Fericirea nlocuiete

natural toate ticurile micilor agremente, le cauterizeaz

definitiv. Nu-i nevoie de nici un efort. Lorelei

i desfcu bagajele. Era ordonat ca oamenii care tiu

c nu se vor cstori niciodat. O ordine care afirma o
singurtate acceptat. Lorelei

liber, stpn pe toate hotarele fiinei lui, cu viaa fa n

fa, ca doi juctori de ah de puteri aproape egale. Era
deprins s nu se team de via. Lorelei

aducea o fericire far seamn,

scurt i nesatisfctoare. De altfel, sunt sigur c o
fericire care te satisface pe deplin nici nu e fericire,
trebuie s-i dai alt nume. Scrisoare de dragoste

Dar, ce-mi
pas, d-l ncolo de sprncenat, parc o s cotcodceasc
vreodat gina mea pe gardul su?

Cred numai n minunile pe care dorina mea le

nfptuiete cu fora ei. n celelalte minuni nu cred deloc.

Sensibilitate de seismograf

Nu mi-e foame, caci fericirea se hraneste din ea insasi.

De ce retinusem aceste lucruri care nu-mi apartineau?

Eu am un temperament nefericit: ma plictisesc repede, sufar cand sunt contrariata. Enigma Otiliei

Pag 122, 149, 151, 160 eseuri de indragostit

"If you're pretty, you're pretty; but the only way to be beautiful is to be loving. Otherwise, it's just
'congratulations about your face.'" John Mayer

What had she said about that muleteer? I felt two packets fond of him. And one death fond
of me. The magus

, Ce-ar fi daca toti ai nostri ar gndi la fel?

, Atunci ar nsemna ca as fi de-a dreptul dobitoc sa gndesc altfel, nu? Catch 22

, Important este sa-i punem pe oameni sa jure mereu, explica el trupei lui. Nu conteaza
daca o iau sau nu n serios. De aceea fac juraminte nca din copilarie, nainte de a sti macar
ce nsemna cuvintele juramnt si loialitate. Catch 22

I lied and said I was busy.

I was busy;
but not in a way most people understand.

I was busy taking deeper breaths.

I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.
I was busy calming a racing heart.
I was busy telling myself I am okay.

Sometimes, this is my busy -

and I will not apologize for it.

-Brittin Oakman, Anxiety Doesnt Knock First

Indienii huambisa scuipa in timp ce vorbesc, ca sa arate ca spun adevarul. Cine nu scuipa
cand vorbeste este pentru ei un mincinos. Povestasul

Ceea ce tii minte traieste si se mai poate repeta. Povestasul

She would smile

and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that
casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people
who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their
writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a
tube of toothpaste. Sotron
"What is an absolute, Horacio?"
"Look," Oliveira said, "it's just that moment in which something
attains its maximum depth, its maximum reach, its maximum
sense, and becomes completely uninteresting." Sotron

Spaimele, ce lux pentru imaginatie. Sotron

One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to

understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend
what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep. The Shadow of the Wind

you're as white as a nun's buttock. The Shadow of the Wind

I am obliged to bear the daily rising of the sun. It's

monstrous. It's inhuman. Sotron

there is no message, only messengers, and that is the

message, just as love is the one who loves. Sotron

From the time of the Eleatics

until today dialectical thought has had more than enough time
to give us its fruits. We are eating them, they are delicious, they
are seething with radioactivity. And when the feast is over, why
are we so sad, brothers of nineteen hundred and fifty something?" Sotron

It really doesn't afflict me not having read all of Jouhandeau, at

most the melancholy feeling of too short a life for so many
libraries, etc. The lack of experience is inevitable, if I read Joyce I am automatically
sacrificing another book and vice versa, etc. Sotron

