We always have schedules to keep, deadlines to meet and down right expectations to beat. But in this world, its the random things(and I mean random things) that will keep us smiling and keep us going.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Inspiration
Today, I realize the true meaning of Rudyard Kipling's poem: "If".
I was pushed to the absolute edge of my abilities in the pool (I do swim competitively) and for some reason, all the things I thought I needed to push myself competitively were forgotten (I usually think my pride in being a swimmer is what keeps me pushing myself). But that notion collapsed on me today, and I was forced to take a good look at myself while in the pool in between our 15 second rests...Then it hit me. I remembered the time I was just looking around on the Internet (youtube) when I came across a particular poem ("If") and even though I was just looking at it for fun, at the time I was on the edge, I could hear the lines crisp and fresh in my mind.
"If you can dream and not make dreams your master,
If you can think and not make thought your aim....
If you can meat with triumph and disaster,
and treat those two imposter's just the same"
And it just helped me to keep going and going and going....Just pure Inspiration.
I was pushed to the absolute edge of my abilities in the pool (I do swim competitively) and for some reason, all the things I thought I needed to push myself competitively were forgotten (I usually think my pride in being a swimmer is what keeps me pushing myself). But that notion collapsed on me today, and I was forced to take a good look at myself while in the pool in between our 15 second rests...Then it hit me. I remembered the time I was just looking around on the Internet (youtube) when I came across a particular poem ("If") and even though I was just looking at it for fun, at the time I was on the edge, I could hear the lines crisp and fresh in my mind.
"If you can dream and not make dreams your master,
If you can think and not make thought your aim....
If you can meat with triumph and disaster,
and treat those two imposter's just the same"
And it just helped me to keep going and going and going....Just pure Inspiration.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Pancakes vs. Waffles
This is an epicly random question thats always bothered me...On the pancake side, we have a warm, round, buttery piece of delight. In the waffle corner, its ten times the syrup and therefore ten times the fun. Haha. In my own humble abode, most everyone, impulsively, eats pancakes for breakfast, but I've never enjoyed them as much as they did...So I must say, I'm in favor of the waffle multiplication side. But, honestly, what do you think??
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