To all the “cougars” out there, shame on you for not calling yourselves “Thundercats” shame on you.
Credit to sammy morris@themorris23 from twitter
Category Archives: Poetry/Quote of the Week
Cherokee Proverb – The Two Wolves
Cherokee Proverb:
Cherokee legend of Two Wolves: An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.
“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
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My first Novel will be loosely wrapped around the Native Amercian myths and stories and this Cherokee Proverb captures the essence of what I wish to express for the characters in the story….the working title of my YA Fantasy Novel is “The Thing Under the Bridge” but I’m sure that is going to change down the line….I plan for my rough draft to be complete by June 30 on the book…you can find an excerpt here for the book…Philp Wardlow
I wish someone had told me this – Quote of the week by Ira Glass
Ira Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life
Courage – A quote for the Year, Month, Day, or hour whatever it takes….
“Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot? What have they got that I ain’t got?”
“Courage!”
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First of all give yourself a break from what you didn’t accomplish last year….and then give yourself a pat on the back for all the things big or small that you did accomplish this year.
NOW…find the courage to do it all over again….I’m not talking about resolutions….just the courage to try….if you fail in that trying then you tried in that failing…yeah yeah I know you heard it all before….but have the courage to fail…..or even the courage to succeed…
Stick your neck out….ask that girl/guy out that you have been eyeballing, write something of substance, jog down that street, lift that weight, deny yourself that donut (at least for this week or month), join a cause that’s been prickling you, express an opinion or participate in a constructive dialogue with another, travel near or far to a new place you have never been. Give someone needed encouragement…be less selfish (I do need the occasional back rub…:) . Be kind to yourself and don’t beat yourself up over your failings…guess what, your human.
Perfection is relative but the world likes uniqueness so find the uniqueness in you and share it with others and exploit yourself…in a good way I’m saying …I’m also good at sex but I’m not gonna be a Gigolo..or maybe I can be…:)
I found the perfect thing while I was shopping this weekend to help me get to that place this year….it called out to me from the store shopping shelf like a clarion call on the battlefield….read the label carefully below.
Who wouldn’t want to smell like COURAGE!…Well I tried it and it smells good…..I’m not sure what real Courage smells like…but its a good start for the year..My wife likes it, so that’s good enough for me!
So go out and find your courage….:)
Time and Love – Quote of the week
“Give me time enough to love you the right way and I will love you forever” by Philip Wardlow
My NOW PHILisophy…
The NOW only happens once, seize the NOW before it goes away never to return.
If you miss that NOW, know that a new NOW may present itself but you must be ready and spring upon it with claws extended because you are pushing the odds my friend.
If you find yourself in a NOW moment, slow down, taste it, relish it and remember it wholly wrapping yourself up in it like a blanket.
Don’t be afraid of the NOW; embrace it like all challenges that life flings at you wrapped in that loathsome word called fear.
Above all, NOW is in you whether you know it or not. You just have to let it come out and play…:)
by Philip Wardlow
If She’s amazing – Quote of the week by Bob Marley
“If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing. If she’s worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you’re not worthy. … Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
by Bob Marley
Love you babe – Happy 17th Anniversary!!
Quote of the Week – The Seven Blunders of the World – Borrowed from Wikipedia
The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, shortly before his assassination. The seven blunders are:
- Wealth without work
- Pleasure without conscience
- Knowledge without character
- Commerce without morality
- Science without humanity
- Worship without sacrifice
- Politics without principle
A good code to follow I believe…
Never Give up….
Inspiration – It Could strike at any moment – Quote of the week
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain
Ain't no rest for the Wicked - Philip Wardlow - The real and the sensual sides to life in all its facets.. 