Knowing other people is
Knowing other people is intelligence,
knowing yourself is wisdom.
Overcoming others takes strength,
overcoming yourself takes greatness.
Contentment is wealth.
Boldly pushing forward takes resolution.
Staying put keeps you in position.
To live till you die
is to live long enough.
-Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching"
I found this passage amazingly inspirational and relevant to me at this moment in time. I know I don't need to decide everything this very moment for the rest of my life, but I do need to build towards a future, and push myself. It's something that I've forgotten since I graduated. I came out of Berkeley with a plan -- I was going to work for a few years, get a Master's and work, eventually starting my own business.
There's many a fairy tale about some poor lost traveller going through an enchanted fairy wood, and being bewitched to stay a while, he stays until he comes out, surprised that hundreds of years have passed. That was me while I was working within Blizzard's enchanted glade for 6 years. Time has passed, and I need to put my life back on track. There were lots of courses I enjoyed at Berkeley, and lots of courses I did well in. I think I've drifted far from my original course, but I know I can steer my life to somewhere I want to be. I will change what I can, and accept what I can't.
