Saturday, February 16, 2008
Quotes mean alot to many people
There are thousands of different kinds and millions more I guess.
From the good, to the lame, and to the famous ones.
And I think many people have a certain quote or a few that they live by.
To guide them in their life.
Be it for daily use, or to follow a certain direction.
Quotes can be powerful motivators.
However, people have got to know what quotes best suit them, and how mixing too many and making too big a deal out of them could be contraindicating, especially if it doesnt suit their personality.
Take for example the quote by Kurt Hahn
"We are all better than we know. If we can be taught this, we may never again settle for anything less"
True. I like this.
Then how about this.
"The past is an experience, the present is your experiment, the future is your expectations.
So use your experience in your experiment to achieve your expectations"
This.
Makes sense.
But.
I have a problem with it.
You look into the past, and look at your successes and FAILURES. The good and the BAD. And you use these experiences to experiment with new ways to do things to prevent past errors so that you can achieve what you want in the future.
However.
I'm someone who has a problem looking into the past and all the stuff that I have done wrong or regretted doing.
I'm good at moving on immediately and forgetting stuff.
But once I start thinking about the past, I only think about the event, and not how to correct it. My emotions will get control of me here.
It just doesnt get through no matter how hard I try.
So that's why it's important to keep track of what quotes you think you need to use.
Lose control of them, or get too obsessed with them, and you may end up losing yourself and not know who you are.
Sounds alien.
But.
True.
I've been having dreams abt the same thing for the past week.
It's rather tiring.
will YOU be my escape?
9:05:00 pm
