Back to blogging

Wow... it's been two years since I made any posts. Life is too hectic! My job is killing all my time. However, it is paying my bills. I guess you can't have the best of both world, eh?
Now is the start of our amazing trip through the United States. Estimated arrival 4 weeks later. Estimated 12000-13000 kms.

Kids today have no concept of reality...

Here's some advice Bill Gates dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good politically correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1:Life is not fair - get used to it.

Rule 2:The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3:You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone, until you earn both.

Rule 4:If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Rule 5:Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

Rule 6:If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7:Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So, before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8:Your school may have done away with winners and losers but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9:Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10:Television is NOT real life (nor are video games). In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11:Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one!!

Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to feel discouraged
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to feel angry
If a child lives with violence, he learns to feel afraid
If a child lives with dishonesty, he learns to feel suspicious
If a child lives with judgment, he learns to feel guilty
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to feel ashamed
If a child lives with disorder, he learns to feel confused
If a child lives with disappointment, he learns to feel helpless
If a child lives with silence, he learns to feel lonely

BUT

If a child lives with protection, he learns to feel safe
If a child lives with honesty, he learns to feel trustful
If a child lives with peace, he learns to feel calm
If a child lives with sharing, he learns to feel thankful
If a child lives with understanding, he learns to feel encouraged
If a child lives with laughter, he learns to feel happy
If a child lives with creativity, he learns to feel inspired
If a child lives with choice, he learns to feel free
If a child lives with community, he learns to feel supported
If a child lives with accomplishment, he learns to feel confident
If a child lives with meaning, he learns to feel fulfilled
If a child lives with love, he learns to feel tender

(by Duen Hsi Yen)

WITH WHAT IS YOUR CHILD LIVING?

Zig Zag

Life is rarely linear. There will always be zigzags on the way to your goals. As Henry Ford said: Obstacles are just those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal....

New eyes

One day a wealthy man took his son on a trip to the countryside to live for a few days on a farm with a poor family. His goal was to teach his son a lesson on what it means to be POOR. When they returned, the man asked his son "Son, what did you learn about what it means to be poor?"

The son said, "I learned that we have one dog, they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the end of our garden, bu they have creek with no end. We have imported lanterns, but they have the stars at night. We have a small piece of land, they have fields that go beyond sight. We buy our food, they grow theirs. We have walls around our property but they have friends to protect them."

The man was stunned. "Yes dad, you showed me how poor we truly are!" said the son.

With an open mind, our new eyes creates new reality. "The voyage of true discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with NEW EYES." -- Marcel Proust