两种

强壮的人控制形势，软弱的人被形势控制。这就是两种人生。

Life is like an afternoon walk in the forest…

“I want to be so awed by the world that my life is pointed in all directions at once. I don’t think aimless deserves the negative connotation that it has. One can be ambitious and aimless at the same time.

Ambition - the desire to achieve
Aimless - moving in no particular direction

I would never strive to be ambition-less. but as I see it, I can be aimless and still live a full and happy life. In fact, an aimless life seems to be a fuller and happier one that I imagine an “aimed” life would be. Aimless implies movement in one’s life — following a path without knowing your final destination, or even blazing a new trail without an endpoint in mind. Life should be lived like an afternoon walk in the forest — taken one step at a time, with frequent stops to enjoy the view, applaud yourself for overcoming challenges, and observe the way your surroundings interact with your presence and can continue to thrive long after you’ve gone away. It has nothing to do with reaching a certain place or finding a specific thing; it’s just about the journey. And to be so overwhelmed with wonder and awe that you cannot possibly pinpoint a goal other than to simply live, that is true success.” - Small Wonder

无中升华

两年前怀着对电音的热爱，修了门DJ Decal。学了电音的发展历史和入门技巧。期末的Project是Mix三首曲子。凭着那时对电音界的一点点了解，选了

Shane 54 - Too Late to Turn (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Ferry Corsten - Sublime (Thrillseekers Remix)
A Boy Called Joni - Green Astronauts (Original Mix)

作为Mix的曲目。每一首曲子单独只能起到它自己的效果，但一旦和别的曲子Mix在一起时，就能有无穷的组合排列，产生奇幻无比的效果。顺着三首的次序，我作为DJ想要听者感受到的效果是由Too Late to Turn快速及有节奏的Vocal开头，到Sublime的发挥着震撼整个Mix作用的Breakdown，再到Green Astronauts次高潮的结尾。

这个Mix取名叫First Flight。后来发现既然跟Tiësto Magik 1专辑同名。应该说是那时的我走出了他成名前走的第一步吧。

最近谈到了“升华”这个词，发现其英文是Sublimation。真没意识到，Ferry Corsten的Sublime在整个Mix中起到的不就是升华作用吗！

Nothing in the world…

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge

Different Names For The Same Thing

“Alone on a train aimless in wonder
An outdated map crumbled in my pocket
But I didn’t care where I was going
‘Cause they’re all different names for the same place.

The coast disappeared when the sea drowned the sun
And I knew no words to share with anyone
The boundaries of language I quietly cursed
And all the different names for the same thing

There are different names for the same things
There are different names for the same things…”

A career of a lifetime

“The saying ‘the only constant is change’ captures very well the spirit of the times we live in. The biggest challenge IBM faces in the future is, can a 380,000 people company change quickly enough its people’s skill sets, mindsets and leadership to maintain and sustain our business model?” - Hans Ulrich Maerki

曾经我们喜欢一切的温暖与香甜

这句话我应该永远不会忘记。

突然看到你近期写的几句话，觉得也许你一点点地变安定了，变成熟了。孤身奋斗在外，不知生活是痛，是苦，是快，还是乐。而今我们所追求的真是非如此简单吗？

“一辈子都会想要和你一起看日落
普通人的生活.很快乐”

Details of the everyday world that I missed, part 1

I have been wondering about the question of where do you line-break a sentence for the longest time, ever since I was taught the correct way but later forgot. Do you break it before or after a preposition? Before or after an article?

At the nth time that this question came up again today, I asked an editor at work. Through our discussion, I realized that the significance of a line break is negligible in ordinary English, however, far more important in poetry! That’s it, I most likely learnt it in high school English class in relation to poetry.

When I look around now, I can see patterns and antipatterns in all line breaks. But it’s just so absurb that when I didn’t have the answer, I never noticed them at all.

“Read some poems and see how many have line breaks on articles (the, a, an), prepositions (of, in, by), conjunctions (but, and, or) or other “transitional” words - most poems don’t end lines on these “inconsequential” words because poets know that line breaks are a source of POWER in your poem, and why would you want to focus on the word “the”? (At least, unintentionally focus on the word due to carelessness and not a choice).” - Poetry X

383 Madison Ave

How did it fall just like that…

Sorry that I didn’t understand your worries or fears…

被忘了的过去

以前总以为只要忘记了一段过去就等于把它放下了，所以自己会牢牢地守在那段被忘了的记忆旁，不让任何人试图再把它想起来。但是现在觉得那样做并没有真正地把它放下，因为每当我没让它被想起时，我却更深刻地记住了它，那段被忘了的过去。也许我该做的是能从容地去面对那段被忘了的过去，而不是紧紧地守着它不放。