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Work / Life
Wisdom
25 Words of
Pass it on . . .
It was about finding meaning, not following rules.
Pass it on . . .
Work / Life
Wisdom
25 Words of
It was about finding meaning, not following rules.
25 words can
express an idea,
question fears,
offer explanation,
stop us in thought
Maybe 25 words
can move us to
start changing
the world.
Liz Strauss
• Look for something you see too much or too little of.
• Write a sentence about it.
• Count the words you have written.
• Edit the sentence until you have 25 words exactly.
Notice how your idea changes as you edit and how
your feelings change with each rewrite.
It was about finding meaning, following not rules.
Some arrived late. One person only wrote 13 words.
The challenge ran
July 9, 2008 - July 19, 2008.
The challenge read:
Time
Is speed of the essence
when requests are made?
My time or your time
what's more pressing?
Honest answers timely given:
great start in relationships
Karin H
Vacation
Oh yeah. I can
get excited
about this one.
Here’s a ten
word thought
about vacation:
It’s okay
to do stuff,
but stuff
isn’t rest
necessarily.
Mark Goodyear
Action
I live in a tropical paradise,yet I think about the orphansand refugees around theworld who are suffering.It’s time to take action.
Mark
Love
It takes a moment to say I love you
but a lifetime to remember that you didn’t.
Bhupesh Shah
Death
Here we all are, a
couple of billion slabs
of meat, on this small
ball of mud, and
some idiots want to
kill each other?
stephenpreneur
There
The pounding ocean
surf calms me. The
warm sun on my
shoulders and sand
between my toes
soothes my soul.
Three weeks, and
I’m there.
Lisa
Loving Souls
Somebody said marriage is
overrated.
Actually, Love is underrated.
“What’s in it for me?” guides
too many decisions.
Loving souls care and stay
close together.
David Taboada
Marriage
Marriage is forced by a
society obsessed with
conformity.
Live up to society
standards or be shunned.
Not everyone is for
marriage.
Lara Nieberding
Waiting Room
I’ve spent my first half-century
in a waiting room reading a
magazine article
about the kind of life others have,
that I deserve too.
Rick Wolff
The details of the gathering don’t matter;
what matters is that you gather.
Shine
My motto,
borrowed from
Smashmouth’s
All Star, is
“You’ll never
shine if you
don’t glow.”
Make the choice.
Recognize and
share your light
with everyone.
DazzlinDonna
A Difference
Making a difference,
we’ve all heard it said,
should be the goal of life.
Too often forgot, though:
Some differences are made
without being known.
Diana
Gathering
Karen Lynch
qi
When qi flows there
is no pain.
Where there is pain
qi is not flowing.
Keep your muscles
and emotions
flowing and qi will
follow.
Ed
I’m No Supermom
I’m no supermom
not everything will get done everyday
and sometimes nothing at all
but I love my family and that is all that matters
Courtney
Detach with Lovedetach with lovethree words hiding a promise
step back from others, let them go
like sneezing during a cold
then life can literally unfold
RadiantWoman
They Were Wrong
They said it couldn’t be done.
“It’s too big,” they said.
“You’re crazy to try it,” they said.
“It’s impossible,” they said.
They were wrong.
Robert Hruzek
My Gift
Who will give my gift if I don’t?
In vain do I blame others
for not yet seeing
what has been given me to create.
Karl
Love
Love can tie you
up in knots
binding you
and blinding you,
but it can also
open your eyes
to the beauty
of the world.
Ami
Attraction
Use what you stand for to
attract customers; use what
you do to retain them.
Ensure they’re always free to
go, and they will stay.
JP Rangaswami
The Neglected Path
The neglected path:
avoid debt,
save now,
save enough,
minimize expenses,
own everything;
money will then be your
powerful ally
instead of a crushing burden.
Aaron Stroud
Success
Though the world is fullof people who will pointout your failures, theonly person who cantell if you havesucceeded is yourself
Mark
Blogging
Sometimes I blog
like a London Bus -
insofar as you can
wait ages for one to
turn up
and then two come
along at once.
Claire Raikes
Open Mind
What frees a closed mind? Loveand acceptance steadfastlyoffered — no strings attached,no expectations, no guilt. Aheart of love opens all doors.
spaceagesage
Brevity and Life Wisdom
The world’s most precious resource is not oil;
it is joy, a life-sustaining energy that is also extracted,
from the soul instead of the ground.
Terry Starbucker
Fear
The world crumbles
again
and yet
all things must pass
there is nothing new under the sun
I remember his words
do not be afraid..
