05-26-03,"He who seeks revenge should dig two graves."
__Chinese proverb
To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
-Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
-Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.
-Euripides
From Sharon /Griefnet again-Bloom Where You're Planted!
You lose before you gain.
You give before you get.
You follow before you lead.
You establish a solid foundation before you build.
Before a farmer sows his fields, he first digs holes.
Every beautiful flower starts out as a seed in a hole.
Every fruit-bearing tree gets its start in a hole.
Most of us are in a hole of debt before we can graduate from
college, but we don't have to stay there!
While digging a hole is dirty work and frustrating at times,
it is necessary.
Thomas Edison aptly stated, "Restlessness and
discontent are the first necessities of progress."
So although being in a hole is confining and irritating,
just hang on and learn to bloom where you are planted!
A pearl is formed in an oyster because of an irritant that
enters.
That irritant causes a secretion to be released, which actually forms the pearl.
So, while you are irritated, realize
that a valuable pearl is being formed deep within you.
Just keep your mouth closed, and bloom where you are planted!
