There's Always More

 We live in a such a creative world!! … below are my favorites and there will be more I’ll keep adding on. Websites: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck ............................................................................................................................................................................... This piece of art captures the despair AND the hope each of us experience in our relationship where all too often our adult selves have created a distancing and turning away. Two adults sitting with their backs to each other. Yet, the inner child in bot of them simply wants to connect. Age has many beautiful gifts, but one we could live without is pride and resentment we hold on to when we have conflicts with others. The forgiving, free spirit of children is our true nature. Remember this when you feel stubborn. ............................................................................................................................................................................... Steve Jobs’ Last Words: I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death. In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds. I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer… Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth… Should be something that is more important: Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days... Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me. What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love. That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands. What is the most expensive bed in the world? - "Sick bed" … You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – "Life". When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – "Book of Healthy Life". Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends... Treat yourself well. Cherish others. ............................................................................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................................................................

Please take a look at this evocative sculpture from a ‘Burning Man Gathering’. For those of you who don’t know about the Burning Man events, it is a gathering of people looking to express their full humanity through art, music and other creative expressions. They camp out together in a way that is respectful of the environment and at the end of their time together much of the camp and creative expressions are burned – hence ‘Burning Man’ (http://burningman.org/).

 

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