Brad Shorr
Friday Feeling
Friday has a
feeling that speaks
to a freedom from
all things rigid, it
parallels swinging
on a swing, seeing
fluffy clouds
between your feet
Mother Earth
Every Day Matters
Why does time seem to accelerate as we age?
It could be because we finally appreciate the value
and how precious each day really is.
Dennis Salazar
Today
Today I suggest to you
Bite off more than you can chew
Forget when anyone watches you askew
Just pursue something big, exciting, and new.
Katie Konrath
Fly Free
Fly like a bird
Float like a cloud
Follow your instinct
Feel the fear
To experience the
Feelings of joy, and
peace
Suzie Cheel
Enough
It’s not enough to have, you
also need to hold.Whether love, talents, or
possessions—
Love must be enjoyed,Talents and possessions
used.
Take action.
Christine Taylor
Island
No person an island they say. Thenwhy do we work so hard to keepfolks on their own islands.Consider inviting them to yours.
Todd Jordan
Wildness
Boldly express your wildness.
Release all fear of judgment.
Inspire us with your raw, untamed vigor.
Be the wild spirit who came here to soar.
Tom Volkar
Wisdom
work when you work
live when you live
balance them carefully
the science: knowing
the difference
between the two
the art: knowing when
to stop
Stephen Smith
Far
How can we live without
wondering how we got
to where we are
I read my Grandfathers
WWI Diary, now again
he’s not so far.
Joe Hauckes
Twenty-five words . . .
Leave for the last minute of the last day,
this exercise on inspiration in twenty-five
words: there’s too much haste and
impatience out there, anyway.
Peter Knight
Changing the World
Change The World You Say?
Not On My Agenda Today!
It’s All Work, No Play.
Change The World Another Day.
Life Needs Reevaluation Right Away!
Vicky H
See Too Much
Majestic white
egret walkingahead turns tostare, oh mystical
union! Sheshudders and plop
- a spreading
white puddle.Laughing, we getout the hose.
Liz Williams
Wake Up
Need to wake up
From this automated existence
Learn to live life passionately
As time is running out
And there is much yet to experience.
Bobby Clark
Love
Life is a series of selected
fictions. When we acknowledge
our shared Truth we find
Unity/Love..
Meryl333
Wishes
One wishes
that we all
went back
to having a
lifetime to
describe
things that
mattered
instead of
counting
words - as I
am doing
now.
Anant
Lead
"Be the change you seek," said Gandhi;
how few heed him, how much we need them;
"lead, follow, or get out the way," I say.
John Cooper
Smaller World
Indubitably the world`s smaller,
relationships form quicker,
ideas, stupidity transmitted in
milliseconds,
concepts unseen forged.
But when masses aren`t happy
always One must bear blame.
Elaine B
Laughter
Laughter is a truly
healing medicine,
reducing unneeded
stress,
softening sometimes
unbearable pain,
and brightening
someone else's day.
Are you helping to heal
the world?
Eric Peterson
Discovery
I see
too many people
blaming
external factors
or others
for their own unhappiness
not realizing
their own power
for greatness
lies within
awaiting discovery.
Jenny Mannion
Malaise
In front of a Web connected
computer he can change the
world with vigor, instead
chronic procrastination means
life is frittered away, page
refreshing Twitter.
Paul Downey
Me
Look at me . . .
Listen to me . . .
Give to me . . .
Help me . . .
How did it become
about loving
yourself instead of
loving your
neighbor as
yourself?
Lillie Ammann
Every Day Matters
Putting your priorities in the right order is much harder than it
sounds. And it's even harder keeping them there.
But it's worth the effort.
Paul Whitehouse
Home
It started
When I wrote my first lines.
I thought it was heaven
I was following.
Instead I found
a thread that led me home.
Phil Baumann
The Key
Today I remember that surrender is the key to writing and life: trusting that
all is in divine order in every moment, in every breath.
Mark David Gerson
Change
Asked:
“How would you
change the world?”
Pondered
“Which world?”
Realizing just how
general a statement, I
concluded,
“Why not let the world
change me?”
theFemGeek
Brad Shorr
Mother Earth
Katie Konrath
Suzie Cheel
Christine Taylor
Tom Volkar
Todd Jordan
Stephen Smith
Peter Knight
Joe Hauckes
Vicky H
Bobby Clark
Meryl333
Liz Williams
Elaine B
Anant
John Cooper
Eric Peterson
Jenny Mannion
Paul Downey
Paul Whitehouse
Lillie Ammann
Mark David Gerson
Phil Baumann
theFemGeek
Karin H
Mark
Mark Goodyear
Lisa
stephenpreneur
Bhupesh Shah
Lara Nieberding
David Taboada
Rick Wolff
Diana
DazzlinDonna
Karen Lynch
Courtney
RadiantWoman
Ed
Karl
Robert Hruzek
Ami
JP Rangaswami
Mark
Aaron Stroud
Terry Starbucker
spaceagesage
Claire Raikes
Dennis Salazar
25 words canexpress an idea,question fears,offer kindness,
stop us in thoughtMaybe 25 words canmove us to startchanging the world.
