A mate sent me this quote from Plato: “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Plato – Philosopher (427-347 B.C.)
Considering the number of people who have things they would like to do but who never get started on them I can see Plato’s point but I find it pretty easy to start things and not as easy to finish them.
From what I have learned (and observed and experienced) it is not just me, more people find it easy to start tasks than they do to finish them.
In fact, the worst off amongst us cannot finish anything they start. Which is actually a very reliable way to pick the people to stay well away from and not let in your life.
I well recall visiting two different people. One worked at home and did not appear to be able to throw anything out. He had so many stacks of paper, magazines and books on the furniture and floor in his lounge that he had to move some off the lounge to make space for me to sit. He ended up not paying all his bill.
Another I visited at work. His office was so full of papers, magazines and books that he was unable to get two people to sit in it. He was occupying a meeting room and was hard at work filling that one too!
Ideally one should be as competent in starting, continuing or changing and finishing anything they wish to undertake.
As it is easy to get distracted prior to finishing tasks, I play a little game with myself from time to time to feret out any tasks I have started and discipline myself to finish them off.
It is amazing how many attention units this frees up.
I commend it to you as a useful exercise to try.
See if your experience matches mine!
Choose Your Leaders Well
History Has Stopped
(Tom: If one learns from the mistakes of the past… …but the past is erased… …then the only source from which to learn becomes the data we read or see… … and if the present is censored and all information conforms to the official agenda… …we become slaves to the system producing the approved content… …and if the official content is inaccurate to forward an agenda or hide mistakes or protect vested interests… …we start living a lie. Only the truth will set you free. Any species living a lie reduces its ability to survive.)
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” ~ George Orwell
Read more about what Orwell had to say about ‘Truth’ here: bit.ly/3g9WUFq
Human Rights Video #2: Don’t Discriminate
One of my principle concerns with the current scene is the rapidly escalating speed with which human rights are being trampled. The lack of peace in certain regions is proof positive that these principles are actually valid and needed, more than ever.
This trend needs to be reversed. The entrance point is educating people that they do have rights. Hence this post and the request you share these posts so more people are aware of and insist upon their rights so that we can live in a peaceful society.
Watch the video and if you think so too, please share it!
Intolerance
Any time you receive or observe intolerance, remember this quote from a man who received a lot of it in his time.
“It’s an universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” – Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
What Kind Of Train Eats Too Much?
I wonder for how many people the punchline is true?
Have you checked on anyone today?
Another World
I look around me and I see people who are talented, skilled, gifted and artistic in areas vastly different from myself with such different viewpoints it is like they come from another world! Thank you for being you with your unique gifts with which to contribute to the improvement of us all!
Every Positive Change Begins With A Decision
Powerful reminder. Write this in your “Successful Actions” book. That book you keep to log all the things that contributed to the successes you have in life.
Any time you kick a goal in life, look at the people who helped you, the setup actions you took and those actions that directly contributed to the goal. Write them in a little exercise book.
Review it once a month to remind you of the things that work, the ones that all too easily fall out but need to be gotten back in so you can keep kicking more and higher goals.
Listen
Such an important factor on which most of us (me included) could stand some improvement!
Stop Everything And Listen
