Inspirational comeback: James Blakes

Then in 2004 he had the year from Hell. He ran into a tennis net post and broke his neck. Then he got a shingles virus in his face that paralyzed it on one side. Then his dad died.

There was some doubt that Blake would ever play tennis again. He watched the major tournaments from his couch and wondered about his future. In time, his body recovered, and he felt that he had been given a second chance. He grabbed it by the neck.

I wanted Blake to win that match, yet somehow, by losing he found perfection.

quoted from the Dilbert Blog post titled "Winning"

Go on with your life

Stephen Toope, the new president of UBC, said at the time of the murders of his parents by a trio of teenage thugs,

My faith was what allowed me to go on with my life. Evil exists and we can't always prevent it. But I never wanted to be a victim. Some people choose to do that by working proactively for victims. But I chose to go on with my life

Solving one problem by creating a bigger problem

Often, people will not even realize that their solution to a problem merely replaces it with another problem.

So be careful when you suggest a solution that has a high activation energy.

The Old New Thing : Solving one problem by creating a bigger problem

情

其實為甚麼，我們在做任何事情之前，都不願意花時間去考慮一下後果，計算一下將會有甚麼的牽連，尤其做一些事情是會影響到家人的，就要好好地想想，不要傷害了對方之後，才說關心對方的話。對方聽來，可能會覺得更加心痛、心寒，因為這陰影可能將會一輩子都揮之不去的。

quote from 兄弟情 by 陳松伶

Realism

Realism is commonly defined as a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

quote from realism on wikipedia

叫自己快樂

我們應該思索一下，為何自己會不快樂，是有困難解決不了？是太貪心？是身在福中不知福？還是無病呻吟而已？好好面對自己才能找到病因，當然面對自己永遠是件艱辛痛苦的事，但總不能一世逃避，時間不等人，在有限時間讓快樂多一點，至少老來遺憾少一點。

當你自己快樂開懷了，人就變得豁達堅強，一旦無常出現，你都不會被打垮。

quote from 叫自己快樂 by 傅珮嘉

孤單

孤單是一個人的狂歡, 狂歡原來是一群人的孤單...

我在你面前可以是誰

我愛你不是因為你是誰，而是我在你面前可以是誰。

Quoted from someone's signature on a forum.

人在生氣時，智商只有五歲

在憤怒的時候少說話、少做決定，所以我不容易壞了大事。

無論一個人現年幾歲，當他(她)在氣急之時，其思慮之不成熟，情緒之一發不可收拾，言語之不知節制，表現之如何失態等等，彷彿就像一個五歲的孩子一樣地不成熟。

《聖經》上說：「人有見識就不輕易發怒。」

可不是嗎？當一個人在生氣時，他（她）的智慧、EQ、儀態…，都會大大的「退化」！乃至所講出的話，所做出的決定，往往都會壞了事情。

學習在盛怒之時少說話，少做決定，以免壞了全局而後悔莫及。

Out of control but not losing your mind

The moral is that people do substances not because they're addicts, its because their life is already so AWESOME, that even though they do these substances, they wont be affected. thats what everyone needs. a balance. Doing substances is not bad. its the infatuation and way you lose yourself in it is bad. If recreational substances stay recreational, and you dont turn into ambitional user, than you're fine.

from a post on xanga by negative273

What is your deepest fear?

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. You play small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlighten about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children. It's not just in some of us, but it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same, as we are liberating from our own fear. Our presences automatically liberate others.

So, I just want to say thank you. You saved my life.

from Coach Carter

Balance of Fear

Lack of fear is irrational, and too much fear is debilitating. Make the jump into something when you have considered the fear

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