Was doing some cleaning today. Came across a grey notebook with miscellaneous undated entries circa 1999. There are several pages of notes pertaining to my unpublished novel The Red Scorpion, and a three page summary of my evening in Hollywood when the wheel was stolen off my rental car which I may save for tomorrow. Here are a few of the other extracts.1. Winning a million dollars involves no skill, no duplicatable formula, whereas creating a million dollars is highly instructive and empowering. Learn how to create wealth and you can do much good.
2. Slogans:
“Show me the money.” ~ from Jerry Maguire
“Where’s the beef.” ~ from Burger King campaign
“Remember who you are.” ~ from Lion King
3. It’s humbling to admit our insufficiency. We are weak and desperately needy. Yet so often we forget. But God does not and provides us a family, friends, a community as gift… to strengthen, encourage, give hope.4. Preach to broken hearts and you’ll always be up-to-date.” ~ advice to Robert Schuller when in seminary.
5. UNTITLED UNIVERSE
Blustery winds driven by trembling fortunes
and foreign experiences within the galaxies;
the concept of attraction denies the existence of meaningless motions.
Motion is purpose, fueled by desire… illuminating the void.
Apathy is a black hole sucking energy and matter into nothingness.
The complacency of fools destroys them.
6. Interesting note:
Fear, the opposite of complacency.
explore this thought
7. Idea for a book
Letters to My Daughter
~ Fame and Ambition
~ Success
~ Love
~ Hardship
~ Suffering
~ Attitude
~ Wholeness
~ Balance
8. Keep your eyes on the prize, and your back to the wind.
9. On Gambling
I’ve never seen anyone who bought a house or car with gambling money. I’ve seen plenty who lost a car or home.
10. Planet Sandtrap
Gambling, Drinking, Drugs, Sex
(source: Robert Lookup)
11. Learning Rage: Nature or Nurture
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12. "No one ends at himself,
each one is an all in all
each one is an all in all
in another all,
in another one.
The other is contained in the one,
the one is another:
we are all constellations."
~ Octavio Paz
10. Planet Sandtrap
ReplyDeleteGambling, Drinking, Drugs, Sex
(source: Robert Lookup)
Agreed. But if you had $3 trillion, you could afford to do all those things, and STILL have money left over. (Fun game website) ;>)
http://3trillion.org/
My guess is that the thrill of gambling comes from risk, and that with 3 trillion the risk you might take is in global commodities or something... but yes, having money changes equation some.
ReplyDeleteThe SOURCE is a guy who was a street person who had a room in the Seaway Hotel. He called it Planet Sandtrap because he was surrounded by people who were trapped in their various vices.
be well
The website has nothing to do with gambling, whatsoever. Basically, it adds a 5th sandtrap to the 4 you listed.
ReplyDeleteThough it's a more than a vice, actually: it's war/mayhem.
And what's odd about it, is that perpetrators of these are usually rich, successful, powerful, and even popular and admired people.
It's an odd world. I thought that this wedsite points out the irony quite well.
http://3trillion.org/
OK, I get it now.
ReplyDeleteA creative site/exercise.