everybody is
entitled to their beliefs
but they're not all right
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Two letters
The sign on a till at Coles the other day read:
"
Out of Order
We apologies for any inconvenience.
Thank you for shopping at Coles
"
It's amazing that having two letters in the wrong order can make a message seme so unprofessional.
"
Out of Order
We apologies for any inconvenience.
Thank you for shopping at Coles
"
It's amazing that having two letters in the wrong order can make a message seme so unprofessional.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
I got something
I never really grasped the Nelson Mandela concept of being more afraid of our light than our darkness until recently. But the more I wander through this world, the more I realise the truth of that entire spiel.
We don't just communicate with the people we intend to communicate with. Just by the act of being in a place, you are giving something to that place. Depending on how open you are inside, depending on how much light you feel comfortable to shine, you will have a positive, neutral or negative effect on that place.
I can feel my energy passing to other people all the time. Especailly strangers in the city. Most people ignore each other, but everyone is affecting everyone else's space in some way.
Maybe this is an INFP thing - we see people from such a close angle - we want to be in everyone's head, we want to analyse our environment and feel something towards it.
I want to feel like I am having a powerful positive impact on my environment. The thing that I'm coming to realise is that I can. I have the light inside me to have that sort of impact - but I'm afraid of it. I'm unsure of it, I'm wary of it.
I know I've got something. Every day I'm reminded that I am different and set apart. This opens my heart and makes a little more light shine out.
I feel like I couldn't have had the sort of relationships I've had in my life so far without understanding my own light and realising that I've got something to give.
I have a feeling that this concept which Nelson Mandela so eloquently put into words will continue to penetrate my world for a very long time to come. I don't want to ever believe that I'm perfect, or that I can do everything in my own strength. All I want to do is continue to choose to impact my environment with my unique light.
We don't just communicate with the people we intend to communicate with. Just by the act of being in a place, you are giving something to that place. Depending on how open you are inside, depending on how much light you feel comfortable to shine, you will have a positive, neutral or negative effect on that place.
I can feel my energy passing to other people all the time. Especailly strangers in the city. Most people ignore each other, but everyone is affecting everyone else's space in some way.
Maybe this is an INFP thing - we see people from such a close angle - we want to be in everyone's head, we want to analyse our environment and feel something towards it.
I want to feel like I am having a powerful positive impact on my environment. The thing that I'm coming to realise is that I can. I have the light inside me to have that sort of impact - but I'm afraid of it. I'm unsure of it, I'm wary of it.
I know I've got something. Every day I'm reminded that I am different and set apart. This opens my heart and makes a little more light shine out.
I feel like I couldn't have had the sort of relationships I've had in my life so far without understanding my own light and realising that I've got something to give.
I have a feeling that this concept which Nelson Mandela so eloquently put into words will continue to penetrate my world for a very long time to come. I don't want to ever believe that I'm perfect, or that I can do everything in my own strength. All I want to do is continue to choose to impact my environment with my unique light.