tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3778082702010877501..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: LatinDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47397182041810189952007-03-21T22:47:00.000-04:002007-03-21T22:47:00.000-04:00A great challenge Dave.In my writing group I'm con...A great challenge Dave.<BR/><BR/>In my writing group I'm constantly reminding people that talking about writing is only a step forward...<BR/><BR/>if<BR/><BR/>you<BR/><BR/>write!<BR/><BR/>My son (Brandon - DS) taught me that the only way forward is to perform every job admirably (to be). In that way if you fail, you've only failed in someone else's eyes and their opinion, in turn, only matters if you allow it to.<BR/><BR/>Believe and it is so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213325878737264422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-46473957465677814792007-03-21T06:25:00.000-04:002007-03-21T06:25:00.000-04:00Another motto you might like, that I think you alr...Another motto you might like, that I think you already live up to:<BR/><BR/>"Be the change you wish to see in the world" (Mahatma Ghandi)<BR/><BR/>Which basically means, if you want the world to be a decent, nonviolent, humane place then you have to start by changing yourself into a more decent, nonviolent, humane person than you were previously. Because, ultimately, you can't be responsible for changing others--the only person you truly control is yourself. You can't effectively change the world until you change yourself.<BR/><BR/>Arun Ghandi (grandson) has an institute on nonviolence and has spoken on this subject. I've never heard him speak myself (either literally -- I'm deaf ;-) ... or figuratively either), but he's supposed to be good and interesting, with many stories to share about what he learned about "being the change" from Mahatma Ghandi. You might find it interesting to hunt down his institute, browse around his web site, maybe catch a lecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-6198663757345762032007-03-20T23:45:00.000-04:002007-03-20T23:45:00.000-04:00That is a way bigger challenge than it seems... T...That is a way bigger challenge than it seems... The pull to fake it - to look good - can be very strong... and we can slip out of "being" and into "seeming" and back again without even being aware of it ourselves. And do it a thousand times a day in a hundred different ways.<BR/><BR/>And you have to be prepared to be misunderstood and to evoke anger from people who just want you to "get with the program" and fake it like they do.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I like that motto a lot, Dave. "Be it, don't seem it." <BR/><BR/>The challenge to "be" through and through exactly what you "seem" to be on the outside... don't just pretend you're something -- be it.<BR/><BR/>I guess that was basically Jesus' challenge to the religious lot when he told them that it was what comes out of a man that defiles him, not what goes in.<BR/><BR/>I remember hearing a guy named Erwin McManus speak about integrity. He had a big watermelon on the stage and he said that God designed things that way -- to have integrity. He said that when you looked at that big green watermelon, you expected something on the inside. He took a big knife and cut the watermelon in two. Then he showed us that the inside matched up with what was promised on the outside. (What looked like a watermelon on the outside wasn't a banana or something else on the inside.)<BR/><BR/>Others should be able to rely on what's inside us by what they see on the outside.<BR/><BR/>Esse quam videre. <BR/><BR/>Right on.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-27164355529331466122007-03-20T17:20:00.000-04:002007-03-20T17:20:00.000-04:00I loved this--yet again. Wonderful writing and won...I loved this--yet again. Wonderful writing and wonderful message. I loved the thought, "Be it, don't seem it."Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-83904235819370978522007-03-20T15:45:00.000-04:002007-03-20T15:45:00.000-04:00A timely challenge Dave, thanks. Once again I am i...A timely challenge Dave, thanks. Once again I am in a place where your words fit so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com