Circumstance is a choice, not chance.
Posts Tagged ‘choice’
20120929
In aphorism, proverb on 20121021 at 22:06The fool are rank-focused, guided by pride. The wise are task-focused, guided by progress.
Life without risk is certain death. Death with certain risk is life.
Who does not laugh is the joke.
The foe to a fool is so a foe to a fool’s friends, too.
You may very well be a product of your environment, so choose wisely your environment.
20111215
In aphorism, proverb, rumination on 20111215 at 23:34Ability, without acting on the ability, is perhaps a greater disability than to never have had the ability.
If another is in need, and I do not help -I have so wasted an opportunity to exercise my ability, and in doing so, I have given up my ability. I am without ability.
A few create the system.
Many perpetuate the system.
Some work the system.
Too few challenge the system.
History shapes us.
Culture enables us.
Humanity entitles us.
Choice defines us.
I am as much a product of my own choice as I am of genetics or environment.
20111015
In aphorism, proverb, rumination on 20111015 at 23:06Consumer choice is your loudest voice.
Consumer choice, not just citizen vote.
Citizen vote is a right.
Consumer choice is a responsibility.
Example will lead where Result will follow.
Disengage the television; dare to envision.
《A Linguist’s Wish》
May you always love language
and seek understanding –
for knowledge is held in the mind,
but shared in the word.
20111012
In rumination, tale on 20111012 at 13:14《Sink or Swim》
This is the story of how a child, a boat, a voice, and a choice found each other:
On some days, the sun shines and the wind blows.
It is on these days that boats float and children dream.
On the breath of the wind, billowing white clouds moved with silent excitement across blue skies and gazed deeply over still blue waters.
Far down below, a Child found a boat, and soon found herself afloat in the boat. But for shame, as the child would soon also find herself in a boat with a leak.
The stillness of the water slowly, but surely, greeted the shell with its silent entrance.
And so the Child did what only the Child could do, and that was to lift the water out again to the expanse of the blue.
Stymied, the Child thought, “I just wanted to go for a sail, but instead, I find myself with water to bail.”
A Voice said to the child, “It seems that would make you a plumber, not a sailor.”
The truth in these words so captivated the Child’s mind that the Child didn’t stop to question from where the voice came, but continued moving the water.
With a sigh, the Child replied, “‘Tis true -but I haven’t a choice, have I? I can only hope to stay afloat. How can I even dream of sailing this boat?”
“Oh, but you do and you can!” said the Voice. “You do have the choice to go overboard or to give up your dream. But, either way, you must abandon the naiveté with which you first boarded this boat.”
In silence, the child continued to empty the water from the proa back into the blue.
“Shall you jump ship and learn to swim? Or shall you give up your dream?”
The Voice waited.
The rhythmic sound of water leaving the boat ceased.
The Child peered into the water, leaning over the edge of the boat. And for the first time, the Child caught sight of her own face in the undulating mirror.
But in doing so, the Child had rocked the boat, to the point that more water threatened to claim its whole. And without thinking, the Child quickly returned to the center of the boat, seeking balance and stability.
The rocking slowed, and the Child at last spoke. “I must lead with my brain, but I must also follow my heart.”
Splash! The boat rocked once more.
And the silence that ensued was followed only by a ripple so large that spread so far, that its waves reached well beyond the limits of her shore.
20110811
In aphorism, proverb on 20110811 at 14:20Action follows values,
values follow desire,
desire follows choice.
Values are the mold into which desire is poured and action is set.
20110810
In aphorism, proverb on 20110810 at 11:44Even when the waves stop crashing, there is still surface tension.
Every day offers a choice, every day affords a new chance.
Be certain only of uncertainty.
20110703
In aphorism, proverb on 20110704 at 10:20The fool prematurely kills off the sickly plant that simply needed pruning, watering, and nurturing.
The fool sooner pulls a seedling than waters it, fearing it a weed and too impatient to find it a rose.
Prune the rose bush back to the ground, and watch her grow back stronger and more beautiful yet.
To avenge is to have mercy on; to ignore is to torture.
A mountain without a valley is but an elevated plain.
A mountain is born of its valley.
Remove choice from others and bear responsibility alone.
A single grain of sand weathers the beating of the entire ocean.
