Some interesting phrases I came across yesterday while snuggling in my bed reading.
"Several years ago, a group of doctors got together and put forth the theory that each person has a preset level of happiness. According to the set-point theory of happiness, our well-being is basically a matter of genetics.
That means that once we're born, very little can be done to change how happy or sad we're going to be in our lives. Researchers found that, money can't buy happiness. At least not any more than your genetic allocation allows. Education doesn't seem to make a big difference. Nor does getting married and having a family.
Of course, really bad stuff, or really good stuff was found to affect a person's mood. But only temporarily. 6 months to a year after great tragedy or great fortune, most people are back to their set point allotment of happiness"
If this theory is true, then my statement of recovery within 6 months after a break up is also true :)
Elizabeth Clighorn Gaskell once said " I'll not listen to reason... Reason always means what someone else has got to say" No wonder there are certain people I will never listen to, because they basically force their ideas down on you, even though you may once did that to them. I WILL NOT, AND SHALL NOT LISTEN.
How many ways are there to make a right turn ?
Answer revealed next post =)
"Do you know who Blaise Pascal is ? You know Pascal's law ?
Later in life, Pascal turned to religion. He believed that faith is a sounder guide than reason.
It has all to do with what you believe in. "
What I understand from here is that something may seems impossible achieve at times, but when put your heart to it, it is actually very achievable. I remembered boss told me to know the "why", and the "how" will come easily to me. It seems that you never have the "why", and you are slowly losing the faith. For a person who accuses other of being full of bullshit reasons, the one who is always guided by reason is you.
Always safe in your bubble.
You can't stand anyone bursting it, can you ?
Oh but you hope. Sure you do.
You hope that someone could eventually enter your bubble.
But no, it seems that not everyone has been interested in entering after all.
What do you do to the people who are willing ?
You push them away.
You push them away, throwing your judgements at them.
That in your bubble, bedtime at 1am means bedtime at 1am.
They can't come and go as they please.
Their company is only allowed when you want them to be and they should all be in awe, when your highness comes entering.
They have to be okay with the amount of memories you beseech to them.
That whatever they did was never enough, but whatever you do suffice for a million light years.
When you fucking want someone to change, when did you ever change for them ?
When you want someone to listen to you, when have you ever truly listen to them ?
"It's a disharmonious conjunction of an endotruth and an unrule. An endotruth is what's known inside, but not outside a culture. " So in any case you are lost, you are apparently part of the exotruth.
The last one got me laughing.
"If you can't be with the one you love, why not love the one you're with ?" No, because they don't deserve it.
Strange how technology is ?
One moment in time, people have to wait for an hour or two for a person to turn up because they have no means to communicate.
Then, there's public phone, it cut short the waiting time to say, half hour. That's only if you are nearby to reach the phone.
What is it they have after ?
Pager.
You could even leave a message on them.
Then comes handphones.
What a convenient means for people to communicate now.
You are going to be late?
It's alright, I will leave the house later then.
What is it about people ?
That we can't satisfy all their wants?
Some obnoxious dinosaur forgot about the evolution of this splendid technology, when this very technology was the last straws he used to cling one.
What's that again ?
過河拆橋?
Well put.
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