The unknown approaches the amoeba uso nostro from all

sides. I can know a lot or live a lot in a given sense, but then the
other thing moves up on the side where I have my lacks and
scratches my head with its cold nail. The worst is that it
scratches me when there is no itching, while just when it does
itch-when I ought to want to know-everything surrounding
me is so set, so located, so complete and solid and labeled, that I
begin to think that I was dreaming, that I'm fine this way, that I
can take care of myself all right and that I shouldn't let myself
be carried away by my imagination. Sotron

LIVES which end like literary articles in newspapers and magazines,

so pompous on page one and ending up in a skinny tail,
back there on page thirty-two, among advertisements for secondhand
sales and tubes of toothpaste. Sotron

There where a certain human type could reach fulfillment

as a hero, Oliveira knew that he was condemned to the
worst of comedies. So it was better to sin through omission than
through commission. Being an actor meant renouncing the
orchestra seats, and he seemed born to be a spectator in the first
row. "The worst of it," Oliveira said to himself, "is that I always
want to be an active onlooker and that's where the trouble
starts." Sotron
He ended up by making friends out
of the women he had loved, accomplices in a special contemplation
of the world around. The women started out by adoring him
( they really whadored him ) , admiring him ( a whunlimited
whadmiration ) , then something would make them suspect the
void, they would jump back, and he would make their flight easy
for them, he would open the door so that they could go play on
the other side. Sotron

chapter 93, 104, 107 Sotron

But the hygienic retreat of a Descartes appears

partial and even insignificant to us today, because at this very
moment there is a Mr. Wilcox in Cleveland who with electrodes
and other apparatus is proving that thought and an electromagnetic
circuit are the same thing ( things that he in turn thinks he
knows very well because he knows very well the language that
defines them, etc. ) . Add to that the fact that a Swede has just
put forth a very impressive theory on cerebral chemistry. Thinking
is the result of the interaction of certain acids, the name of
which I do not care to recall. Acido, ergo sum. Sotron

Am oare abilitatea de a-l nva s-l transforme pe aa a fost s fie" n aa am vrut eu"?
Plansul lui Nietzsche

poate c simptomele snt mesageri ai unui sens i vor disprea doar atunci cnd mesajul lor
este neles. Plansul lui Nietzsche
nu trebuie s renuni la pasiune. Dar trebuie s schimbi condiiile pasiunii tale. Plansul lui
Nietzsche

Poate, Josef, c a tri sigur este periculos. Periculos i mortal. Plansul lui Nietzsche

tiu, alii mi invidiaz viaa pe mine m ngrozete. M ngrozete monotonia i

previzibilitatea ei. M ngrozete att de mult nct uneori m gndesc la viaa mea ca la o
condamnare la moarte. Plansul lui Nietzsche

Josef, am crezut ntotdeauna c sntem ndrgostii mai mult de dorin dect de fiina
dorit! Plansul lui Nietzsche

Simptomul nu e dect un mesager aducnd vestea c frica erupe din stratul cel mai interior!
Plansul lui Nietzsche

Cap 19 Plansul lui Nietzsche

Contientul nu este dect nveliul transparent care acoper existena: ochiul antrenat
poate vedea prin el pn la forele primitive, la instincte, pn la nsui motorul dorinei
de putere. Plansul lui Nietzsche

Mormintele m liniteau cumva, mi permiteau s banalizez banalul din viaa mea. Plansul
lui Nietzsche

Prietene, opti el, eu nu pot s-i spun cum s trieti altfel pentru c, dac a face-o, tu
ai tri iari dup proiectul altcuiva. Plansul lui Nietzsche

Dac nu ai ajuns la tine nsui, atunci datoria" este doar un eufemism pentru folosirea
altora n dezvoltarea ta. Plansul lui Nietzsche

Pag 317 Plansul lui Nietzsche

Amor fati (iubeste-ti soarta). Plansul lui Nietzsche

Teorie despre eterna reintoarcere Plansul lui Nietzsche

Poate c sntem toi tovari de suferin incapabili de a vedea fiecare adevrul celorlali.
Plansul lui Nietzsche

Poti sa-ti imaginezi ca lacrimile au glas? Da glas lacrimilor tale. Ce-ar spune ele? Plansul
lui Nietzsche

Izolarea exista doar in izolare. Plansul lui Nietzsche

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at
hand." How to stop worrying and start living

The best way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your inteligence, all your
enthusiasm, on doing todays work superbly. This is the only possible way you can prepare
for the future. How to stop worrying and start living

One step enough for me.

