do you have a personal "mantra"?

[matt f]

life is tough
life is even tougher when you're stupid

[lm6y]

I say this everyday as I sit down at my bench at work.

On This Day, Not A **** Shall Be Given

I work for a tyrant.

[mikeesik]

Originally Posted by vash

the "have your say" thread got me thinking of mine.

i have always had anger management issues. road rage, stuff like that. things bothered me. road rage almost got me and my fiance killed. i flipped off a guy while we were on my motorcycle and he was a bigger rager..he went at us with his car. while i plotted my first murder, my special lady calmed me down. she told me a Buddhist children's story. here's the story:

there were two monks walking along a trail. they were making a long journey back home. part way home, they come to a wide shallow stream. they found a hottie (sorry, i'm paraphrasing/embellishing) standing there trying to figure how to cross the stream. without saying a word, one of the monks walks up to her, sweeps her up, and carries her across. he places her safely and dry on the other side and without a word, continues on.

the two monks walk for days and days, but finally gets back to the temple.. the second monk (finally) speaks up. he says, "brother, i dont think you did the right thing. it is forbidden for us to touch a female. you should not have carried that woman"

the first monk replies, "brother, are you still carrying that woman? unlike you, i put her down a long time ago".

this clicks with me..why let insignificant things (they all eventually become insignificant) bother you?

my mantra..well it is really a secret code between my wife and i, is:

"be the other monk"

when i am anguishing over something stupid. when i am bothered, she whispers it to me.

That's good. Will be remembered and told to my Son as well.
-btw-used to have R R years ago. I'm better now. Different fella.

[Jagshund]

"Don't eat anything smarter than your neighbors."

Which is why I have 60 boxes of cereal in the pantry.

[ovilla]

What YOU tolerate, YOU encourage!

[black73]

"Time wounds all heels"

-John Lennon

[Weaver]

When I was working in Indycar/ALMS it was, "There are no stupid questions, just stupid mistakes".

Now its "If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough"

[peppy]

Give them enough rope and they will hang themselves.

[craigster59]

"Kopf hoch auch wenn der hals dreckig ist", which means "Hold your head high even if your neck is dirty."

We all have problems and bumps in life when we are a little inclined to look down too often.

[Heel n Toe]

Run smooth, run fast.

If you don't lose it once in awhile, you ain't tryin' hard enough.


Don't sweat the small stuff. And by the way, it's all small stuff.

[agrimmitt]

"and this too, shall pass on"
Ramses the Great
"He wanted a statement for his tomb to last to the end of time"

Be Well
art
agrimmitt@pelican

[cantdrv55]

The Golden Rule works for me.

"do to others what you would have them do to you"

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

The Golden Rule works for me.

"do to others what you would have them do to you"

But that doesn't always work with a beautiful woman...

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

The Golden Rule works for me.

"do to others what you would have them do to you"

Agree.

"It is a little embarrassing, that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to try to be a little kinder to each other.”

- Aldous Huxley

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Flieger

But that doesn't always work with a beautiful woman...

"Speak for one's self."

- Anonymous

[rcecale]

"Do...or do not. There is no 'try'."

Randy

[krichard]

life is too short to drink shlty beer!

[Nevergrowup]

Originally Posted by Tim Hancock

Men do not quit playing because they get old... they get old because they quit playing.

This!

I've had my nickname/alias on variuos forums since the late 90's. I guess I'm a 'grownup' with kids, mortgage, a job etc. But I refuse to grow up.

[lane912]

if you can't touch bottom, work the hell out of the walls-

[Hawkeye's-911T]

"Trust none of what you hear
And less of what you see."

Borrowed from Bruce Springsteen's "Magic"

Cheers
JB