"Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be." - Alfred Tennyson No sailboat can go directly into the wind. For any given boat there is a minimum angle that it can sail relative to the wind, typically 45% or so to either side of …
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Don’t Knock Yourself
"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself." - Alfred Tennyson This simple formula, diligently applied, will turn a poorly managed life …
Elevated Thoughts
"I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man." - William Wordsworth A few minutes …
Refining Self-Expression
Mastery in any field relates to efficiency. A true master, be he a sportsman, writer or businessman, spends most of his time in the sweet spot, where the least amount of input yields the highest amount of output. Many people mar their self-expression by verbosity. They say a lot but impart little. They speak like …
The Finest Qualities
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley One of my greatest challenges as a writer is finding the adequate if not accurate words to clothe the nameless spirit which compels me to write. Having committed myself to the task of writing a daily post on handling the …
A Different World
I had a remarkable conversation with a relatively new friend the other day. Her enthusiasm, desire to be of service to her fellows in every sphere of her living and boundless gratitude for the privilege of ongoing growth and development personally, professionally and spiritually were absolutely infectious. What stood out to me more than her …
The Strings of Your Soul
From The Ancient Sage by Alfred Tennyson "The days and hours are ever glancing by, And seem to flicker past thro’ sun and shade, Or short, or long, as Pleasure leads, or Pain; But with the Nameless is nor Day nor Hour; Tho’ we, thin minds, who creep from thought to thought, Break into ‘Thens’ …
Will
Will by Alfred Tennyson I "O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong: For him nor moves the loud world's random mock Nor all Calamity's hugest waves confound Who seems a promontory of rock, That compass'd round with turbulent sound In …
Called to the Window
"Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism." ~ Aldous Huxley Facts are helpful in that they provide clothing for the invisible spirit of inspiration. They mull about in the subconscious mind …
The Voice of the Nameless
From The Ancient Sage by Alfred Tennyson A thousand summers ere the time of Christ From out his ancient city came a Seer Whom one that loved, and honour’d him, and yet Was no disciple, richly garb’d, but worn From wasteful living, follow’d—in his hand A scroll of verse—till that old man before A cavern whence an affluent …
Gregory Hake 