Jon Riggs
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What I loved about U2’s music is that it had a sort of inspired clumsiness to it. They’d be daring in an unrealistic way—that was the utopian and retro part of it—but, at the same time, quite aware of their limits in a very realistic way,
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Reminds me of the podcast conversation between Seth Godin and James Altucher about how artists must do things that might not work. Just expressing what they want to express, not what they think will sell. And finding their tribe. The few people to whom they can speak
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. - Saint Augustine”
― The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness
― The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness
“Two Kinds of People
There are two kinds of people on earth today,
Two kinds of people no more I say.
Not the good or the bad, for it's well understood,
The good are half bad, the bad are half good.
Not the happy or sad, for in the swift-flying years,
Bring each man his laughter, each man his tears.
Not the rich or the poor, for to count a man's wealth,
You must know the state of his conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in life's busy span,
Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man.
No! the two kinds of people on earth I mean,
Are the people who lift, the people who lean.
Wherever you go you'll find the world's masses
Are ever divided into these two classes.
And, strangely enough, you will find, too, I mean,
There is only one lifter to twenty who lean.
In which class are you? Are you easing the load
Of the overtaxed lifters who toiled down the road?
Or are you a leaner who lets others bear,
Your portion of worry and labor and care?”
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There are two kinds of people on earth today,
Two kinds of people no more I say.
Not the good or the bad, for it's well understood,
The good are half bad, the bad are half good.
Not the happy or sad, for in the swift-flying years,
Bring each man his laughter, each man his tears.
Not the rich or the poor, for to count a man's wealth,
You must know the state of his conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in life's busy span,
Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man.
No! the two kinds of people on earth I mean,
Are the people who lift, the people who lean.
Wherever you go you'll find the world's masses
Are ever divided into these two classes.
And, strangely enough, you will find, too, I mean,
There is only one lifter to twenty who lean.
In which class are you? Are you easing the load
Of the overtaxed lifters who toiled down the road?
Or are you a leaner who lets others bear,
Your portion of worry and labor and care?”
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“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.”
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“Thoughts are Powerful Your thoughts are immensely powerful. Whenever you say what you’re thinking or write something down, you’re using the energy of your thoughts to affect the world around you. It is through thought, belief and intention that all things happen.”
― The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness
― The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness
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