FURTHERING MY SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

I awoke this morning feeling a familiar lack of inspiration for the coming day. Usually, I would accept this and try to trudge through the day with a slight distaste in my mouth. Today I thought I'd be different. If I can't find it within myself, why not use the words of others to inspire me?

I have a Yahoo 360 page. It's similar to MySpace except without all the hoopla. It just tells whomever is interested a little bit about me. At the top is a line where I post quotes from movies or music. The other day I wanted to change it, but I didn't have anything to say. I found this site: Wisdom Quotes . It's a great site. If you're ever at a loss for words (believe it or not, I am sometimes) , check it out.

• ACTION "Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement." Alfred Adler
• ATTITUDE "The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." Frank Lloyd Wright
• FAILURE "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw
• IDENTITY "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." Epictetus
• WISDOM "It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." Mohandas K. Gandhi

Those are but a few of a multitude of quotes. I think I might blog like this every so often. If you can think of any other quotes, please feel free to share.

I'm also considering expanding my horizons in another way. I have interesting conversations with customers all the time. One such incident led me to check out The Center for Spiritual Enlightenment. They have yoga and meditation classes and Sunday service at 11. I've never been to something like this, so perhaps I should check it out. I'm off this Sunday. If for no other reason, maybe I could meet some interesting people. It's a bold move for someone as shy as I am, but in the words of Kierkegaard: "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."