Read this quote today by this gentleman, Hugh B. Brown -
"Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two." - Hugh B. Brown
Profound. I don't see too many ways in which the spirit of what he said could have been expressed more clearly in simpler words. Curious, I searched online about him, and the results impressed me even more...Click here to know more about him if the bug bites you too ;)
I read this and I was wondering how it is so easy for some people to put their thoughts to words...wish I had the knack...think I could make a small difference to my life and hopefully...to a few more if I had the skills!
By the by, read the quote more than once...at different speeds...and notice the barrage of thoughts that enter your conscious mind when you start thinking on the same...the different events in your lives - they could be small events, insignificant moments where you did something you didn't intend to or did it in a manner you didn't intend to - will just pop out of nowhere and you'll be surprised how our minds are always ready to throw up our mistakes in front of us the moment they see us vulnerable enough! ;) To the brain's credit, that's good...because it shows that it is always ready to help one improve oneself...
But on the other hand, it also shows what an absolute sadist the mind is!! Like a shark....it will eat itself up when it has no other option for food!! ;) ;O)
Waaah! what an analogy!!!!
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P.S. The only difference here being that the shark ends up killing itself, while the mind grows the more it eats itself (introspects)... :D
"Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two." - Hugh B. Brown
Profound. I don't see too many ways in which the spirit of what he said could have been expressed more clearly in simpler words. Curious, I searched online about him, and the results impressed me even more...Click here to know more about him if the bug bites you too ;)
I read this and I was wondering how it is so easy for some people to put their thoughts to words...wish I had the knack...think I could make a small difference to my life and hopefully...to a few more if I had the skills!
By the by, read the quote more than once...at different speeds...and notice the barrage of thoughts that enter your conscious mind when you start thinking on the same...the different events in your lives - they could be small events, insignificant moments where you did something you didn't intend to or did it in a manner you didn't intend to - will just pop out of nowhere and you'll be surprised how our minds are always ready to throw up our mistakes in front of us the moment they see us vulnerable enough! ;) To the brain's credit, that's good...because it shows that it is always ready to help one improve oneself...
But on the other hand, it also shows what an absolute sadist the mind is!! Like a shark....it will eat itself up when it has no other option for food!! ;) ;O)
Waaah! what an analogy!!!!
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P.S. The only difference here being that the shark ends up killing itself, while the mind grows the more it eats itself (introspects)... :D
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