Total Self Confidence
Positioning
Heron stands in the blue
estuary,
Solitary, white, unmoving for hours.
A fish! Quick avian darting;
The prey is captured.
People always ask how to follow Tao. It is as easy and natural as the heron standing in the water. The bird moves when it must; it does not move when stillness is appropriate.
The secret of its serenity is a type of vigilance, a contemplative state. The heron is not in mere dumbness or sleep. It knows a lucid stillness. It stands unmoving in the flow of the water. It gazes unperturbed and is aware. When Tao brings it something that it needs, it seizes the opportunity without hesitation or deliberation. Then it goes back to its quiescence without disturbing itself or its surroundings. Unless it found the right position in the water's flow and remained patient, it would not have succeeded.
Actions in life can be reduced to two factors; positioning and timing. If we are not in the right place at the right time, we cannot possibly take advantage of what life has to offer us.
Almost anything is appropriate if an action is in accord with the time and place. But we must be vigilant and prepared. Even if the time and the place are right, we can still miss our chance if we do not notice the moment, if we act inadequately, or if we hamper ourselves with doubts and second thoughts.
When life presents an opportunity, we must be ready to seize it without hesitation or inhibition. Position is useless without awareness. If we have both, we make no mistakes.
(Deng Ming-Dao)
Daily Motivational Quotes
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything
Bishop W.C. Magee
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed
Lloyd James
The moon could not go on shining if it paid any attention to the little dogs that bark at it
Anonymous
The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do
Benjamin Distraeli
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done
Arnold Palmer
The most wasted of all days is that during which one has not laughed
Hugh Walpoe
The next mile is only one a person really has to make
Danish proverb
The only people who never fail are those who never try
Ilka Chase
The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments
Lee Iacocca
The rare individual who honestly satisfies his heart-hunger [praise] will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies
Dale Carnegie
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The road to the heart is the ear
Voltaire
The secret of achievement is not to let what you’re doing get to you before you get to it
Anonymous
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm
Aldous Huxley
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