Thursday, July 1, 2010

Cheating

I know i promised a proper post but mayne life has been seriously complicated but on the bright side in approximately 4.5 weeks, i will officially have an MBA, if i don't flunk, that is. Advanced statistics is showing me pepper :(
Anyhoo i decided to cheat and do a "things i am feeling lately post"

Books

EAT, PRAY AND LOVE. (I usually don't like authobiographies or journal kind of stuff but i really enjoyed this and learnt a lot too.)
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book.

"Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it."

"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts."

"In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place."

"Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy."

Music
This is a little know gospel singing family. i think the song is beautiful


Good ole marvin...


I will be back soon, i promise for real..

5 comments:

Jennifer A. said...

Yes, o. WE will have an MBA soon. And we will share the money. Awwwww...me is proud of you. My own time is coming soon in Jesus Name, Amen.

Myne said...

All the best in your MBA, you go and show that statistics pepper, lol. I'm planning to watch the movie of Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts.

Original Mgbeke said...

I've heard so much about the eat, pray, love book. I definitely need to check it out.
Meanwoos congrats on the soon to be an MBA holder. Shey you will fedex my share of the Jollof rice?

Reverence said...

@Jay yes it is...

@Myne, thanks. funny thing, the stats teacher is an ibo woman..i am thinking of going to suck up to her so she can pity me

@ Mgbeks, yes o! i think i want to have a party, not sure yet..my last exam is 2 days before my bday aka your birthday..haha

Nice Anon said...

Aced that exam then?
Congrats on your MBA! Come chop at yours then?