By: Bill Dion

Bill Dion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:49 +0000

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By: bill

bill — Thu, 12 May 2005 01:09:04 +0000

I find meaning in Elizabeth’s words, particularly when she talks about trying to live in the present, to take things one step at a time, rather than taking in everything in too large a gulp. But, I also find it hard, at times, to lead a simpler life. To be able to do so fully means that you can find peace within yourself and that is sometimes very hard to achieve in our very fast-paced society. Her remarks make me think, too, of the importance of our need to find the words within ourselves that will encourage and comfort us/bill

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Fri, 06 May 2005 23:52:47 +0000

The encouraging words are all around us, whether we hear them or not. often i find, at the age of 16, that the encouragement i seek from peers lies in their own unspoken thoughts. My parents are full of encouragement, trying to help me excel in school work and in maturing to adulthood. I however find that the words that are offered so genuinely to me to motivate me, often fall short and can even discourage me more than act as ‘the wind beneath my wings.’ often hearing encouragement from my parents shows me how much i am, in fact, falling short of their expectations. Their words of encouragement are always there for me and i appreciate that more than the words themself. The idea that i will always have someone behind me 100%, no matter how bad my day is going has kept me going my junior year.
Also, i find that in the society that we live in mediocracy is accepted, and striving to be better is no longer looked on as an important part of life. This causes the encouragement to dwindle, and become as unnecessary as striving to be the best you can, without sounding too cliche.
The encouragement that i always find to be the most motivating, as embarrasing as it is to admit, is the encouragement i found on my father’s bookshelf, out of a Japanese book on Zen. Here they do not offer encouragement, but instead a simpler way to look at life, which i believe is a dwindling idea which is needed to be reintroduced into our culture. This book generates the idea of just taking every day one step at a time. dont ask what time it is… the time is now. live by each moment and exceed it.. flourish in its possibilities. dont think, ‘oh my gosh i have all of this work due this week, a presentation tomorrow morning and right after a meeting about something that will prove unnecassary in the long run.’ take everything step by step and appreciate it. This encourages me the most.. it’s the words that no one but a Bhuddhist teacher could speak to calm my soul and keep my feet on the floor.

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