“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
―Oscar Wilde
Get the rest of the article here: 20 Quick Reads that Will Change the Way You Live, Love and Work.
Emotional Intelligence – Why Your EQ Is More Important Than Your IQ
Good post on the topic!
IQ hasn’t been found to be a good predictor of success in life or in business. In fact higher IQ tends to be counter-intuitive to achieving such success. A better predictor of success is Emotional Intelligence or EQ (one’s emotional quotient). Although under-recognized, it plays a pervasive role in our everyday interactive life.
As social animals, humans’ emotions significantly impact our relationships, the very substance of our society. On an individual level, the ability to recognize our own emotions, to distinguish and control them, and to recognize and empathize with the emotions of others are the cornerstones of emotional intelligence. Individuals vary considerably in their abilities on these rather distinct measures, typically being stronger in one or two than in the others.
Identifying opportunities for improvement in emotional intelligence opens a pathway to improved relationships and greater success. Education to sharpen the skills involved in emotional intelligence via books, videos, and life coaching, as well as interpersonal practice offers promise for growth to every person who wants to increase their EQ and their success in business and personal relationships.
via Emotional Intelligence – Why Your EQ Is More Important Than Your IQ | Restore My Brain.
Forgotten Ireland, captured on 16mm film 60 years ago
The Ireland of ‘The Quiet Man’!
The first takes you through the Irish countryside near Carna, Clifden and Galway. Feast your eyes on everyday scenes of a world that’s no more: a boy on his donkey; women walking a country road, some covering their faces with scarves to hide from the camera; a man harvesting seaweed; a rowboat excursion; a sheep feasting on grass; people peering out of thatched cottages; cows in a field; a curious dog running up to the camera; and a vintage car (you can join the debate on the make, model and year) navigating its way over a bridge.
via Forgotten Ireland, captured on 16mm film 60 years ago (VIDEOS) – IrishCentral.com.
The second video captures the sights and sounds of Dublin in the 1950s. No soundtrack here, just the revving of motors, the chatter of passersby, and the clip clop of horse-drawn carts as they travel down the cobble stone streets.
via A Small Golden Light
Mmmm…
I hope that in the future they invent a small golden light that follows you everywhere and when something is about to end, it shines brightly so you know it’s about to end.
And if you’re never going to see someone again, it’ll shine brightly and both of you can be polite and say, “It was nice to have you in my life while I did, good luck with everything that happens after now.”
And maybe if you’re never going to eat at the same restaurant again, it’ll shine and you can order everything off the menu you’ve never tried. Maybe, if someone’s about to buy your car, the light will shine and you can take it for one last spin. Maybe, if you’re with a group of friends who’ll never be together again, all your lights will shine at the same time and you’ll know, and then you can…
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via Nowhere to go, Nothing to achieve
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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be one with oneself.
(La plus grande chose du monde, c’est de savoir être à soi)
Michel de Montaigne, Essais Book I, ch. 39
Words to live by…
Lifehacker has a great collection of quotes that we can all work into our everyday lives:
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.” Harvey MacKay
Get the rest of the article here: 10 Quotes You Should Adopt in Your Everyday Life.
Stillness Arises
Another awesome catch by David Kanigan! Thanks for sharing…
Wonderful. Watch. Wow!
I just want to rise so high that no one can reach me and nothing to prove. I just want to get where you just awaken your body and soul to something. Stillness arises within me. Nature brought me to stillness.
Find full transcript full below.
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Have a Bizarro Xmas!
I love Dan Piraro’s cartoonish wit. Here are some of his greatest xmas hits. Click to enlarge…
Joe Cocker has died…
The BBC writes:
The Sheffield born singer-songwriter had a career lasting more than 40 years with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong.
His agent Barrie Marshall said Cocker, who died after battling lung cancer, was “simply unique”.
Sir Paul McCartney said he was a lovely guy who “brought so much to the world”.
Get the rest of the article here: BBC News – Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 after cancer battle.
His cover of I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends was arguably better than the original! Goodbye, Joe…
Bonus version with captions so you can understand what Joe was REALLY singing!
I no longer have patience for certain things…
I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience. – Meryl Streep
via I No Longer Have Patience for Certain Things – Live Life Happy.
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Sunday Quote: On the shortest day in the year
Mmmm…
With life as short as a half taken breath,
don’t plant anything but love.
Rumi
photo gila national forest
The 10 Non-Commandments
What if, instead of climbing Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God, Moses had turned to the Israelites and asked: Hey, what do you guys think we should do? A recent article from CNN explores an ‘atheist’ 10 commandments.
Here are the “Ten Non-Commandments” chosen as the winners:
1. Be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.
2. Strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true.
3. The scientific method is the most reliable way of understanding the natural world.
4. Every person has the right to control of their body.
5. God is not necessary to be a good person or to live a full and meaningful life.
6. Be mindful of the consequences of all your actions and recognize that you must take responsibility for them.
7. Treat others as you would want them to treat you, and can reasonably expect them to want to be treated. Think about their perspective.
8. We have the responsibility to consider others, including future generations.
9. There is no one right way to live.
10. Leave the world a better place than you found it.
Get the rest of the article here: Behold, atheists’ new Ten Commandments – CNN.com.
Wanna See A Great Pair of Boobies?
LOL
See? I told you that they were a great pair of Boo-Bees!
And here’s another beautiful pair…
I hope this made you smile and helped brighten your day!!
Smile and Enjoy Life!
More than our difficulties
Another thought that resonates with me from Thich Nhat Hanh…
Thich Nhat Hanh continues to be in hospital where the doctors are encouraged by his small signs of progress. The next update on his health will be posted in the New Year
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful…
How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow?
It is natural – you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.
Thich Nhat Hahn
photo noNomme
No Trade.
Another beautiful observation from my friend David Kanigan…
They were walking up the shoreline, Brother and Sister now in their early 20’s. The waves were lapping at their feet, their feet disappearing in sea foam before the waves rolled back into the ocean.
I’m wading through Herzog’s book, now 60% of the way through. My headphones are piping in a Nils Frahm playlist from his album “Felt“. I set the book down to watch them.
Rachel is doing a handstand on the beach while Eric is taking photos. I can see them laughing as she tries it again. They are Friends. All those years of fighting, squabbling and picking on each other in the back seat of the car…All those corrections by Mom and Dad to keep it civil…look at them, they’ve become Friends.
Just as they pass below me, as if on cue, the late afternoon sun streams through the clouds. A warm breeze…
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Bright, shiny objects! 
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