposed to be”, how creative thinking “must take time” (in this case, extended time) that the whole so called “thinking out of the box” process is re-confined to industry standards of confinement. That is, they have become the very characteristics they abhor and preach against. Ironic, isn’t it?
See, while it is all well and good to spend time in creative thought, an equally amount of consideration should also be given to “practice, practice & more practice”. See, Solomon’s words are very true in many sense. We all “create originality” from someone else’s work done before. Tweaking and modifying things does not make it original, for there is nothing original under the sun.
Hey, let’s face it. There is no shame in doing that as every so called “new creation” has its roots in something that was there earlier. However, there is shame to claim originality as though nothing else existed before. Look, unless we’re God, we have no ability to have that “First Original Creation” done.
And as for “practice, practice and more practice”, writers, especially scrip writers are more attuned to this “fact-of-life” that their whole work revolves about. Best written works are not written… they are rewritten, rewritten and rewritten countless times before getting published or used.
Having said that, perhaps we should seriously rethink accepted norms surrounding the field of creativity and well, just put out hands to the plough and work it through “practice, practice and more practice”.
And the point I’m driving at?
Many people, especially those in the so called “creative industry” are so adamant on originality that a whole lot of time is spent in circles and moments pondering on the next big idea, or the “Big Kahuna”. And before you know it, days and months would passed with a correspondingly long bill to clients for hours spent.
Gosh, if only they weren’t so hung up on how “things are supposed to be”, how creative thinking “must take time” (in this case, extended time) that the whole so called “thinking out of the box” process is re-confined to industry standards of confinement. That is, they have become the very characteristics they abhor and preach against. Ironic, isn’t it?
See, while it is all well and good to spend time in creative thought, an equally amount of consideration should also be given to “practice, practice & more practice”. See, Solomon’s words are very true in many sense. We all “create originality” from someone else’s work done before. Tweaking and modifying things does not make it original, for there is nothing original under the sun.
Hey, let’s face it. There is no shame in doing that as every so called “new creation” has its roots in something that was there earlier. However, there is shame to claim originality as though nothing else existed before. Look, unless we’re God, we have no ability to have that “First Original Creation” done.
And as for “practice, practice and more practice”, writers, especially scrip writers are more attuned to this “fact-of-life” that their whole work revolves about. Best written works are not written… they are rewritten, rewritten and rewritten countless times before getting published or used.
Having said that, perhaps we should seriously rethink accepted norms surrounding the field of creativity and well, just put out hands to the plough and work it through “practice, practice and more practice”.
Monday, May 12, 2008
www.daypasses.com
Yes, it's finally here!
Thought it would take a longer time, but hey presto! we're up! Nonetheless, there's still a lot of fine-tuning that needs to be done to improve on the site. Your feedback would sure help a lot!
I do hope that you'll use it to your fullest advantage, to sell and buy or rent just about anything you can imagine. And yes, it's not a gimmick... your classified ads on daypasses.com is absolutely FREE!
Just let us know how to improve and do take some time to sign up on our e-mail subscription.
Thanks!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Coming soon!
Yes, yes, yes...
I know you've been hearing it from for a while now about the launch of a Free Classifieds portal that we've been working on. Rest assured that everything seems to be progressing smoothly and we're now just ironing out some technical hitches before having it live on the web.
By the looks of it, we should have it up and running within within the week. So, do check it out every now and then, ya?
Daypasses.com is an absolutely FREE-OF-CHARGE Classifieds portal. Yep, you can list and upload images of your products/services as well as scan through what's on sale/rent for absolutely nothing!
Just hope you'll enjoy it and perhaps help us recommend it to your family and friends!
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