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За текста, който ще прочетете след малко се носят какви ли не легенди, но поне две от тях са пълна измислица. Първо, това не е реч, произнесена пред завършващите студенти от Масачузетския Технологичен Институт (mрочутия MIT) през лятото на 1997. И второ – авторът на тези мъдри слова не е Кърт Вонегът, въпреки че тонът доста напомня на неговия неповторим стил. А сега – истината. Въпросният текст наистина се ражда на 1-ви юни 1997 година. Но не като реч, а като публикация във вестник „Чикаго Трибюн“. Автор на тази публикация е журналистката Мери Шмих (Mary Schmich) и тя заслужава да й бъде признато авторството над тези думи, които ще ни накарат не само да се усмихнем (както го правеше и самия Вонегът). Наистина, текстът наподобява подобна реч пред завършващите студенти (въпросната година, да произнесе такава реч пред студентите от MIT е имал честта самият новоизбран Генерален секретар на ООН – Кофи Анан), защото самата авторка си е представила какво би казала на младежите ако тя трябваше да произнесе подобна реч. Дълго време из Мрежата битува легендата (че това е действителна реч и че неин автор е самия Кърт Вонегът), но истината, все пак, е друга. Това обаче е второстепенно. Независимо от автора – речта си я бива! Убедете се сами: Ползвайте плажно масло Дами и господа от випуск ’97, ползвайте плажно масло! Ако мога да ви дам само един съвет за бъдещето, той ще е за плажното масло. Ползата от него в дългосрочен план е доказана от учените, докато останалата част от моите съвети нямат по-реална основа от собствения ми лъкатушещ опит. Сега аз ще раздам тези съвети. Наслаждавайте се на силата и красотата на своята младост. О, няма значение. Вие няма да разберете силата и красотата на вашата младост докато не ги изгубите. Но, повярвайте ми, след 20 години, когато погледнете отново снимките си, ще си припомните по начин, който сега не можете да уловите, колко много възможности са лежали пред вас и колко прекрасно всъщност сте изглеждали. Не сте толкова дебели, колкото ви се струва. Не се безпокойте за бъдещето. Или се безпокойте, но знайте, че безпокойствието е толкова ефективно, колкото и опитът да се реши алгебрично уравнение чрез джвакане на дъвка. Истинските беди в живота ви ще дойдат от неща, които никога не са се появявали в обезпокоената ви глава, а ви заслепяват в 4 часа следобед на някой мързелив вторник. Всеки ден направете по нещо, което ви плаши. Пейте! Не бъдете безотговорни към сърцата на другите хора! Не се свързвайте с хора, които са безотговорни към вашето сърце! Не си губете времето да завиждате! Някога сте по-напред, друг път изоставате. Състезанието е дълго и накрая вие се състезавате само със самите себе си. Помнете похвалите, които получавате. Забравете обидите. Ако успеете да го направите, кажете ми как сте го постигнали. Пазете старите си любовни писма. Изхвърлете старите се банкови извлечения. Протягайте се. Не се чувствайте виновни, ако не знаете какво желаете да направите с живота си. Най-интересните хора, които познавам, не са знаели на 22 години какво искат да правят с живота си. Някои от най-интересните 40-годишни хора, които познавам, още не знаят. Взимайте калций. Внимавайте за колената си. Ще ви липсват когато няма да са наред. Може би ще се ожените, може би не. Може би ще имате деца, може би не. Може би ще сте разведени на 40, а може би ще танцувате патешкия танц на 75-та годишнина от брака си. Каквото и да правите, не се възгордявайте много, нито се ругайте. Избраните от вас решения са наполовина резултат от късмета. Което е валидно и за всички останали. Наслаждавайте се на тялото си. Използвайте го по всевъзможни начини. Не се безпокойте от начина, както и от това, какво другите мислят за него. Тялото ви е най-страхотния инструмент, който някога сте имали. Танцувайте, даже и ако нямате къде да го правите, освен в дневната. Четете упътванията, даже и ако не ги спазвате. Не четете списания за красота. Те само ще ви накарат да се чувствате грозни. Старайте се да опознаете родителите си. Не знаете кога ще си отидат. Бъдете мили с хората от вашето поколение. Те са най-добрата ви връзка с вашето минало и са вероятно хората, които ще са до вас и за в бъдеще. Помнете, че приятелите идват и си отиват, но на малко то тях трябва да държите. Работете здраво, за да преодолеете разстоянията в географския смисъл и в начина на живот, защото колкото повече остарявате, толкова повече са ви необходими хората, които са ви познавали, когато сте били млади. Поживейте в Ню Йорк, но го напуснете преди да ви е направил прекалено твърди. Поживейте в Северна Калифорния, но я напуснете, преди да ви направи твърде меки. Пътувайте. Приемете някои вечни истини : цените ще растат, политиците ще флиртуват. Вие също ще остареете. И когато това стане, ще си въобразявате, че когато сте били млади цените са били умерени, политиците честни, а децата са уважавали родителите си. Уважавайте родителите си. Не очаквайте друг да ви поддържа. Може би имате попечителски фонд. Или имате заможен съпруг(а). Но никога не знаете кога те могат да изчезнат. Не цапотете твърде косата си или на 40 тя ще изглежда като на 85. Внимавайте със съветите, които възприемате, но бъдете търпеливи с тези, които ви ги дават. Съветът е форма на носталгия. Даването му е начин да извадиш миналото от отпадъчните води, да го избършеш внимателно, да пребоядисаш по-грозните му части и да го възстановиш за повече, отколкото струва. Но, за плажното масло – не ви лъжа! През 1998-ма известният кинорежисьор Баз Лурман („Ромео и Жулиета“, „Мулен руж“) прави своя песен по този текст, като ползва мелодията на хита „Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)“ на Rozalla. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ&feature=player_embedded Главният виновник за днешната ми публикация за пореден път беше Митко Божанов, който публикува същия клип във Фейсбук и така ме провокира за нещо повече… 😉 Tags: iLearning Global, Вонегът, Мери Шмич, мъдри мисли, съвети, уроци