Every day is a new life to a wise man.

1. Ask yourself,' 'What is the worst that can possibly happen?"

2. Prepare to accept it if you have to.
3. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.

In my estimation, this cigarette executive with all his millions was not half as successful as
my father-a Missouri farmer- who died at eighty-nine without a dollar.
Lion Against Himself, by Dr. Karl Menninger

"If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, his
worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge."

Lose yourself in action.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget.
Remember "Life is too short to be little."

For every ailment under the sun.

There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it;
If there be none, never mind it.

"you are not what you think you are; but what you think, you are."

"A man will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and
other people will alter towards him. ... Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be
astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. ... The divinity that
shapes our ends is in ourselves. It is our very self. ... All that a man achieves is the direct
result of his own thoughts. ... A man can only rise, conquer and achieve by lifting up his
thoughts. He can only remain weak and abject and miserable by refusing to lift up his
thoughts."

According to the book of Genesis, the Creator gave man dominion over the whole wide
earth. A
mighty big present. But I am not interested in any such super-royal prerogatives. All I
desire is
dominion over myself-dominion over my thoughts; dominion over my fears; dominion over
my mind
and over my spirit. And the wonderful thing is that I know that I can attain this dominion
to an
astonishing degree, any time I want to, by merely controlling my actions-which in turn
control my
reactions.
So let us remember these words of William James: "Much of what we call Evil ... can often
be
converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude
from one of
fear to one of fight."
Let's fight for our happiness!
Let's fight for our happiness by following a daily programme of cheerful and constructive
thinking.
Here is such a programme. It is entitled "Just for Today". I found this programme so
inspiring that I
gave away hundreds of copies. It was written thirty-six years ago by the late Sibyl F.
Partridge. If you
and I follow it, we will eliminate most of our worries and increase immeasurably our
portion of what
the French call la joie de vivre.
~~~~
Just For Today
1. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true,
that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from
within; it is not a matter of externals.
2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to
my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit
myself to them.
3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not
abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
4. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not
be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
5. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and
not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James
suggests, just for exercise.
6. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as
possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticise not at all, nor find fault
with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
7. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem
at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for
a lifetime.
8. Just for today I will have a programme. I will write down what I expect to do every hour.
I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurry and
indecision.
9. Just for today I will have a quiet half-hour all by myself and relax. In this half-hour
sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.
10. Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy
what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me.
If we want to develop a mental attitude that will bring us peace and happiness, here is Rule
