Little things in life

Some months ago I stopped at the house of a colleague in the morning to pick her up to work, it was 5:15 or something and still dark.
She sat down in my car and we started, not talking pretty much because we were both still sleepy and daydreaming about how work will be today.

"If you don't like the music on this CD, I can turn on the radio or something."  I said.
"No, thanks, the music is fine. I always like your choice of music, it's very peaceful to sit in your car with you."
I think this was a pretty weird compliment, but I felt flattered.


 My friend Fabulous F. gave me a journal for my birthday, it's the Journal of Awesome and you have to write down stuff that was awesome or fill in little questions like " What was the most awesome part of your week" etc.. it makes you noticing the small things a little more.

When I was in my future garden (yay! Awesome!) rambling around, looking at the tree and the weeds growing there, thinking about how much work it will be to turn this wilderness into something you can grow vegetables in, but suddenly I heard music.
I hold my breath for a couple of seconds and had to smile because somewhere near the garden someone was playing the clarinet, I recognized the famous song from "The Godfather" and "Que sera".


Last Saturday I was standing at the beach in Amalfi, Italy and looked at the sea.
 It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to.
Do you know those little moments, which last just a second or two but make you feel so alive, so present and remind you of the here and now, that you feel simply overwhelmed by life.
I think those moments are the ones, which will last. Which you will remember when you are old.
I told my friend: "You know, when we are old and demented, I hope, when I see pictures of the sea, that I will remember this. I really hope that these things are going to last, no matter what happens."
She smiled at me and I think she understood what I meant.

Sad but true.

"Holding on is tough. Much tougher than letting go or simply quitting."

-Anonymous

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Vaclav Havel

Nietzsche is my homeboy!

Do you know that when you read something someone else said or wrote and you think:
"Damn it! I wish I would've said that!"

I know that feeling.

"I'm not upset that you lied to me. I'm just upset that from now on, I can't believe you." 

Friedrich Nietzsche - German philosopher

Butterflies inside of your stomach - now you know why

B.F.: "Oh my... The colon itself is so darn ugly.. It looks like a fat, shabby caterpillar."
Made me laugh pretty much.

Something to think about

“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.” — Andy Warhol

And that's it.

There is this one great quote I want to share with you before the weekend starts (well, not mine actually, I will be working)

It's from Terry Pratchett's "Hogfather"

There you go:

"But maybe that's all just plain wrong. The well known philosopher Didaktylos formed an alternative hypothesis: " Things just happen, and that's it."

The Swarm

I've been reading the book "The Swarm" of the German novelist Frank Schätzing lately. It's actually pretty good I think.

There's one quote I really like:

Leon Anawak (one of the main characters) talks to another person and suddenly thinks:
"The emptiest space-" realised Anawak, "is always within yourself."

And the suns bursts into a million shimmering panda bears

"Dream in a pragmatic way."
~Aldous Huxley~

The truth.

“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.” 

~Gloria Steinem, journalist and activist

Quote of the day

I'm reading a book by Hakan Nesser at the moment and there was this one quote which made me laugh really hard:

Inspector Barbarotti talks to his 19 year old daughter Sara on the phone (she is in London and works there and *drumroll* has a new boyfriend!)

"A boyfriend?" repeated Gunnar Barbarotti and almost crushed his pint.
"Yes! His name is Richard. And he is totally fantastic!"
I don't believe that for a single second, thought Barbarotti.
He is only trying to fool you and he's going to rip you off, don't you understand that?
"Richard?" he said. "Well. What is he doing all the time?"
"He is a musician."
MUSICIAN!, a voice inside of Gunnar Barbarotti screamed.
Sara, are you nuts? Music and drugs and Aids and the devil and his grandmother, go home, lock the door, I will come and pick you up!
"Hello, are you still on the phone?"

...

The level of your nose

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Max L. Forman 

Coloured souls

A wonderful quote brought to me by wonderful F. on the back of a letter:

As time goes by, the soul takes on the colour of your thoughts.

-Marc Aurel

 "Tears clean your heart"

Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski

(1821-1881)
Russian author

My new personal motto:

Picture taken by Tiny (2010)

Thanks to K. for giving me this postcard.

It says: "Still crying or are you already helping?"

I like  it :)

Quote of the day

  "Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."

 

  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

True.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.  ~Author Unknown

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

~John Wooden

Coffee?

"Everybody should believe in something. I believe I'll have another coffee."

~Author Unknown

I've got 50% of the stuff I will have to hand in tomorrow finished.. Jeez.. I'm so tired..

Mais l'amour c'est l'amour

This made me really sad:

"La mort c'est la mort. Mais l'amour c'est l'amour. La mort c'est seulement la mort. Mais l'amour c'est l'amour."

It means: Death is death. But love is love. Death is only death. But love is love.
It was written by a girl whose boyfriend committed suicide. I feel so sorry for her even though I don't know her.