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24/7 Voicemail: 206-202-8023 Let me buy you another cup of coffee since we have a lot to talk about. I want to chat about things that help us achieve our dreams in business, life & relationships. I will share as if you & I were just sitting in our favorite cafe on our 5th cup of coffee. Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Back Pain Relief Course by Andrew Ramirez A friend of mine, Andrew Ramirez, was diagnosed with a degenerative disc disease consisting of arthritis and a bulging disk. The pain became so distracting that he made it his quest to get back pain relief. While on a bicycle trek in Mexico, Andrew stopped and one of his fellow riders noticed that he was rubbing his legs because a numbness had set in due to a pinched sciatic nerve. The gentleman explained exactly what to do to alleviate the discomfort. Within a few minutes of following the gentleman's direction, he had dramatic lower back pain relief. Andrew Ramirez says, "Within 20 minutes or so, he took my pain threshold and numbness from about a 9 (10 being the worst, 1 being the best) to about a 4." The success from these simple techniques, Andrew went on a quest to cure back pain and teamed up with physical therapist, Martin Schneckenberger, to create a complete course on how to eliminate back pain. Their course is soon to be released and you can start learning their strategies at http://www.stopsbackpainnow.com/. Back Pain Relief Friday, June 10, 2011 Saturday, June 4, 2011 Advice for Life I have always been mesmerized by the hypnotic rhythm and lyrics of this poem turned song. The wisdom rings true. The Wikipedia says, "Wear Sunscreen or the Sunscreen are the common names of an essay titled "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997, but often erroneously attributed to a commencement speech by author Kurt Vonnegut. Both its subject and tone are similar to the 1927 poem "Desiderata". The most popular and well-known form of the essay is the successful music single "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)", released in 1998, by Baz Luhrmann. Mary Schmich's "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young"[1] was published in the Chicago Tribune as a column on June 1, 1997. In her introduction to the column, she described it as the commencement speech she would give if she were asked to give one. The column soon became the subject of an urban legend, in which it was alleged to be an MIT commencement speech given by author Kurt Vonnegut in that same year (in truth, MIT's commencement speaker that year was Kofi Annan). Despite a follow-up article by Schmich on August 3, 1997, in which she referred to the "lawless swamp of cyberspace" that had made her and Kurt Vonnegut "one." by 1999 the falsely attributed story was widespread." Lyrics to: Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99...if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience… I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked…. You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own. Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen… Another poem has a similar feel from nearly 100 years ago: D Desiderata (Latin meaning: desired things) The Wikipedia states: "Some time around the year 1959, Reverend Frederick Kates, rector of Saint Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland, included Disiderata in a compilation of devotional materials for his congregation. The compilation included the church's foundation date: "Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore A.D. 1692." The date of the text's authorship is widely mistaken as 1692, the year of the church's foundation. When Adlai Stevenson died in 1965, a guest in his home found the Desiderata near his bedside and discovered that Stevenson had planned to use it in his Christmas cards. Subsequently, the poem became widely known as having been found at Saint Paul's Church of Baltimore – but confusing the date of the church's foundation as the date of the text's authorship. The text was widely distributed in poster form and in late 1971 and early 1972, Les Crane's spoken-word recording of Desiderata peaked at #8 on the Billboard chart and #6 on the UK Melody Maker's chart. The makers of the record assumed that the poem was too old to be in copyright, but the publicity surrounding the record led to clarification of Ehrmann's authorship and his family eventually receiving royalties." Words to: Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Lastly is a poem I first heard in grade school from the famous author, Rudyard Kipling: "If -" The Wikipedia says: ""If—" is a poem written in 1895 by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the "Brother Square Toes" chapter of Rewards and Fairies, Kipling's 1910 collection of short stories and poems. Like William Ernest Henley's "Invictus", it is a memorable evocation of Victorian stoicism and the "stiff upper lip" that popular culture has made into a traditional British virtue. Its status is confirmed both by the number of parodies it has inspired, and by the widespread popularity it still enjoys amongst Britons. It is often voted Britain's favourite poem. The poem's line, "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same" is written on the wall of the Centre Court players' entrance at the British tennis tournament, Wimbledon, and the entire poem was read in a promotional video for the Wimbledon 2008 gentleman's final by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal." If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! Thursday, June 2, 2011 A River Runs Though It Fly Fishing Memory Fishing with Father A River Runs Through It — MOVIECLIPS.com We had about 5 snow storms here in South Carolina this year compared to our usual one or two. While walking up to a local restaurant in Spartanburg, SC to enjoy some Thai food at the Bangkok restaurant, I noticed a new fly fishing shop. I did a u-turn and walked into their new shop. The two owners greeted me with an enthusiasm for fly fishing. Years ago, I saw the movie, 'A River Runs Through It' and like millions, I was enchanted by the scene where the father and his two sons went to to the river fly fishing for trout. I've got to tell you that I love to order trout when I go out to eat and that combined with the poetry of the fishing lines dancing in the sunlight in this movie clip, they had me at hello. I bought wading pants and special boots with thick felt soles to walk on slippery rocks in the rivers of North Carolina. When Spring hit, I went back in the specialty fishing shoppe and ordered a fly fishing rod that can be broken down into four pieces for portability. I imagined taking my motorcycle up to an NC mountain stream or river and whipping out my new equiptment while giving my spirit a bit of beauty and peace and returning home with a fresh catch that I savor. I salute all those that have a passion for fly fishing. Fly fishing anyone? Go FISH!