I Dare You To Top This Life...: More delicious painitings from Postcard From Provence

The poem... is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see — it is, rather, a light by which we may see — and what we see is life.
-- Robert Penn Warren

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution at the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic." Realistic people do not accomplish extraordinary things because the odds of success stymie them. The best performers ignore the odds. I will show that instead of limiting themselves to what's probable, the best will pursue the heart-pounding, exciting, really big, difference-making dreams--so long as catching them might be possible.
-- Dr. John Eliot from Overachievement

I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child. When you're a child, something as simple as a tree doesn't make sense. You see it in the distance and it looks small, but as you go closer, it seems to grow — you haven't got a handle on the rules when you're a child. We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experienced is a narrowing of the imagination.
-- David Lynch

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.
-- J.T. Fields

You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? You will find half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
-- L.M. Child

People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That's what it's all finally about.
-- Joseph Campbell

You must wish to consume yourself in your own flame: how could you wish to become new unless you had first become ashes?
-- Friedrich Nietzsche from Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if he feels that he should not follow it, he must not stay with it under any conditions. His decision to keep on that path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. He must look at every path closely and deliberately. There is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: 'Does this path have a heart?
-- Carlos Castaneda

Tabsmom Currently Loves:

My HS friends all grown up - I HEART Facebook!
Promotions!
Pacific Rim Chenin Blanc 2007
Transsiberian (The Movie) - Good, like FARGO-good
Hare Krishna Parades
Making things happen
Forging Bonds of Friendship
Rooftop Bars
San Diego Sunsets (to the sound of TAPS)
When all the hard work finally pays off
Wawa Lattes - a slice of Heaven in a paper cup
Getting checks in the mail - being a freelancer rocks!
Saturday morning coffee and shrimp omlettes
Assembling a lasagna
Homemade meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and mushroom gravy
Tabby typing emails to Papa Paul and Grandma Cookie - and she's only 4!
When I get a break from cooking dinner
Scallop & Bacon Scrambled Eggs
Obedient and Hard Working Students
Sunrises
A fresh pair of bedroom slippers to putter around the house in
Stephen Dorff - totally underrated actor!
Peeling Hard Boiled Eggs
Tropic Thunder - Best Un-War Movie Ever!
Supporting Etsy Artists
Baking homemade quiche
Shaun of the Dead
Making my own jewelry
Black Tower Riesling 2006
Tab Singing "Oops Up Side Ya Head!"
Chicken Corn Chowder (the secret ingredient is corn muffin mix! )
A Full Moon
Warm Blankets on a Cold Night
Sam Adams Honey Porter
Shopping for Arts-N-Crafts Supplies with Tab
Netflix Instant Viewing

What's Buggin' Tabsmom:

Gratuitous, unnecessary nudity in movies - I'm getting old!
77* and Sunny in San Diego ----> 21* and Snowy in Philly ----> Body Shock!
Bad service at overpriced restaurants
Northeast Philly - UGH.
School Politics
The litter pan - how can cats be so gross and so cute at the same time??
Psychological Blackmail
Impatience
Hypocrites
Drafty Windows
Neighors unsecured trash - NASTY!
People who aren't teachers dissing the profession (see South Florida Sun-Sentinel Forum)
SUV sales are on the rise - SERIOUSLY?

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More delicious painitings from Postcard From Provence

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