Fri 29 Sep 2006
Do you know anyone who loves artificial flowers? I don’t. They are a sad surrogate of what a real flower is.
And yet as I drove through Warsaw tonight I saw a billboard advertising an artificial flower factory… So, some people make a living producing objects that no one loves. Isn’t that strange?
Tue 26 Sep 2006
Two days ago I was, again, praising my Mac to the colleagues during our holding quarterly management meeting. So was doing the other Mac user in our group. It then occurred to me that I’m, in fact, acting as a sales person for Apple. (more…)
Fri 22 Sep 2006
A few days ago I wrote about fear. And indeed, fear leads people into choices that lead no one, even themselves, to joy and happiness. It is a limiting factor, forcing to see limits instead of potentials, obstacles instead of paths. But a very similar and equally harmful mental concept is the feeling of guilt. (more…)
Fri 15 Sep 2006
Fear is a bad adviser. Especially so in the matters of the heart. It’s saddening to see people abstain from reaching for their dreams, from following their hearts just because of fear. And usually it’s fear of things that either won’t matter in a couple of months or are not a problem in themselves. Like people working together afraid of opening up to their love – it won’t matter at all in the long run where they met. It will hurt in the long run if they don’t.
But even worse than fear itself is fear coupled with pity. Following their collective advice is a sure recipe for unhappiness.