Read...Write as well

If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read?
So that it shall make us happy?
Good God, we should also be happy if we had no books, and such books as make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves.
But what we must have are those books which come upon us like ill fortune, and distress us deeply, like the death of one we love better than ourselves; like suicide.
A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.

Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

At first, I only love the last part. 'A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us'
In fact, the full paragraph even better...:)

Take Charge!

When you take charge of your life,
there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large.
When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.

Geoffrey F. Arbert

I like the quotation in a way that it supported what I did these past few years. Since I get into college life, and involved in many outdoor sport activities. Hiking, rock climbing, kayaking...the choice that at first gained my mother's disagreement. But I do it anyway, take a good care and still breathing in one piece until today...:)

And now, I've chosen to become a good [great to be] facilitator. Become an NGO-ers instead of being a teacher after graduated from English Teaching Department. Well, its a life I love to live. And, with integrity I'd be able to treasure my journey.

Sometimes it's still hard to synchronize my elements in creating my self-integrity. But, I keep on tryin'. Thanks Shadow, for the quote inspiration.

From Dan Pink's A Whole New Mind...Thanks Om Dani for the book.

Today, the defining skills of the previous era --the 'left brain' capabilities that powered the Information Age-- are necessary but no longer sufficient. And the capabilities we once disdained or thought frivolous-- the 'right brain' qualities if inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness and meaning-- increasingly will determine who flourishes and who flounders.

High concept, high touch...
* Not just function but also Design
* Not just argument but also Story
* Not just focus but also Symphony
* Not just logic but also Empathy
* Not just seriousness but also Play
* Not just accumulation but also Meaning

Design. Story. Symphony. Empathy. Play. Meaning. These six senses increasingly will guide our world and shape our world.

Fear not. This high concept, high touch abilities that now matter most are human attributes.

In addition to what Dan Pink had said in his book, I've translated a birthday wish from my best friend--who is more like an older sister I've never had-- sent to me at the dawn of my birthday. Few seconds after midnight...
'May your colorful life full of blessings and even more beautiful as you fill it with love for all. Follow your path, KEEP GROUNDED AND AT THE SAME TIME SHINE LIKE A STAR ABOVE THE SKY'

Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begin, the rest is still unwritten...