When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I remember things too easily forgotten:
The purity of early love,
The maturity of unselfish love that asks --
desires -- nothing but another's good,
The idealism that has persisted through all the tempest of life.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can find a quiet assurance, an inner peace, in the core of my being.
It can face the doubt, the loneliness, the anxiety,
Can accept these harsh realities and can even grow
Because of these challenges to my essential being.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can sense my basic humanity,
And then I know that all men and women are my brothers and sisters.
Nothing but my own fear and distrust can separate me from the love of friends.
If I can trust others, accept them, enjoy them,
Then my life shall surely be richer and more full.
If I can accept others, this will help them to be more truly themselves,
And they will be more able to accept me.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I know how much life has given me:
The history of the race, friends and family,
The opportunity to work, the chance to build myself.
Then wells within me the urge to live more abundantly,
With greater trust and joy,
With more profound seriousness and earnest service,
And yet more calmly at the heart of life.

Paul Beattie

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Innovation is a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don't.
If you've ever marvelled at somebody's creative prowess, guess what,
you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative.
The box of crayons in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed potential;
because the truth is, everybody has potential.

You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to
never commit the same mistake again? It's the same with innovation.
It takes a  bit of practice and a lot of time before this mind function
comes easily  when called. This article will teach you a few tips on
how to bring innovation into your life.

Don't listen to what other people say. Follow the beat of your own drum.
Allowing for the input of other people will only bring cacophony to the music
you are trying to make. If you have an original idea, don't waste your time
and effort trying to make people understand. They won't. And the help
you will probably get comes in the form of negative feedback.
If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably
still be living in the middle ages.

Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please
do not mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely.
Do not. This involves some tricky time management but with
a little discipline you'll be able to squeeze both in.

Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphins
coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxes
your mind and allows for anything to pop up.

Record your dreams
Aren't some of them just the craziest things
that your conscious mind would never have thought of? If you've
had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only shows you
the untapped innovative power you have lying within.
So jot down those notes. Those dreams may just create
an innovative spark in you.

Find your own style
You can always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse.
You'll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on
the paper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate your
innovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one
else would have thought of what you were thinking.
That will let people see how valuable an asset you are.

Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the
most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece.
The same way with writing. You don't need some expensive
fountain pen and really smooth paper for a bestseller.
In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter Series
on bits of tissue. So what if you've got an expensive SLR camera
if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you've got a blinging
laptop if you can't write at all? The artist actually reduces the number
of tools he has as he gets better at his craft:
he knows what works and what doesn't.

Nothing will work without passion.
What wakes you up in the mornings?
What keeps the flame burning?
What is the one thing that "you'll die of" if you don't do?

Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the people
who want it more. Think the hare and the tortoise.
Ellen Degeneres once said that if you're not doing something
that you want to do, then you don't really want to do it.
And that's true. Sometimes you just want something
so bad you become a virtual unstoppable.
And that is passion. Passion will keep you going.

Don't worry about inspiration.
You can't force it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to,
for those unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare.
An idea could strike you on the subway, yet alas,
you poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper
to scribble down a thought that could change the world.
Avoid these disasters.
Have a pen and paper within your arm's reach at all times.

I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into your life.

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return.
But what is more painful is to love someone and never
find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who
means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was
never meant to be and you just have to let go.

3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away
feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose
it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives.

5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an
hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it
takes a lifetime to forget someone.

6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth,
even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you
smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day
seem bright.

7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go,
be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.

8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it
hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck
a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may
heal and bless.

10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
of everything they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way.

11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with
a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you were smiling. Live your life so that when you die,
you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

~ Unknown

I was able to get my mac up and running in the mountains and just
wanted to post this on my blog before 2009 was all gone.

Wish you all a happy new year ;-)

Sincerely,
arthur

Sofus is asleep next to the fireplace!

If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)

Mother Teresa made a strong impact on me when I was a young boy. I do remember that there were alot of jokes flying around at the time she received The Nobel Peace Price in 1979. I guess, because people really did not know what she was up too. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. In this blog post I have written down a few of he her qutoes. When you read them, I guess you and I have to stop, think and readjust. What a great inspiration she was, and still is. Please read more about her at wikipedia.


"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
Mother Teresa

"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action."
Mother Teresa

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa

"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."
Mother Teresa

"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody."
Mother Teresa

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the
airplane when the stranger turned to her and said,
'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you

strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed
it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What would you
like to talk about?'

'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about
nuclear power?' and he smiles.

OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic.
But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow,
and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - . Yet a
deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a
flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried
grass. Why do you suppose that is?'

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's
intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have
no idea.'

To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel
qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't
know shit?

Igot this from a friend of mine. You have probably heard it before, but anyway.