I read this in a book..

What if life were perfect?

What if you lived in a perfect world of perfect people and perfect possessions, with everyone and everything doing the perfect thing at the perfect time?

What if you had everything you wanted and only what you wanted, exactly as you wanted, precisely when you wanted it?

What if, after a perfect length of time, you decided, “Perfect is a perfect bore.”

What if, at that point in your perfect world, you noticed for the first time a button marked, “Surprise.”

What if you walked over, considered all that might be contained in the concept of “surprise,” decided,” anything’s better than perfect boredom,” took a deep breath, pushed the button…

… and found yourself where you are right now-feeling what you’re feeling now, thinking what your thinking now, with everything in your life precisely the way it is now-reading this book.

Introduction

By the time we graduate from high school, we have spent some 14,500 hours in the classroom. But in all that time, did we learn-or even explore the meaning of life?

We learned how to calculate the square root of an isosceles triangle (invaluable in daily life), but did we learn how to forgive ourselves and others?

We dissected a frog, but perhaps never explored the dynamics of human relationships.

We know what pi is, but we’re not sure who we are.

We may know hot to diagram a sentence, but we may not know how to love ourselves.

Did we learn about worthiness (and how to get it), the power of thoughts ( and how to use them), or the value of mistakes?

Did anyone teach us how to us guilt, resentment, pain and fear for our upliftment, learning and growth?

Did we learn our purpose in life?


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The real teacher of life is you. You’re the one who must decide, of all that comes your way, what is true and what is not, what applies to you and what does not, what you learn and what you promise yourself you’ll learn later.

There is more empty space in the book you’re holding, than book. The electrons in the atoms of the book are moving so fast, they give the illusion of solid ink on solid paper. It’s not. Its just an illusion. If all the electrons would stop moving for even an instant, the book would not just crumble into dust, it would disappear. Poof.




If you’re taking an essay exam on geography, and the exam could be on any of the countries in the world, study only ONE country, and know it well.
Let’s say you choose China.
When it comes time for the exam and the question is,“ Write 1,000 words on Nigeria,” you begin your essay, “Nigeria is nothing like China…” and proceed to write everything you know about China.
-Quentin crisp

Is that cheating? No. That’s life. That’s using everything for your learning, uplifting and growth.