Thank you to everyone
who participated by
writing or by reading this
document.
Liz Strauss

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25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom

  • 1. Work / Life Wisdom 25 Words of Pass it on . . . It was about finding meaning, not following rules.
  • 2. Pass it on . . . Work / Life Wisdom 25 Words of It was about finding meaning, not following rules. 25 words can express an idea, question fears, offer explanation, stop us in thought Maybe 25 words can move us to start changing the world. Liz Strauss
  • 3. • Look for something you see too much or too little of. • Write a sentence about it. • Count the words you have written. • Edit the sentence until you have 25 words exactly. Notice how your idea changes as you edit and how your feelings change with each rewrite. It was about finding meaning, following not rules. Some arrived late. One person only wrote 13 words. The challenge ran July 9, 2008 - July 19, 2008. The challenge read:
  • 4. Time Is speed of the essence when requests are made? My time or your time what's more pressing? Honest answers timely given: great start in relationships Karin H Vacation Oh yeah. I can get excited about this one. Here’s a ten word thought about vacation: It’s okay to do stuff, but stuff isn’t rest necessarily. Mark Goodyear Action I live in a tropical paradise,yet I think about the orphansand refugees around theworld who are suffering.It’s time to take action. Mark
  • 5. Love It takes a moment to say I love you but a lifetime to remember that you didn’t. Bhupesh Shah Death Here we all are, a couple of billion slabs of meat, on this small ball of mud, and some idiots want to kill each other? stephenpreneur There The pounding ocean surf calms me. The warm sun on my shoulders and sand between my toes soothes my soul. Three weeks, and I’m there. Lisa
  • 6. Loving Souls Somebody said marriage is overrated. Actually, Love is underrated. “What’s in it for me?” guides too many decisions. Loving souls care and stay close together. David Taboada Marriage Marriage is forced by a society obsessed with conformity. Live up to society standards or be shunned. Not everyone is for marriage. Lara Nieberding Waiting Room I’ve spent my first half-century in a waiting room reading a magazine article about the kind of life others have, that I deserve too. Rick Wolff
  • 7. The details of the gathering don’t matter; what matters is that you gather. Shine My motto, borrowed from Smashmouth’s All Star, is “You’ll never shine if you don’t glow.” Make the choice. Recognize and share your light with everyone. DazzlinDonna A Difference Making a difference, we’ve all heard it said, should be the goal of life. Too often forgot, though: Some differences are made without being known. Diana Gathering Karen Lynch
  • 8. qi When qi flows there is no pain. Where there is pain qi is not flowing. Keep your muscles and emotions flowing and qi will follow. Ed I’m No Supermom I’m no supermom not everything will get done everyday and sometimes nothing at all but I love my family and that is all that matters Courtney Detach with Lovedetach with lovethree words hiding a promise step back from others, let them go like sneezing during a cold then life can literally unfold RadiantWoman
  • 9. They Were Wrong They said it couldn’t be done. “It’s too big,” they said. “You’re crazy to try it,” they said. “It’s impossible,” they said. They were wrong. Robert Hruzek My Gift Who will give my gift if I don’t? In vain do I blame others for not yet seeing what has been given me to create. Karl Love Love can tie you up in knots binding you and blinding you, but it can also open your eyes to the beauty of the world. Ami
  • 10. Attraction Use what you stand for to attract customers; use what you do to retain them. Ensure they’re always free to go, and they will stay. JP Rangaswami The Neglected Path The neglected path: avoid debt, save now, save enough, minimize expenses, own everything; money will then be your powerful ally instead of a crushing burden. Aaron Stroud Success Though the world is fullof people who will pointout your failures, theonly person who cantell if you havesucceeded is yourself Mark
  • 11. Blogging Sometimes I blog like a London Bus - insofar as you can wait ages for one to turn up and then two come along at once. Claire Raikes Open Mind What frees a closed mind? Loveand acceptance steadfastlyoffered — no strings attached,no expectations, no guilt. Aheart of love opens all doors. spaceagesage Brevity and Life Wisdom The world’s most precious resource is not oil; it is joy, a life-sustaining energy that is also extracted, from the soul instead of the ground. Terry Starbucker