1:Think and act cheerfully, and you will feel cheerful.

To be wronged or robbed is nothing unless you continue to remember it. Confucius

There are thousands of women like her, women who are ill from "ingratitude", loneliness,
and neglect. They long to be loved; but the only way in this world that they can ever hope
to be loved is to stop asking for it and to start pouring out love without hope of return.

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw stars.

"Happiness is not mostly pleasure; it is mostly victory."

"You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription. Try to think every day
how you can please someone."
Dr. Adler's splendid book, What Life Should Mean to You

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

"The tragedy of my girlhood and young womanhood," she said, "was our poverty. We
could never entertain the way the other girls in my social set entertained. My clothes were
never of the best quality. I outgrew them and they didn't fit and they were often out of
style. I was so humiliated, so ashamed, that I often cried myself to sleep. Finally, in sheer
desperation, I hit upon the idea of always asking my partner at dinner-parties to tell me
about his experiences, his ideas, and his plans for the future. I didn't ask these questions
because I was especially interested in the answers. I did it solely to keep my partner from
looking at my poor clothes. But a strange thing happened: as I listened to these young men
talk and learned more about them, I really became interested in listening to what they had
to say. I became so interested that I myself sometimes forgot about my clothes. But the
astounding thing to me was this: since I was a good listener and encouraged the boys to talk
about themselves, I gave them happiness and I gradually became the most popular girl in
our social group and three of these men proposed marriage to me."

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a
smile of joy on someone's face.

Release from Nervous Tension, by Dr. David Harold Fink.

The sun is shining overhead. The sky is blue and sparkling. Nature is calm and in control of
the world-and I, as nature's child, am in tune with the Universe.

Act "as if" you were interested in your job, and that bit of acting will tend to make your
interest real. It will also tend to decrease your fatigue, your tensions, and your worries.

Ideal Marriage, by Dr. Van de Velde.

A Marriage Manual, by Drs. Hannah and Abraham Stone

Love, my darling, is a verb. Do it daily.

to offer the best me: to my friends, to my colleagues, to my customers, to my community.

Si apoi, eu nu cred ca dragostea e ceea ce se poate surprinde mai interesant n adolescenta.

Nu cunosc dect adolescenta noastra. Dar, oare, nu trebuie sa scriu numai despre ea? Eu
am cunoscut crize mai interesante. Romanul adolescentului miop

Mi-e sufletul schimbat, iar eu sting lampa si visez. De multe ori m-am ntrebat ce am eu n
serile de vara. Dar n-am gasit raspuns. Romanul adolescentului miop

Eu n-am sarutat niciodata zarzari nfloriti. Eu mi-am muscat buzele, pentru ca nu stiam
cine sunt. Eu ma ntrebam si ma chinuiam sa raspund si ma ofileam negasind raspunsuri.
Eu mi simteam carnea tremurnd si ma loveam, pentru ca eram sarac si nu puteam face
ce faceau ceilalti. Romanul adolescentului miop

Prietenii toti mi spun ca si ei au vrut sa fuga. Fuga mea nu e nsa o trecatoare

nostalgie dupa aventuri, nici o copilareasca predare n fata plictiselilor scolii. Eu
trebuia sa fug dintr-o necesitate launtrica, pe care nu o nteleg, dar care mi
stapneste vointa. Simt ca mi s-ar rupe sufletul, ca m-as sufoca altfel. Simt
nevoia sa vietuiesc asa cum vreau eu, luptnd. Aici, n mansarda, ma lupt
numai cu mine. Am ajuns un campion ncercat, un calau al sentimentalismului,
un temnicer cu inima rece. Dar trebuie sa lupt cu oamenii. Aceasta e o porunca
din launtrul meu. Sunt cuprins la rastimpuri de o furie oarba mpotriva celorlalti
si mpotriva mea, care vietuiesc n celula si nu stiu sa nfrng n viata.
