JohnA Passaro's Blog, page 34
June 16, 2018
Counting
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As a child I learned how to count by adding and subtracting.
As an adult I learned how to count by impacting other peoples lives.
May 25, 2018
Crystal Balls
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When you are juggling 8 balls in life,
Sometimes the trick isn’t not to drop one,
But rather to determine which ball is made of rubber and which one is made of glass.
May 24, 2018
The Builders
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Build today, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;
And ascending and secure
Shall tomorrow find its place.
The Builders
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
May 20, 2018
Choose Choice
Choose Choice
Choose belief over doubt.
Choose goals over wishes.
Choose trust over fear.
Choose work over wants.
Choose doing over planning.
Choose discipline over distraction.
Choose responsibility over excuses.
Choose today over tomorrow.
Choose now over later.
Choose today over yesterday.
Choose living over memories.
Choose learning over losing.
Choose humility over conceit.
Choose feeling over numbness.
Choose caring over callousness.
Choose compassion over indifference.
Choose vulnerability over camouflage.
Choose starting over quitting.
Choose nutrition over weight loss.
Choose celebration over partying.
Choose awe over irritability.
Choose gratitude over mean.
Choose team over blame.
Choose the love of the sport over hating the grind.
Choose offense over defense.
Choose points over prevention.
Choose action over apathy.
Choose rest over overwork.
Choose stillness over busyness.
Choose focus over aimlessness.
Choose silence over noise.
Choose struggle over privilege.
Choose purpose over existence.
Choose your path over others.
Choose choice.
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May 19, 2018
Contrast is Clarity
[image error]It is said contrast makes a great picture, it brings out clarity.
The same is in life.
In order to truly understand an emotion, you must experience its extreme opposite.
It brings out clarity.
Love Changes Paths
[image error]Bodies at rest stay at rest.
Bodies in motion stay in motion,
Unless acted upon by an outside force.
People, like objects, become set in their paths.
Embedded in a constrained reality.
As we travel our path, the possible futures, which were once infinite collapse down to one.
One outcome.
Unchangeable.
Inescapable.
We are each on a path.
And sometimes, those paths become entwined, pulled into each others orbits and collide.
We each have a path.
Some are forced to part, but flow back together, their synchronicity inescapable.
Some paths touch only briefly and glance off in different directions. Forever changed by the meeting.
Some loop back again and again. Across time and space. Always finding each other.
Once we are on our path there are little chances to deviate, small moments when some other force comes into play and knocks you off your trajectory.
What could be powerful enough to change a path?
To change a Future?
An act of nature.
An act of love.
Once this deviation happens you find yourself on a new path.
Unchartered.
Unknown.
A quote from the T.V. Show
Touch
All Clear of Fear
[image error]Fear dissipates when you unconditionally trust in the Universe.
Acquiring Wisdom
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The strength,
The clarity,
The courage
That can come come from struggle
The price is clear.
You have to endure the struggle first.
Eric Greitens
Resilience
May 12, 2018
Chasing You
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Virtually all of my life I was always going.
Doing.
Figuring.
Becoming.
Striving.
Driving.
Circumstances in my life have made me realize the very things that limit you also allow you to become limitless.
I’ve now reached a point in my life where I am being.
Listening.
Observing.
Absorbing.
Understanding.
Life is amazing, when you slow down, the things you were once searching for, have a way of finding you.
May 11, 2018
The Bridge to Love
[image error]Appreciation is the bridge to gratitude.
Gratitude is the fertile land where love flourishes.
To love is the greatest achievement in life.
