30-11-11 – value

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.” – John Ruskin

 

29-11-11 – here I am, send me

May you be dissatisfied with just believing.
May you be dissatisfied with just doing.
May you be dissatisfied with loving at ease.
May you be dissatisfied with the state of the world.

Instead,

May you have a mind fixated upon the Lord.
May you have a heart through which Christ loves.
A hand through which Christ helps and a voice through which Christ speaks the truth.

 

“Here I am, send me.” – Isaiah 6:8

28-11-11 – get up!

What’s the use of talent if you ain’t got the time? Without expression it lays dormant, existing only in the form of wild dreams. Get up I say! Get up! Make time!

 

 

Make art.

27-11-11 – glow

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” – Anon.

26-11-11 – we like to move it move it

“Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.” – Martha Graham

25-11-11 – mind you, it’s nearly 2am

“It is not how you spend the time so much as who you spend it with.” – and yes, you can quote me on that one. Before I go any further, I have decided to continue the late night posts on Friday nights in hopes it may eventuate into a habit of sorts. If last week’s post was any indication, these posts will be weird and wonderful with the latter resting entirely on your interpretation. Oh c’mon guys, I can hear you groaning, at least try to hide it underneath a smiling poker face.

There we go, much prettier! Read on.

Time, company, activity. Three things people go to lengths to seek, enjoy and may also be commonly swapped for another commodity; money. Order is irrelevant; through the combination of these does one hope to find happiness. Let’s apply this formula to Friday nights.

1. 3 hours, friends, dinner.

2. 4 hours, room full of 80% strangers, clubbing.

3. endless, family, being a family.

It would be unfair to rate any of the above as I find them all to be formulas that lead to a fabulous night, regardless. True story. We’ve all been there (and I daresay y’all have been there with me on most occasions too.) So what gives?

Good question. Nothing gives like a good night in with lovable members of kin. Y’know, the ones we swore were the most annoying beings at one point or another. As you may have guessed, I took option 3 as to give myself a chance at being a kid again. And by golly it felt good.

Eager for dinner to be served, the sibling and I plotted how to tackle the task before us. He’d finished exams, I’d finished a week of work (same diff, same diff!). A whole night ahead of us and the idea of Pixar and Studio Ghibli seemed fool proof. And they sure were; for if we weren’t fools before, we were certainly in a dizzy haze of good buzz and laughing like fools by the end of the night. Bliss.

Mind you, I’d spend all Friday nights like tonight if the universe allowed. Because love (and good food, laughs and grandpa’s old cameras) really is all you need.

Peace out.

ps. (‘peace out’ seemed entirely appropriate at the time of posting. 2 minutes away from 2am and the crazy has hit again!)

24-11-11 – bus etiquette

Never ever give yourself an excuse to be rude. Especially if your reason is another person’s rudeness. (A little cheek on occasion though, is entirely acceptable.)

23-11-11 – hip hip hooray!

And at that moment, he was invincible.

22-11-11 – louder

“Preach the Gospel always and when necessary, use words.” – St Francis of Assisi

21-11-11 – live and let live

“Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.” – Anon.