Daca as fugi, as fi att de puternic... Ma ghicesc ratacind singur, fara teama de
mine, fara griji, muncind si citind att ct vreau eu. Cred ca nimeni nu m-ar
recunoaste, ntr-att as vietui o viata straina. Romanul adolescentului miop

Dar, n toamnele reci si umede, ct sunt de fericit n singuratate... Privesc n

jarul sobei de zid si gndesc: poate, la toamna, nu voi mai privi singur jaratecul
si nu voi mai asculta singur vntul... Apoi rd si mi spun: de cte toamne nu
gndesc acelasi lucru?... Dar parca eu nu stiu ca atunci mi musc buzele ca sa
nu plng si mi sterg lacrimile fata jarului, pe furis, mngindu-l cu dorurile mele?...
Romanul adolescentului miop

Lungit n patul rosu, ma copleseste tristetea celui dinti plns nestiut mamei. Romanul
adolescentului miop

Cap. Drumul catre mine insumi pag 60 Romanul adolescentului miop

Micsorati n pleoape vestede, deasupra cearcanelor de nesomn, cu lacrimi ipocrite de

miopie, furisati sub lentile ce deformeaza si dezgusta, ochii mei nu sunt luati n seama.
Romanul adolescentului miop

Trupurile cauta obraji roz-albi si buze groase, rosii, fierbinti, si ochi mari, albastri sau
negri, si brate care stiu mngia. Ce am eu din toate acestea, pentru trupurile de farmec
ce-mi rasar la colturi nsorite de strazi? Romanul adolescentului miop

nlauntrul sufletului meu, suvoaie fara numar spumega, asteptnd porunca sa

se reverse n lume.

Pag 75

Si erau attea gnduri, si simteam att n suflet, si nu aveam cui sa le

destainuiesc.

A trecut un an si mi-au ramas prea putine amintiri. Cu att mai bine. Ce sa fac
cu amintirile? Amintirile sunt icoanele timpului pierdut.
Cartile te silesc sa-ti pierzi inteligent timpul. Si, totusi, aceasta pierdere inteligenta nu e
mai putin absurda, prin faptul ca te consuma si te nstreineaza.

Truda mea nu va lamuri nimic. Deasupra tuturor ipotezelor si explicatiilor va

ramne faptul; pe mine ma clatina vnturile.

ncepuse toamna, si pe noi ne ispiteau nostalgii bucurestene, orasul torturat si

trist sub frunze.

Si nu simt nici o bucurie, si asta ma doare; mult, mult.

Poate si aminteste; sau poate presimte durerea vietii care cere sa fie vietuita toata si nu
ngaduie, n acelasi timp, dect faramituri de desfatare...

Yvo: m-a abordat un tip si m-am dus cu el la o bere ma si gandeam sunt iulia haha
Cu adevrat st scris c blestemai vor fi, i batjocorii, cei care nici calzi nu sunt, nici reci,
ci cldicei. Dr Faustus

E ridicol s-o spun, dar tot la liceu era mai bine, m simeam acolo mult mai la locul meu,
pentru c n cursul preparator superior nvei de toate, una dup alta, punctele de vedere
se succed la fiecare trei sferturi de or, ntr-un cuvnt: nu-i nc vorba de o profesie. Dar
chiar i aceste trei sferturi de or de materie mi se preau lungi pn la plictiseal cel
mai rece lucru de pe lume, plictiseala. Dup un sfert de or, cel mult, pricepusem tot ce era
de priceput, tot ce srmanul om trebuia s le mai blmjeasc bieilor nc o jumtate de
or; la lectura autorilor eu le-o luam nainte, de altfel citisem nc de-acas, i dac
rmneam cumva dator cu un rspuns, asta se ntmpla numai pentru c eram cu gndul
mult prea departe, la ora urmtoare, m aflam cu trei sferturi de or naintea grosului;
pentru rbdarea mea pritocea prea mult unul i acelai lucru, i ca dovad m apuca
durerea de cap (voia s spun migrena lui) durerea de cap nu se ivea niciodat din
oboseal n urma unui efort, ci din dezgust, din pur plictiseal i, scumpe magistre i
prieten, de cnd nu mai sunt un burlac srind din materie n materie, ci-s cununat cu o
profesie, cu o nvtur, durerea de cap s-a agravat i ea. Dr Faustus
"Dac adevrul nu se afl prin dragoste, oriunde s-ar afla el, nu m intereseaz."

Mircea Eliade

"Appreciate the moment of a first kiss; it may be the last time you own your heart
- Robert M. Drake

vlul, aceast inut funerar alb a virginitii. Dr Faustus

Raiunea i magia, zise el, se ntlnesc fr doar i poate i se contopesc in ceea ce se

cheam nelepciune, iniiere, n credina n stele, n numele... Dr Faustus

se dezlnuise n ea o poft nedomolit de via, ce nu fusese poate niciodat satisfcut,

