Asia & Chocolate

"The kind of thinking that will solve the world's problems will be of a different order to the kind of thinking that created those problems in the first place." - Albert Einstein

"Dear Sir: What is wrong with the world? I am. Yours sincerely, G.K.Chesterton" 

Just finished "In Her Shoes" ...

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
                                    i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

ee cummings

I love this man ...

Now most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.

                                                                                    

What’s Wrong with the World, by G.K. Chesterton

I feel like I'm both ends of this ...

Often we were decisive--and intimidating. We were determined--and disrespectful. Instead of understanding that some people thrive in more contemplative environments, we communicated with people in ways that implied we thought they were slow or weak. We were blind on how much our drivenness communicated that we believed others lacked passion and importance simply because they did not strive to accomplish as many goals or objectives as we did. Ironically, that same drivenness came from a desire to succeed and to bless the people around us. But our attitudes and our behaviors put people off and caused conflict.

                                                                      

Peacemaking Women, by Tara Klena Barthel and Judy Dabler

(HT: Solo Femininity)

A modern day hero ...

I own a Mac. I own an iPod. I love them, no, adore them, dearly. I think Steve Jobs is super genius and I watched all 1 hour 45 minutes and 25 seconds of his Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address. I sat mesmerized at the new iPhone. I immediately fell in love and began saving my money for the June release.

Why is Mac so wonderful, so addicting? People who own PC's and use them don't think of their computers as anything special. They tend to get the job done and you go on with their lives. But owning a Mac is an experience. It's almost religious. Why is that? Why are people obsessed with Mac culture and Mac products. Why do people adore Steve Jobs?

I read this excerpt today from a letter written by a man named Bob Lefsetz (not linked to his site on account of filthy language).

We Americans are looking for something to believe in. We can’t believe in politicians. And we can’t believe in the whored out musicians. But we can believe in Steve Jobs. The seemingly uncompromised guru who won’t do just anything for a buck.

The labels wanted to raise the price at the iTunes Store?

Steve gave them the middle finger. Even though he could have blamed the price increase on them. Maybe even made more money. It just wasn’t RIGHT!

Who ... makes decisions based on what’s RIGHT anymore? I mean you do, but you’ve got no power. But here’s a guy with ALL the money and ALL the power and he leaves all his alliances, all the [crap], out of his decision-making process.

Is that why we love Steve Jobs? He's the hero in a world without heroes? Probably so.

(HT: Cult of Mac)

Zzzzzz ... zzzzz ... zzz .... zzzzzzzzz

"I think I have been looking at rest as comfort instead of resting deep in soul in the battle of this life." - Jen Pinkner, my college pastor's wife

To help battle laziness ...

“Now if you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.”

–George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

I plan to share this with my 7th grade class tomorrow.

(HT: Mike Hyatt)

Shared in devotions a few mornings ago ...

"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision."

Helen Keller