Monthly Archives: July 2008
Excellence
Image via WikipediaWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Never Ask God…
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeNever ask God to give you anything; ask Him to put you where things are.
— Proverb from Mexico
Hospital Windows
Image via WikipediaTwo men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.
Composer And Music
Image via WikipediaIf a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
Two Ways to Interpret Good Art
Image by chashama, inc. via FlickrIn any type of art, there are artists and their creations that can be one of two things for us. These things are complete opposites and each make us act a certain way.
1. Inspiring – This is exactly how you should interpret good art. When you see an amazing drawing or listen to some incredible music, you should be inspired by it. That should then motivate you to work harder to create art at the level of your inspiration.
Home After 5 Years, 850 Miles Later
Image by Woodvines via FlickrWhen her beagle, Rocco, squeezed himself under the backyard gate and disappeared into the streets of Queens, 5-year-old Natalie Villacis refused to believe – as her parents reluctantly told her – that she would never see the puppy again.
That was in 2003.
Last weekend, Rocco came home – after being found in Georgia.
The prodigal pooch turned up in a shelter 850 miles away in Hinesville, and by a combination of chance and chip – the one embedded in his back – was reunited with Natalie, now 11, and her family.
If You Can Imagine It
Image by Cia de Foto via FlickrIf you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
Black & White: Two In A Million
Welcoming new twins into the world is always a momentous event.
But twins Ryan and Leo Gerth had an extra surprise for their parents—they were born with different colored skin: black and white. Doctors say it is an extremely rare occurrence, but it is possible if genes combine in a certain way. Experts say pairs of black and white twins are so rare they only occur in one in a MILLION births.
The twin boys, Ryan and Leo, born in Germany’s town of Lichtenberg, are the offspring of a mixed-race couple. Born to a Ghanaian mother and a German father, Ryan is white and Leo is black. Mum, Florence, 35, hails from Ghana in western Africa and dad, Stephan, 40, from Potsdam in Germany.