nzuind la un epilog mai interesant, ntr-o sfer n care domnea mai mult cldur
omeneasc. Dr Faustus

Mai are rost s te-ntrebi dac sunt real, dac exist efectiv? Nu-i oare efectiv ceea ce are
efect, i experiena, senzaia nu sunt adevr? Ceea ce te-nal, ceea ce i sporete
sentimentul de putere i vigoare i dominare, ce naiba, sta-i adevrul chiar dac vzut
din punctul de vedere al moralei ar fi de zece ori minciun. Ce vreau s spun este c un
neadevr de natur a produce o sporire a puterii se poate msura cu orice adevr virtuos
dar sterp. Dr Faustus

Viaa nu-i mofturoas, i pe moral nu d doi bani. Dr Faustus

Semper idem

Rugciunea, continu Breisacher nendurtor, este forma tardiv vulgarizat i diluat

n raionalism a ceva foarte energic, activ i forte: invocarea magic, constrngerea lui
Dumnezeu. Dr F
iar faptul c aveam s fiu din nou n apropierea lui m bucura tare mult dac termenul
acesta "bucurie" mai e potrivit cnd te gndeti la fiorul de ghea, la uoara strngere de
inim puin speriat, la felul lui dureros de a te lsa fr rspuns. Dr F
-am bgat ntr-o cabin, am nghiit o mic pilul i timp de aproximativ douzeci de
minute m-am luptat cu spiriduii spaiului. Lolita

De ce ndjduiam c n strintate vom fi fericii? Schimbarea de mediu constituie erezia

tradiional pe care se ntemeiaz iubirile i plmnii condamnai. Lolita

Inima mea era un organ isteric i nu-mi inspira ncredere. Lolita

Trecutul e suportabil numai cnd simi c-i eti superior, nu cnd, contient de neputina
actual, trebuie s cti gura la el ca un nerod. Dr Faustus

La cursul de filozofie am nvat c a stabili limite nseamn a le fi i clcat. Dr Faustus

Solomon saith: There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination,
that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Solomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty
is but oblivion. Francis Bacon: Essays LVIII

"Un pahar de vin de Alsacia i o bucat de pine cinstit - iat cel mai bun prnz din cte
pot exista."

(c) Herman Hesse - Lupul de step

We can never be for anyone as long as we are against

ourselves. To be against others is to be against ourselves. This is a
spiritual and psychological truth. The most corrupt thing that we can do
is to judge someone. To suppress another individual and take away
another's aliveness is one of the most negative and self-destructive
behaviors a person can have. Beyond Positive Thinking
The secret of the ages, the one most
incredible truth that very few realize, is that at the Being level, which we
will call your Higher Self, you are spiritually whole, complete and perfect.
Just as a drop of water has all the qualities of the ocean, you have all
the qualities of the Creator within you. Beyond Positive Thinking

Let me ask you, Do you like yourself? Do you trust yourself? Do

you keep promises that you make to yourself? Do you think that you're a
good person? Are you yourself most of the time, or have you developed
an act to cover up who you are? If you had a friend who treated you like
you treat yourself, or talked to you the way that you talk to yourself, and
broke commitments to you the way that you break commitments to
yourself, do you think you'd keep him as a friend? Let's face it, you
probably wouldn't want that type of person around. Beyond Positive Thinking

If you look at a half-finished house that is under construction, you

don't condemn it for its unfinished condition. You don't say it's inferior to
another house, nor are you concerned with its appearance. All you do is
realize its need for additional work. Adopt this way of thinking toward
yourself. Whatever your present condition, just realize the need for more
construction. Be patient with yourself, but be firm toward the necessary
work that needs to be done. Beyond Positive Thinking

If you no longer know what to do, this process of self-evaluation

is a very good path to finding yourself. It will help you to understand that
the mechanical thinking process cannot rise above its own limited level.
If you're not sure what to do or if you have any anxiety, don't try to seek
