"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things [that] you didn't do
than by the ones [that] you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
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About Moi
- Bo
- United Kingdom
- Budding scholar, voice student, horn student, piano princess, swim buff, choir nerd, practice fiend, exchange student, former cathedral chorister, Dean's chorister, young diva
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Approval, Acceptance, and Moving On
**In the name of Jesus Christ, I protect this blog and my future thoughts. I also ask for protection against any emotional upheaval that may impair my mind. Jesus, I am so close to finishing. Help me to successfully cross the finish line.**
Regarding my recent post on Palestrina enlightenment, my DA said this is a "very convincing interpretation." Kudos to me and him!
I am editing what is to be the second draft of my dissertation, and hopefully the final if it passes the boards and I do what is required.
On to other things on my mind. I've been thinking a lot lately about the famous phrase "Never make someone a priority when they make you an option." Why spend all of your energy chasing after someone that doesn't want to be chased?
I get on Facebook and turn my chat on. Before I know it, around 5 friends have popped up with messages saying "Hi! How are ya?" or picking up where the last conversation left off. Some friends will just greet me with a "hey" while others do so with a nickname or even a smiley, or both. These are the people I must commit my energy towards.
When friends remove you from their Facebook friends list, or from the friendship in general, this is not my fault. It is sad to see them go. Sometimes they are influenced by others viewpoints about me. The only way I can change that is responding in love and living well, succeeding in life. Get my Ph.D., achieve my dream job, etc. A response in anger only fuels the fire for more hate. This has happened to me a lot this year. Perhaps I am too naive to accept that most people don't follow their own gut.
"Keep your face always towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
This is the quote I have found for my dissertation. In my interpretation, the sunshine, or light of any form, represents love. The shadows, or darkness, is the sinful hate and bitterness that plagues all of us so much. Humanity, as a whole, longs to be unconditionally loved and accepted for who they are, right now--not who they were or who they can be. If one keeps their face towards those who love them for who they are, then the others don't matter anymore.
Regarding my recent post on Palestrina enlightenment, my DA said this is a "very convincing interpretation." Kudos to me and him!
I am editing what is to be the second draft of my dissertation, and hopefully the final if it passes the boards and I do what is required.
On to other things on my mind. I've been thinking a lot lately about the famous phrase "Never make someone a priority when they make you an option." Why spend all of your energy chasing after someone that doesn't want to be chased?
I get on Facebook and turn my chat on. Before I know it, around 5 friends have popped up with messages saying "Hi! How are ya?" or picking up where the last conversation left off. Some friends will just greet me with a "hey" while others do so with a nickname or even a smiley, or both. These are the people I must commit my energy towards.
When friends remove you from their Facebook friends list, or from the friendship in general, this is not my fault. It is sad to see them go. Sometimes they are influenced by others viewpoints about me. The only way I can change that is responding in love and living well, succeeding in life. Get my Ph.D., achieve my dream job, etc. A response in anger only fuels the fire for more hate. This has happened to me a lot this year. Perhaps I am too naive to accept that most people don't follow their own gut.
"Keep your face always towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
This is the quote I have found for my dissertation. In my interpretation, the sunshine, or light of any form, represents love. The shadows, or darkness, is the sinful hate and bitterness that plagues all of us so much. Humanity, as a whole, longs to be unconditionally loved and accepted for who they are, right now--not who they were or who they can be. If one keeps their face towards those who love them for who they are, then the others don't matter anymore.
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