Patience

Limited Patient Parking, a photo by jasoneppink on Flickr.

'Andrew Darbyshire says there are only two steps to achieving success.

They are, to know what you want and not to stop until you get it.

He says the thing most successful people have in common is, "they ignore the experts".   

They refuse to take 'no' for an answer - they experience failure, as we all do ... but they keep going. They are persistent. 

"The key is to never let someone tell you that you can't do something."

"You don't have to be extraordinary to have an extraordinary life. You must have patience and engage in consistent action." '

 http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/daughter-inspires-a-life-of-service-20120125-1qhp3.html


 

the importance of intention

'I learned the importance of intention from a wise Native American. He taught me that in order to change, one’s intention has to be very specific and clearly stated every day. Intending to "do better" or "be a good person" is not specific enough, and can be daunting even to consider. But stating, "My intention is to be patient today" or "My intention is to be nonjudgmental" is easier because it is concrete and specific. By stating the goal simply, we make it attainable.  

When we reaffirm our specific intention every day, it becomes integrated into our being and then is manifested in our behaviour.'

Radical Gratitude and other life lessons learned in Siberia

Andre Bienkowski & Mary Akers

2008 Allen & Unwin
 

Mark Doty - Golden Retrievals

Golden, a photo by wablair on Flickr.

Mark Doty - Golden Retrievals

                                                                            My work:

            to unsnare time's warp (and woof!), retrieving,

            my haze-headed friend, you. This shining bark,

            a Zen master's bronzy gong, calls you here,

            entirely, now: bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow.

Copyright 1998 Mark Doty, Sweet Machine: Poems HarperFlamingo

Mark Doty writes: 'Dogs, in a way, are the present. Animals are infinitely attentive to now, wholly present with what's in front of them. Entirely themselves, without compromise or dissembling. Pure directness of being, the soul right in the eyes, brimming to the edges.'