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Yesterday’s post with all its French sayings made me think of my favorite personal saying, one I coined and use as somewhat of a mission statement: “that which works for me may not work for you.” I’ll let you think about it for a moment. Say it aloud. That which works for me may not work for you. Now, I want you to imagine a large naked man with his body painted brightly like a clown and he’s wearing a big fuzzy pink clown wig and he’s completely on fire. He runs screaming through an arena full of people and dives into a large tank of liquefied brown sewage. Then he emerges with a pained smile and bows to the now cheering and shrieking crowd. Work for you? Doesn’t work for me. But it worked for him!/TUBOB. More here.
Question: What saying typifies your approach to life?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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nic on February 03 at 8:49 a.m.
Unity in what is essential, liberty in nonessentials.
brandxranch on February 03 at 9:06 a.m.
I have a couple of personal mottos:
“Do the right thing” and “Live with no regrets”.
These premises guide me on a daily basis, but, hey what works for me may not work for you….
JeanieSpokane on February 03 at 9:37 a.m.
“Live to inspire” - which I have posted on my computer. And BrandX, I love your “live with no regrets” which I think has been in my blood all this time. I just never realized it in writing. :)
Cis on February 03 at 1:35 p.m.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Escapee on February 03 at 10:24 p.m.
Whatever my philosophy is (it changes daily) it sure doesn’t involve a pot-bellied naked guy diving into a septic tank. I think my Statement of Purpose is probably The Desiderata, though, and one of its lines:…”avoid loud and aggressive persons, for they are vexations to the spirit.”