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Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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Hmm
Needed some time
So I could find
A little strength to redefine
What I’ve become
What I have done
I never asked to be the one
I’m riding it out
This storm that you brought in
Bringing it down
I’ll be around
For you I go again
It’s gotta be
Easy to see
What everyone takes out of me
Knocking me down
Dragging me out
How did you end up in that crowd?
Did you run away?
Did you fall apart?
Do you see yourself, for what you are?
Will you be looking for it anymore?
When five becomes four
When you’re all alone with the melody
Do you close your eyes
And think of me?
Will you still hear me singing anymore?
When five becomes four
Try and put aside
Your history and pride
Maybe for one
Moment in time
We’ll all be on your side
The story goes
Nobody knows
What it was like when you would throw
Someone who cared
Out in the air
Then let 'em crash down anywhere
Did you run away?
Did you fall apart?
Do you see yourself, for what you are?
Will you be looking for it anymore?
When five becomes four
When you’re all alone with the melody
Do you close your eyes
And think of me?
Will you still hear me singing anymore?
When five becomes four
Remember the line
Never say die
You were the reason I survived
Where did you go?
I need to know
I waited here, you never showed
Its gonna be
Harder for me
I can’t forgive so many things
When you weren’t there
I was around
Why would try and hurt me now
Just tell me why
Just tell me why
Did you run away?
Did you fall apart?
Do you see yourself, for what you are?
Will you be looking for it anymore?
When five becomes four
When you’re all alone with the melody
Do you close your eyes
And think of me?
Will you still hear me singing anymore?
When five becomes four
When five becomes four
When five becomes four
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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Mayo and Beers
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls..
He then asked the students again if the jar was full..
They agreed it was..
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed..
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.
Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented..
The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'
The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.
Friday, 25 July 2008
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Shine
We are all like fireworks.
We climb, shine and always go our separate ways and become further apart.
But even if that time comes...
Let's not disappear like one.
Continue to shine.
Forever.
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
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Time Value of Time
I came up with this rather confusing idea while sitting half-asleep in an actuary lecture (for those who don't know-my natural state
).
Some of us probably understand the time value of money (perhaps all too well, or not well enough, depending on who you are). Time is money. That intuitively makes perfect sense. So, how can time be worth more time?
The basic idea is that we should treasure the time we have now. We won't get another chance to relive our experiences-rather, we will most likely waste a significant amount of time reflecting on what we once had, if only we had realised how valuable it was then.
During which, we could quite possibly have been somewhere else, doing something else, with someone else (who knows?), filling in the gaping whole left behind by all our regrets.
And we all know there that will lead...
Bottom line, study hard, play hard, forget the past, treasure the present, but live for the future.
Hopefully, when that inevitable day comes when you have nothing else to do, you can look back, and think "A life well lived".
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
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so, background, yes/no?
it's still a work in progress, though, since i am extremely tired, and i always get up at 6 in the morning. so yes.
i'll fix it up tomorrow. the background cool? or is it better if i did blue swords on a black background?
~ J
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