release from the anxiety. Just stay where you are and let it tell you
something extraordinary, and it will. Beyond Positive Thinking

"It's like me to be a winner." "It's like me to be loving." "It's like me to be

successful." "It's like me to outgoing."

A person with a strong sense of self-worth says, "I can handle

anything. I don't know how to handle it yet, but I didn't need to know how
to do this until now. Now that its here, the information will come
through." Everything then becomes an opportunity to learn and do more.

The truth is that life flows from Being to Doing into Having. If you
are being happy and satisfied - from the inside out - you will start doing
what happy and satisfied people do, and you will have what happy and
satisfied people have. One of the Buddha's greatest contributions was
his teaching that desire creates suffering. This means that when you
want something more and you don't accept what you already have, you
will suffer. Now, this doesn't mean that you shouldn't create more things
in your life. On the contrary, you and I are purposeful, creative beings.

"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better."

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I accept this or SOMETHING BETTER. Please make whatever takes

place for the highest good of myself and everyone else involved.

What others think of you has no meaning whatsoever. It is all

part of a stage performance. The frightened actors and actresses have
mutual contracts for keeping the drama going. If you will leave the stage
and just be yourself, you will lose your fear of not getting approval. Only
an actor worries over a bad performance.

The solution is to determine exactly what you want and go for it.
Can you articulate what you want your life to look like? What is
important to you? If you can answer this honestly, you are off to a good
start. And as you do this please treat yourself with kindness and
respect. Dont put yourself down if you havent been living the life that
you really want. What you have done in the past has nothing to do with
what you would like to do in the present. Respect the life that youve
been living even though you might want to change it. Its all part of
loving yourself.

When you are conscious that you are not present, something interesting happens you
ARE present!

Ce valuri mari..., spuse Thomas Buddenbrook. Vin i se sfarm, vin i se sfarm, unele
dup altele, fr sfrit, i fr int, pustii i nebune. i totui ele te linitesc i te mngie,
ca tot ce e simplu i necesar. Mi-e tot mai drag marea... Poate c altdat preferam munii
numai fiindc erau mai departe. Acum nu mai mi-e dor de ei. Cred c mi-ar fi fric i
ruine n muni. Sunt prea semei, prea capricioi i variai... e sigur c m-a simi umilit n
faa lor. Dar ce fel de oameni sunt aceia care prefer monotonia mrii? Cred c sunt
oameni care au observat prea ndelung i prea adnc ct de complicate sunt procesele
luntrice pentru a nu cere nainte de toate cel puin un lucru celor exterioare: simplitate...
Faptul c la munte trebuie s urci voinicete, n timp ce la mare te odihneti tolnit pe
plaj, este de cea mai mic nsemntate. Dar eu tiu ct deosebire exist ntre privirile ce
admir munii i acelea care contempl marea. Ochii siguri, drji, fericii i plini de spirit
ntreprinztor, de energie i de poft de via zboar din pisc n pisc, dar pentru a visa n
faa acestei nemrginite ntinderi de ape care i rostogolete valurile cu un fatalism mistic,
nruitor, trebuie s ai o privire nvluit, dezndjduit, atottiutoare, care a cobort
cndva, undeva, n adncuri de triste vrtejuri... Sntate i boal: asta-i deosebirea, ne
crm rzbttori prin minunata diversitate a formelor accidentate, ameitor de nalte,
prpstioase, pentru a ne pune la ncercare fora vital din care nc n-am irosit nimic. Dar
cnd suntem obosii de vrtejurile din propriul nostru suflet, vasta simplitate a lucrurilor
din afar ne odihnete.

Orice iubire e ca un monodeism: voluntar la inceput, patologic pe urma. Ultima noapte

Cineva. O subtila abdicare lingvistica de la implicare. Eseuri de indragostit