Monday, January 19, 2009

Grow the hell up...

We were in love and it was amazing. But seeing it and hearing it just makes me realize how happy i was. I want to be that happy again. I do. So i'm just gonna grow the hell up and focus on the good things in life.

Friday, January 16, 2009

The Past . . .

The past is always with us, just waiting to mess with the present.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

William Shakespeare

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

Explanation:

Large ships still tend to try to leave port at high tide. Tide comes in, and tide goes out. If you try to leave port before high tide, you're going against the flow, and working twice as hard to make progress. Once it reaches high tide, the flow is going out, assuring success with minimal effort.

Caesar was noting that there are such trends and times in other endeavors as well, most particularly he was referring to politics, but his experience had shown him that it was true in military operations also.

The key to success, he is saying, is knowing that there is such a tide in all things, being able to recognize when they reach their peak, and seizing the opportunity that it affords.