Sheeps, wolves, serpents and doves

I treat religious texts as texts of wisdom. They have taught me a great deal. I recently learn a verse from the Bible that helps me to deal with the world today.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the mist of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

I ask Lucy ( a Christian friend of mine ) what does this verse mean?

Her reply:

Matthew 10:16 were spoken by Jesus Christ to His twelve disciples whom He personally selected and was preparing to send them out to preach to the Jews who rejected Him. Jesus instructed His twelve apostles or disciples to watch out for the kind of people in each community. His instructions, advice, warnings and encouragements are still valid today!

In this verse, Jesus was encouraging his apostle to be meek and mild even in the presence of violent objectionable people ( as sheep in the mist of wolves ). He warned them to be cautious of the people who were against them but at the same time not to use violence against violence ( wise as serpent, harmless as doves ).

Inspiration from common events

I wish to live as to derive my inspiration from the commonest events, so that what my senses may perceive, my daily walk, the conversation with my neighbors may inspire me and I may dream of no heaven but that which lies about me.

Henry David Thoreau

Life like a box of chocolates

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Mrs. Gump in the movie - Forrest Gump

If we never know what we are going to get, does that means that we don’t try. No! Just try and try till we get the chocolate we want. Even if we have tried the whole box, go out and get another box.

Even if we can’t get the chocolate we want after several boxes, we know we have try and we have taste a lot of different kinds of chocolates. At least we know what different chocolates taste like.

Life Designer

David Perkins says:
The human mind is the design that designs itself and continually redesigns itself. Other mammals are designs but do little self-designing. We humans are so taken with design that we not only design and redesign everything around us but even ourselves. As a designer of yourself, you never know more than yourself.

Why I find it interesting?
Seeing oneself as a designer.
Seeing life as a piece of art.
Seeing myself as the most suitable designer for my piece of art - life.

Ian Schrager inspiration

How does Ian Schrager stay hip?

I read probably 40 to 50 magazines a week on absolutely anything - technology, news, fashion, travel and music. I might even look at a racy magazine to see how they're treating sex compared with 10 years ago. Magazines are the best way to find out what's in the air, what the social or cultural trends are. I tear out anything that grabs my interest.

Source:

At the desk of Ian Schrager, hip hotelier

Amy Goldwasser

Business 2.0 2002 May

Search

Source:

Understanding Internet search

Matt Leacock

Art Gallery

I view my portable hard disk as an art gallery, my documents as pieces of art and myself as the curator and guide.


 
Let me take you through my gallery. The first piece of art we are looking at is Customer Knowledge. It was the page 33 in the Aspect 2000 annual report. Design in 2001 by Cahan & Associates.


 
This piece of art is interesting as I see it as a good way to introduce customers to companies’ staff. The company is Aspect and the customer is Saks. The art includes:
A person ( maybe she is a staff of Saks )
What Aspect offers Saks?
What value Saks gain?
What does Saks do?

Let’s move along this way to the second piece. The second piece we are looking at is Employee Talents. It was the page 9 in the Informatica 2000 annual report. Design in 2001 by Cahan & Associates.


 
This piece of art show us a way to understand employee have talents that we fail to see and capitalized on. Please replace the word most responsive supplier with your employee. The art includes a person and what he is also? He is also an Internet millionaire and medical school drop out.