While I was practicing for my PP presentation, I was actually thinking to myself of how lucky I am- To be blessed with such a fun-loving and motivated project group.
Ting's a really good speaker and while listening to her speak, I was really inspired to get better myself. Great friends and optimistic company can really make you feel good and spur you on to improve yourself. Whereas negative or pessimistic friends can have the opposite effect. I was reminded of a book that Qier blogged about and it basically sums up my feelings for today.
A woman is concerned that her lover is going back to his wife.
He explains: 'Marie, let's suppose that two firemen go into a forest to put out a small fire. Afterwards, when they emerge and go over to a stream, the face of one is all smeared with black, while the other man's face is completely clean. My question is this: Which of the two will wash his face?'
'That's a silly question. The one with the dirty face of course.'
'No. The one with the dirty face will look at the other man and assume that he looks like him. And, vice versa, the man with the clean face will see his colleague's grime and say to himself: I must be dirty, too. I'd better have a wash.'
'What are you trying to say?' 'I'm saying that, during the time I spent in hospital, I came to realise that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent or self-confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please, don't let that happen to you.'
Nice huh?
Ting's a really good speaker and while listening to her speak, I was really inspired to get better myself. Great friends and optimistic company can really make you feel good and spur you on to improve yourself. Whereas negative or pessimistic friends can have the opposite effect. I was reminded of a book that Qier blogged about and it basically sums up my feelings for today.
A woman is concerned that her lover is going back to his wife.
He explains: 'Marie, let's suppose that two firemen go into a forest to put out a small fire. Afterwards, when they emerge and go over to a stream, the face of one is all smeared with black, while the other man's face is completely clean. My question is this: Which of the two will wash his face?'
'That's a silly question. The one with the dirty face of course.'
'No. The one with the dirty face will look at the other man and assume that he looks like him. And, vice versa, the man with the clean face will see his colleague's grime and say to himself: I must be dirty, too. I'd better have a wash.'
'What are you trying to say?' 'I'm saying that, during the time I spent in hospital, I came to realise that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent or self-confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please, don't let that happen to you.'
Nice huh?
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