He who conquers others is strong;
he who conquers himself is mighty.
Lao Tzu
Aquel que conquista a otros es fuerte;
Aquel que se conquista a si mismo es poderoso.
Lao Tzu
Tag: power
Your urge….
Your urge to control life
controls you.
Mooji
Tu necesidad de controlar la vida
te controla a tí.
Mooji
N.B.
Outside any other contexts you can give to this quote, if you relate this to childhood, it makes perfect sense. Children need to control their play, their time, their space, their will, their life, so they can control – self regulate -themselves and learn.
Also you can think on the other end of the stick which is when the adult needs to control the life of this child from beginning to end, is taking away from the child the possibility to learn.
I´m not advocating for a free range and allow the child to do whatever it comes to his mind, whatever takes his will; I am advocating for a delicate balance of power (control), where parent and child can work together in a rhythm, where the adult can control the environment so the child can play and learn to control his play, his time, his will and senses.
Comes to mind the word respect. If we respect the child, we respect ourselves.
N.B.
Fuera de cualquier otro contexto que se le pueda dar a esta frase, ésta se puede relacionar perfectamente con los niños. Los niños necesitan controlar su juego, su tiempo, su espacio, su voluntad, su vida, para así aprender a controlarse – regularse – a ellos mismos.
También se puede pensar en el otro extremo, que es cuando los adultos necesitan controlar la vida del niño de principio a fin. Al hacer esto, el adulto le quita la posibilidad al niño de aprender.
No estoy abogando por darle al niño el libre albedrío, que el niño decida hacer lo que se le venga a la mente y en gana; estoy abogando por un delicado balance de poder (control) entre adulto e infante, donde los adultos y los niños pueden trabajar juntos en un ritmo, donde el adulto puede controlar el entorno y el niño puede jugar, y aprender a controlar su juego, su tiempo, su voluntad y sus sentidos.
Se me ocurre la palabra respeto a la niñez. Respetando al niño, nos respetamos a nosotros mismos.
Your problem is…
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued.
Whether you are going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it, and find out the truth about who your are.
Anne Lamott
Tu problema es como vas a pasar esta preciada y única vida que tienes.
La puedes vivir intentando verte bien y creando la ilusión de que tienes poder sobre personas y circumstancias, o bien la puedes vivir saboreandola, disfrutándola y buscando la verdad acerca de quién eres.
Anne Lamott
Commitment
Commitment.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.
Goethe.
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