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| Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech (1994)"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?...
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to manifest the glory of God within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others."
- thought i'd share this speech with you all. i thought it's a powerful one.
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| penny....life...significance...so today i was told with a little story, well more like a metaphor, of
a penny. it's quite simple, and im not surprised if you've heard about
it or something similar before. it starts with a penny. yes. for those
of you who don't know what penny means, it means 1 cent = 1/5 nicle =
1/10 dime = 1/25 quarter = 1/100 dollar. yes , fairly small amount of
money if you may say. it is almost worth of nothing. people who have a
lot of pennies tents to not care if they ever loose any of them.
however, if you collect a whole bunch of them, then you will get
some serious amount of money. and it will be significant. there's a
funny thing about that if you go around toronto collecting all the
pennies that ppl threw away, you can make youself a millionair right
away. crazy eh?
so i was just thinking...maybe thats what we should think in terms of
our lives. do you often think that you want to do so much to influence
so many people, yet feeling powerless? do you feel that your idea is
way too large that it's just impossible to carry on within your limited
amount of life time? i cerntainly do. and honestly it completely
disapointed and of cousre discourage me. so then i just shrugged off
the idea and just accepted the things as they are. isn that sad? is
that supposed to be how it is?
i realized that no its not. perhaps, we're all like pennies. perhaps i
don't need to worry about all those pennies out there. perhaps i'll
just live with my own penny, my own idea. and il spend my life carrying
this idea onto just one person...only one...so when i die, that person
would have 2 pennies. with him/her. and if he/she does the same thing,
next person would have 3. so in years. it won't be just one penny. but
a whole lot of them all together. and when it happens, that's when
soemthign significant will occur. a change, a movement, a revolution.
perhaps, when that happens, then it's no longer an idea, but a belief.
i won't be just a dream, but a dream come true. a surprising reality.
is this a good news? yes and no. but i personally believe that, because
of it, i have courage to carrying on my own idea, my penny, live it and
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| yet another entryvarious ppl had came up to me to ask me why i 've posted my xanga up
but havn even blog it yet. good question...then id ask ppl, do u
literally write ppl email abot ur everyday(every half day even) story?
if u dun..maybe then i dun blog everyday cuz not everyday's worth
written on this online thingy.
suggestion...call me or talk to me on msn....maybe ul just get da first hand info...hows that?
things been happening around. way too much that im discouraged to use
written words to discribe them. if ur curious u may ask me then i mite
tell u some.
i hav so many quesitons and doubts its not even a joke. funny thing
is...ppl can nervous trying to defend themselves when im not really
even asking them abot what theyr thinkin....wha a joke....why r ppl so
defensive? and we call ourselves christians?...cant even b a normal
human being...its a shame.
shame as it is..ur prob alreayd getin nervous or even offended by
readin this eh...again ...if it causes ur curiousity..by all mean, msg
me or write me or even better, call me.
please do
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| just a side note:
stephen e. quinlan building IS Seneca @ York building
feel free to drop by:)
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| damn its been a loooonnnnngggg time since i last blogged. yeup..life's been different. thins happened. but here's the most recent events with me. i think mosta ya alreayd knew abot them but this is just in case if u hav ea short term memroy like me.
1. im no longer with ryerson continue education anymore. instead, i got accepted to seneca college (york campus)'s digital media arts, whichs the practical side of new media. so its sitl waht i study. today's the first day of class and so far so good.
2. i spent my holidays in california with my aunts and da family. it rained, i hated it, but da trip was good time. grand canyon was the highlight of the whole trip. let me know if u want to see some pix wev taken. mind u tho, i looked absolutely horrible. why? GOd knos.
3. im now financially in danger cuz of this minor car accident i got before christmas , which costed me $1500 on repairing ( DAMN!). and since my class schedule conflicted with my only lifeguard shift, im no in need of a new job. until then. im short of cash, meaning i wont b able to go out and get drinks as much as i did before:S
k well thaz abot it for now. now tha i hav some freetimes during da day at school, il b able to blog a few here and there. if all fails, u'all stil hav my msn so do make sure to fire up. if u wanna catch me to chil, u kno where to find me.
for those who go to york university, my building's the stephen e. quinlan building by the head of pond rd. so ur around sometimes. let me know and we'l meet up.
k...abot it now. i shall catch ya'all soon with new topics | | |
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