Rest in peace

August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Words are too small for such a moment. Thank you for passing by and changing our world! Rest in peace!

* Video courtesy of Manzil016

… wooord

• Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else.
• It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
  -Thomas Carlyle
• The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
  -Oscar Wilde
• “When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and you must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, believe that one of two things will happen to you–either there will be something solid for you to stand on or you will be taught how to fly.” -Patrick Overton
• Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
  -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.
  -Gustave Flaubert
• Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -William James
• To gain that worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin
• Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
  -Dandemis
• Some people would not recognize subtlety if it hit them on the head.
• Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other. -Oliver J. Hart
• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
  -Samuel Butler
• If you judge, investigate. -Seneca
• Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. -John Barth
• Frisbeetarianism, n.: The belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
• You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
  -Ziggy
• If everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
• The heart has its reasons that the mind knows nothing of. -Blaise Pascal
• No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. -William Blake
• Do you know what a pessimist is? A person who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. -George Bernard Shaw
• Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
  -G.B. Shaw
• Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please. -Benjamin Franklin
• A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much. -Ken Wisdom
• Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.
• When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
  -George Bernard Shaw
• Silence is the voice of complicity.
• He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
• Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
  -George Burns
• Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time For Funsies

Here’s a funny video I stumbled upon recently. Cracks me up everytime I watch it. Enjoy!

Credits go to Rémi GAILLARD.

… and many more

As I’m approaching 1.000 views I’m thinking it’s time to thank the people who read my posts or listened to the songs on here. The stats tell me that one picture in particular sent the most viewers to my page so here’s thanks to the author of the pic (starry_eyed_kid – don’t know the person but ‘well done mate’ ). And more thanks to the almost 1.000 people who stopped by (most of them looking like they know a thing or two about broken hearts, feeling broken etc since that’s what they were looking for when probably Google sent them here).

So long story short, here’s the infamous picture

and a gift to you all. Enjoy and come again!

So Simple …

• If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence. – Thich Nhat Hanh

• How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you’ll know right away what you amount to. – Goethe

• The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. – Goethe
• A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. – Ezra Pound

• As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. - Carl Jung

• Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. – Carl Jung
• We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. – Carl Jung
• And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Nietzsche
• Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. – John Lennon

Suit Yourself

Papercuts on my heart

Poisonous snakes for veins

Reality blades piercing my skin

Turning my bones into metal hangers

For this old suit.

Broken since day one,

Sentenced to life

Chained to the stone

That’s dragging me onwards.

Blood-metal taste in my mouth

Deafening rings in my ears

Cruel todays, killer tomorrows.

Drag myself to the next moment

Naive child hoping for better

Adding wrinkles, patching holes

With false thoughts of self denying.

Alone I Break

Hearts and Stuff

Glad to see that the XXX term is no longer the most popular search term that sends people to my page. Instead, broken heart matters seem to direct people here. Not sure if that makes me happy or sad. I’m happy that the quality of my visitors has risen but i’m sad to see that many people struggle with a wounded heart. But then again, that seems to be what life is about. Finding ways to cope with a broken heart and finding ways not to get your heart broken in the first place. I’m not just talking about lovers matters. There are plenty of ways your fragile heart can be wounded. If someone gets close enough to you, they get instant access to the “breaking of your heart service”. That is if you’re young enough, inexperienced enough, naive enough to think that your heart should be exposed. But it seems that if you protect yourself too much, you can’t “taste” many of life’s pleasures (love, closeness, friendship) and if you don’t protect yourself and leave your heart out for everyone to see, you risk getting hurt.

Here’s a poll to see how you guys go about it:

P.S. The beautiful photo above was created by NUFORMS. Thanks for the comment.

Notice … Two Weeks Notice

Here’s another fun thing I found … this time it’s a movie. ‘Two Weeks Notice’ (2002) is the name of the flick that restored my faith in Hugh Grant’s ability to act. After watching one romantic comedy after another where even Hugh himself seemed tired of playing the same role over and over again (the allegedly charming guy that gets the girl), this time he landed a witty role that supported the whole movie. Don’t get me wrong, he still got the girl (Sandra Bullock) but the fact that he didn’t have to chase after her the whole duration of the flick made it so fun to watch and not at all boring and predictable (like most romantic comedies are).

So if you’re looking for something to chase a nasty mood away or just a fun way to pass the time, you might as well give this one a shot. Enjoy!

I’m Loving It

Stumbling the internet with this fabulous tool called just that … Stumble! … I found this little gem and couldn’t stop myself from posting it here … how appropriate, huh?