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I rather enjoyed the yin and yuan quoteNwaka Chukwuemeka wrote: ↑03 Jul 2022, 13:42 My favorite quotes are yin and yuan and the go-go years, the slo-go years, and the no-go year's.
From my perspective I see yin and yuan as rise and fall. These two quotes kept me thinking trying to picture the complete meaning of these quotes.
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I enjoyed this one too, this was my favorite quote and story. The lesson in it is remarkable, it's important to look at life from both sides of coin and that's what the farmer did. That's my approach to life now.Siphesihle Prince wrote: ↑18 Jul 2022, 04:37 It's a bit long, but I really enjoyed it.
"Let me share with you a brief, two-sided story. In a small village in rural Afghanistan, there lived a poor but wise farmer. One day his horse ran away. His neighbors came by to offer their sympathy, saying “What a terrible misfortune.” But the wise old farmer simply scuffed his feet in the soil and said “Perhaps.” The next day, the missing horse returned, leading an entire herd of beautiful wild horses. The neighbors came to celebrate, saying “How wonderful.” All the wise farmer said was “Perhaps.” The next day, the farmer's only son went to tame one of the wild horses. In the process, he broke his leg. The neighbors all came by to commiserate, saying “How awful,” and again, the wise farmer only said, “Perhaps.” The next day, the forces of the local warlord came down to forcibly impress all the young men of the village and lead them to war, but because of his fractured leg, the farmer's son was left behind. Again, the neighbors came by to offer congratulations, but all the wise farmer said was, “Perhaps.” The moral of this two-sided story is that all situations, no matter how terrible they appear on surface, have within them the seeds and the potential for good."
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This is my favorite quote from the book, as it tells so much in such simple words that whatever happens, there will be good in it for you. It's the story equivalent of "every dark cloud has a silver lining."In a small village in rural Afghanistan, there lived a poor but wise farmer. One day his horse ran away. His neighbors came by to offer their sympathy, saying “what a terrible misfortune.” But the wise old farmer simply scuffed his feet in the soil and said “perhaps.” The next day the missing horse returned, leading an entire herd of beautiful wild horses. The neighbors came to celebrate, saying “how wonderful.” All the wise farmer said is, “perhaps.” And the next day, the farmer's only son went to tame one of the wild horses. In the process, he broke his leg. The neighbors all came by to commiserate, saying “how awful,” and again, the wise farmer only said, “perhaps.”
The next day, the forces of the local warlord came down to forcibly impress all the young men of the village and lead them to war, but because of his fractured leg, the farmer's son was left behind. Again, the neighbors came by to offer congratulations, but all the wise farmer said was, “perhaps.” The moral of this two-sided story is that all situations, no matter how terrible they appear on surface, have within them the seeds and the potential for good.
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The importance of work-life balance is explained here. There will be a point in life when we can't party the way we want, we can't visit on long distances and a time when we can't work the way we want. The importance of planning early cannot be overemphasized.
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I actually agree with you on this one. I don't like to see life as a race, I believe we should stop occasionally to ask ourselves where we stand and why we are doing what we're doing. We don't have to be achieving all the time.Marsha JJ wrote: ↑01 Jul 2022, 19:13 What's your favorite quote or quotes from "Reconfigurement"? My favorite so far is "You have go-go years, slo-go years and no-go years. Guess what, the no-go years are not when you travel."
- I appreciate this idea because I believe in the strategy of integrating travel throughout your life, not waiting until you retire.
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I really loved this quote.
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Yeah yeah... This Quote got me thinking a lot.Pauline Parnell wrote: ↑02 Jul 2022, 18:51 My favourite quote is the one by Winston Churchill " Human beings are divided into three class of people: those who toiled to death, those who are worried to death and those who are bored to death."