From the Quote of the Week files, July 17, 20006

Welcome to the Quote of the Week!
Your weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit.
Today's Theme....

Being vs Doing. Enjoy!
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On March 11, 2002, the Quote of the Week featured 4 quotes. They were…

"To do is to be." ~ Socrates
"To be is to do." ~ Plato
"The way to do is to be." ~ Lao-Tzu
"Do be do be do, do do do do be, do be do be do" ~ Sinatra

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These quotes had as a general theme, doing. But after reading a post on a blog titled Third Age by Doug Manning, it occurred to me that these quotes (especially Sinatra’s) really have to do with being and not doing. What is the difference? Here is a excerpt from his post…

"Being and doing - these are the two domains of human existence. A person’s
‘being’ is their boundless, timeless natural self. Their ‘doing’ is the
expression of that nature within form (activities) and time. Being is our
‘identity’. Doing is our ‘career’. When we are most healthy and vital, we
connect identity with career - who we are with what we do. Conversely, those
with careers completely disconnected from their natural self eventually
experience ill-health and exhaustion. Clearly, being and doing are equally
important for creating and maintaining a fulfilling and meaningful
existence."

The article encourages the creation of a To Be list (as opposed to a To do list)...

"At the end of the week, the person would look back and see how much of their
‘To Be List’ had actually happened. The unique difference for the ‘To Be
List’ is the focus is not on planned activities set in time and space.
Rather, the person is focused on being, discovering and/or developing who
they are."

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I have To Do list but now I have to work on my To Be list. To be or not To be ~ I quess that is the question. What will your To-Be list look like?
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Link to Third Age blog…

http://blog.thirdage.com/?p=539
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And now the Quote of the Week...

"Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to
overlook the greatness of little things in others."

Kakuzo Okakura ; The Book of Tea

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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week Files, July 10, 2006

Welcome to the Quote of the Week! Your weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit.

We have 3 quotes today and they come under the general theme of ... "We'll get whatever we need to handle whatever life demands of us." Enjoy!
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"We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us."

Thomas Merton
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"Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time."

Soren Kierkegaard
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"We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed."

Huston Smith
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A Recylced Quote of the Week Classic...

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."

Aesop Fables
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Forza Italia!

Congratulations to our Italian members (especially those in Italy) of the Quote of the Week for their team winning the World Cup 2006 !
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week file, July 3rd

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Go vernment, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
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The United States celebrates its Independence Day tomorrow, July 4 and it is a holiday celebrating the adoption of our Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. According to John Adams, one of our founding fathers, the holiday would be ...

"the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of
deliverance. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows,
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this
continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."

So here in America, tomorrow (for me it is tonight) we spend time with family and friends to celebrate the history of America and the reasons for celebrating our Independence Day! Enjoy!

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Link to The Declaration of Independence...

http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

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Thinking the best for all!