It takes a great level of sophistication..
.. to be in control and yet not show power.
Meet new people..
.. get new perspectives. You will learn to appreciate the fact that everything is relative. Nothing is absolute. :)
You truly understand something..
.. when you can explain its essence to someone who has no clue what it is.
EINSTEIN was asked by his hostess at a social gathering to explain his theory of relativity. Said the great mathematician,
“Madam, I was once walking in the country on a hot day with a blind friend, and said that I would like a drink of milk.”
“Milk?” said my friend, “Drink I know; but what is milk?”
“A white liquid,” I replied.
“Liquid I know; but what is white?”
“The colour of a swan’s feathers.”
“Feathers I know; what is a swan?”
“A bird with a crooked neck.”
“Neck I know; but what is this crooked?”
“Thereupon I lost patience. I seized his arm and straightened it. “That’s straight,” I said; and then I bent it at the elbow. “That’s crooked.”
“Ah!” said the blind man, “Now I know what you mean by milk!”
When you do something right..
COPY the damn thing when you do it again! Technology exists to make life simpler. Use it!
The easiest way to break the ice..
.. is to ask for help. The best way probably is to offer help.
There is little use..
in attaching significance to what the other person thinks of you. Different people have different views and it is impossible to please all of them. Happiness is a state of mind and it comes from within (yes it can be influenced by external factors but that is not lasting). So there is no point mulling over what the other person thinks of you and trying to change it. The opinions keep changing anyways. And there is no right or wrong.