  • 12. Fear The world crumbles again and yet all things must pass there is nothing new under the sun I remember his words do not be afraid.. Brad Shorr Friday Feeling Friday has a feeling that speaks to a freedom from all things rigid, it parallels swinging on a swing, seeing fluffy clouds between your feet Mother Earth Every Day Matters Why does time seem to accelerate as we age? It could be because we finally appreciate the value and how precious each day really is. Dennis Salazar
  • 13. Today Today I suggest to you Bite off more than you can chew Forget when anyone watches you askew Just pursue something big, exciting, and new. Katie Konrath Fly Free Fly like a bird Float like a cloud Follow your instinct Feel the fear To experience the Feelings of joy, and peace Suzie Cheel Enough It’s not enough to have, you also need to hold.Whether love, talents, or possessions— Love must be enjoyed,Talents and possessions used. Take action. Christine Taylor
  • 14. Island No person an island they say. Thenwhy do we work so hard to keepfolks on their own islands.Consider inviting them to yours. Todd Jordan Wildness Boldly express your wildness. Release all fear of judgment. Inspire us with your raw, untamed vigor. Be the wild spirit who came here to soar. Tom Volkar Wisdom work when you work live when you live balance them carefully the science: knowing the difference between the two the art: knowing when to stop Stephen Smith
  • 15. Far How can we live without wondering how we got to where we are I read my Grandfathers WWI Diary, now again he’s not so far. Joe Hauckes Twenty-five words . . . Leave for the last minute of the last day, this exercise on inspiration in twenty-five words: there’s too much haste and impatience out there, anyway. Peter Knight Changing the World Change The World You Say? Not On My Agenda Today! It’s All Work, No Play. Change The World Another Day. Life Needs Reevaluation Right Away! Vicky H
  • 16. See Too Much Majestic white egret walkingahead turns tostare, oh mystical union! Sheshudders and plop - a spreading white puddle.Laughing, we getout the hose. Liz Williams Wake Up Need to wake up From this automated existence Learn to live life passionately As time is running out And there is much yet to experience. Bobby Clark Love Life is a series of selected fictions. When we acknowledge our shared Truth we find Unity/Love.. Meryl333
  • 17. Wishes One wishes that we all went back to having a lifetime to describe things that mattered instead of counting words - as I am doing now. Anant Lead "Be the change you seek," said Gandhi; how few heed him, how much we need them; "lead, follow, or get out the way," I say. John Cooper Smaller World Indubitably the world`s smaller, relationships form quicker, ideas, stupidity transmitted in milliseconds, concepts unseen forged. But when masses aren`t happy always One must bear blame. Elaine B
  • 18. Laughter Laughter is a truly healing medicine, reducing unneeded stress, softening sometimes unbearable pain, and brightening someone else's day. Are you helping to heal the world? Eric Peterson Discovery I see too many people blaming external factors or others for their own unhappiness not realizing their own power for greatness lies within awaiting discovery. Jenny Mannion
  • 19. Malaise In front of a Web connected computer he can change the world with vigor, instead chronic procrastination means life is frittered away, page refreshing Twitter. Paul Downey Me Look at me . . . Listen to me . . . Give to me . . . Help me . . . How did it become about loving yourself instead of loving your neighbor as yourself? Lillie Ammann Every Day Matters Putting your priorities in the right order is much harder than it sounds. And it's even harder keeping them there. But it's worth the effort. Paul Whitehouse
  • 20. Home It started When I wrote my first lines. I thought it was heaven I was following. Instead I found a thread that led me home. Phil Baumann The Key Today I remember that surrender is the key to writing and life: trusting that all is in divine order in every moment, in every breath. Mark David Gerson Change Asked: “How would you change the world?” Pondered “Which world?” Realizing just how general a statement, I concluded, “Why not let the world change me?” theFemGeek
  • 21. Brad Shorr Mother Earth Katie Konrath Suzie Cheel Christine Taylor Tom Volkar Todd Jordan Stephen Smith Peter Knight Joe Hauckes Vicky H Bobby Clark Meryl333 Liz Williams Elaine B Anant John Cooper Eric Peterson Jenny Mannion Paul Downey Paul Whitehouse Lillie Ammann Mark David Gerson Phil Baumann theFemGeek Karin H Mark Mark Goodyear Lisa stephenpreneur Bhupesh Shah Lara Nieberding David Taboada Rick Wolff Diana DazzlinDonna Karen Lynch Courtney RadiantWoman Ed Karl Robert Hruzek Ami JP Rangaswami Mark Aaron Stroud Terry Starbucker spaceagesage Claire Raikes Dennis Salazar 25 words canexpress an idea,question fears,offer kindness, stop us in thoughtMaybe 25 words canmove us to startchanging the world. Thank you to everyone who participated by writing or by reading this document. Liz Strauss