i've been off of this baby for a while...mainly because the three people who read this site, i have direct contact with...one of them though still thinks i should keep this going, so she tagged me (check her out at www.newbienovelist.blogspot.com)
back to the tagging rules:
1) Pick up the nearest book.
2) Turn to page 123, find the fifth sentence and post the next three.
I'm at work right now and i have three books stacked to my right. the AP Stylebook. Marhaba - which is sort of the like the local lonely planet guidebook. and The New Earth. i'll pick the last one as it is likely the one that will be most interesting - or just gives me an excuse to flip ahead and see what's coming up.
When you give little or no help to others or put obstacles in their path, the universe - in the form of people and circumstances - gives little or no help to you because you have cut yourself off from the whole. The ego's unconscious core feeling of "not enough" causes it to react to someone else's success as if that success had taken away from "me". It doesn't know that your resentment of another person's success curtails your own chances of success. In order to attract success, you need to welcome it wherever you see it.
ok...so i added an extra sentence in there for good measure. i think it capped it nicely, don't you? new age crap to some, spiritual enlightenment to others. i'm just starting the book and it's really taking me longer than i thought to finish. i find myself re-reading passages to get its depth.
i guess i have to tag people too now...but i don't know other bloggers besides charmaine...my great friend, AND BRIDESMAID who's working towards her PhD. brilliant girl who's gonna bring peace to the middle east.
The Bride-to-Be
- Bride-to-Be
- Typical story of a girl who dreams big and fears marriage will anchor her goals. But along comes a guy who pushes her to fly and she says "Yes!". Well, now I'm finding myself an excited bride-to-be facing the fabulous world of wedding planning, only I'm going to do it an ocean away!! Looking forward to sharing my travel stories and wedding planning journey with all of you...and hoping I'll find help and guidance in your voices along the way.
2 comments:
That does sound terribly New Age-y!!! But it's also probably true. I'm going to take a chance here and rant about The Secret... Everyone and their grandmother is raving about this book and it's driving me crazy. In case you love it too, hear me out: the basic premise is that you can achieve your goals through visualization and positive thinking. I don't hold that statement in and of itself as false (in fact I think it's 100% true), but here's the deal: you must actually DO something to advance your goals! Usually, you must do a whole lot! Wishing to write a book will not make it so. Actually writing will take you part of the way there. The rest hangs on a combination of talent, luck, and perseverance. Where positive thinking comes in is that it subconsiously forces your brain and your actions to work in tandem towards achieving your goal. Then, when you do reach it, you might chalk it up to good luck and "positive thinking" but what really happened is that positive thinking just primed your brain to do what it was capable of all along... it just needed some cheerleading.
I think your quoted passage is a take on that very same thing... envy by itself can be very negative. But using envy to spur action... I'm not sure that's an altogether bad thing, as long as you don't leave a trail of enemies behind!
Where are you missy? You promise me a surprise and POOF! you're gone!
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