tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post2643748927525150426..comments2023-07-28T08:14:37.124-07:00Comments on I ♥ CS (and other things): Thoughts to RememberOlgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15410037554548113126noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post-52540237382572836732012-11-06T14:06:05.272-08:002012-11-06T14:06:05.272-08:00Just read reserved a copy for pickup at my local l...Just read reserved a copy for pickup at my local library. It sounds like an inspiring read. (It will be a nice break from reading The Algorithm Design Manual book that I've been reading.) Can't wait to talk to you about it as I'm reading. How far into it are you?Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410037554548113126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post-75698804346786774592012-11-06T05:46:26.311-08:002012-11-06T05:46:26.311-08:00Reading a great book I think you'd enjoy - Def...Reading a great book I think you'd enjoy - Defining Decade. Let me know whatchya think. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092051719555669184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post-53757444979967036572012-11-05T08:51:11.046-08:002012-11-05T08:51:11.046-08:00*vain*vainJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060129647101280460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post-89803044963124117652012-11-04T19:51:38.750-08:002012-11-04T19:51:38.750-08:00"these things just fall away in the face of d..."these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important"<br />That is a very powerful method of parsing out the important nuggets of being alive from the flood of trivial and vane concerns and pursuits that occupy life. Healthy fear of death could grant such a clear perspective.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060129647101280460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299538608796955351.post-22452267661976424192012-10-29T22:15:48.631-07:002012-10-29T22:15:48.631-07:00How could we forget those ancient myths that stand...How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races - the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses. Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are only princesses waiting for us to act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.<br /><br />So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises before you larger than any you've ever seen, if an anxiety like light and cloud shadows moves over your hands and everything that you do. You must realize that something has happened to you. Life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hands and will not let you fall. Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any miseries, or any depressions? For after all, you do not know what work these conditions are doing inside you.<br /><br />-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young PoetNarcissusnoreply@blogger.com