Dan's Drivel
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DAFORISMS
Random thoughts by yours truly (though some may not be so original)
DAF: My initials
Aphorism: A Short, Original Saying Espousing A Bit Of Wisdom
Portmanteu: A New Word Created By Putting Together Parts Of Two Other Words
Daforisms: Short Insightful Thoughts Created By The Author Of These Quips
(Though Some May Have Been Said By Others As Well
BRAVERY & FEAR
You can’t be brave without being afraid
Integrity has a price
Say what you mean; mean what you say
You can’t be brave until you feel afraid
Fear is not intimidation
You’ll never be a great speaker until you stand for something
Often, the line between being brave and being stupid is simply staying alive to tell about it
DREAMS & OPPORTUNITY
Opportunities are dreams in disguise
While you are busily pursuing your dream, help someone else attain theirs
It’s got to be your dream
A door almost closed is still open
Is your list of dreams getting shorter because of check marks or cross outs?
Sometimes a dream can be so simple that you forget that you are living it
Think beyond the realm of possibility
EDUCATION
The subject is never bigger than the student
There’s more to school than school
We are all teachers and students in the game of life
Learn by teaching; teach by learning
so many things can’t be taught; just learned
Learning is life
Growth, not grades
The kids are great because the adults leading them are great
FAILURE & SUCCESS
Life’s too short to short yourself of the way you want it to be
Invest in the time required to succeed
Be a leader, not a bleater
Failure is success’s oldest ancestor
To succeed in education, one needs to be able to read and write. To succeed in life, one needs to be able to speak and interact
IDLENESS
While doing nothing, do something
I didn’t do it Because I am L–A–Z–Y… Busy
Sometimes you spend the entire day doing nothing; it feels like such a great accomplishment
INDIVIDUALITY
There is an “I” in We
Question… yourself
Being independent is not being an individual
INSPIRATIONS
Go with what you’ve got
Maximize the moment
Carpe Diem each moment of your life
Keep on keepin’ on
Between the bookends, you get to choose the books
IRONIES
The harshest irony: Sometimes you laugh so hard you cry
The only thing worse than being alone is being with people who make you wish you were alone
Not being who you are might actually be who you really are
No matter how fast or far you run, you can never run away from yourself
The best way to extract weeds is to give them space to grow
Even the truth is often a made-up story
LIFE LESSONS
Life is a juggling act that requires ball
The less we explore, the better the chance for our opinions to be correct
The only thing fair about life is that it is unfair for everyone
Life is not a spectator sport
Life won’t come to you; you have to go to it
Things happen; the way we react helps determine their impact
Things happen the way they’re supposed to happen, and that’s the way they should happen
The line of life is an inverted sentence
The wheel of life wobbles weirdly, but it keeps wobbling along
LIFE & DEATH
Where do we go when we die? Where do we come from before we were born?
Death is only painful for the living
We don’t only live once, we only die once
All life leads to death
MOVEMENT & STAGNATION
The loneliest distance between two points is a straight line
When confronted by a crowd, the shortest distance between two points is around it
When you finally get to where you are going, stop and look around; maybe it is someplace you have already been
Between there and here we are
Wherever you are, there you’re at
Most shortcuts are longcuts in disguise
Cut your losses and move on
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll still get somewhere
Even if you don’t know where you are going, you’ll get there
You have to have been around the block to want to go around the block again
If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?
Where are you… right now?
There’s nothing quite like the promise of a train whistle
PARALLELISMS
So many want; so few want to
listen with your eyes, see with your ears
You can change the car, but you can’t change the driver
Everyone should have sex, not everyone should have children
Life is too serious to be taken too seriously
It’s the messenger, not the message
Worry about what is, not what isn’t
Live in what is, not in what if
While you are hoping, life is happening
You feel good, you look good. You look good, you feel good
A year can’t change a day, but a day can change a year
Conversations are interactions. Social media exchanges are reactions
With comfort comes creativity
I can’t stop my hair from receding, but I do have a say in the way my body sags
PARENTING
Kids grow up; parents grow old
Being a parent is living proof that memories last a lifetime
PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE
Keep your head on straight; tomorrow’s coming no matter what happens today
All those years of wondaering what lies ahead in my future can now be found in my past
The future of my past looks nothing like the present
Reflect on the past while remaining in the present
The present becomes the past tomorrow. Be present today. Your future depends on it
Reflect on the past. Act in the present. Change your future.
Who needs a cane when I have my past to prop me up?
PEOPLE
People are full of interesting worlds
We are all nobodies in a world full of people trying to be somebodies
We’re all amateurs at everything at the start
REFLECTION/INTROSPECTION
Reflect and let go… like a mirror
Life’s too short to short yourself of the way you want it to be
You can’t go back in time, but you can go back in memories
We are too often looking out, too rarely looking in
Cry, not just today but whenever the memories lift you
Sometimes you have to step out of your own shoes to see who has been standing in them for so long
SACCARINE SENTIMENTS
I wish everyday could be the day before you are leaving
My wife can do anything, and when she’s not doing anything, she’s doing everything
SANITY
The insanity of humanity
The only time I feel sane is when I’m sleeping
THOUGHTS & THINKING
I am, therefore I think
If you have no ideas, how do you ever expect to come up with a good one?
Do you see what you see or what you want to believe?
Thoughts unspoken remain unheard
TIME
Time takes time
Time is timeless
History is a daily event
YOUTH & AGEING
I was young and had a future; now I’m old and only have a past
Youth is a luxury; ageing is the luxury tax
For every yin, there is a boomer yang
Youth has a reason for the way they act; they are young and still learning. As adults, what is our excuse?
Leave youth to the young