"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

January 10, 2011

The Theme of the Year...

Just a common word? But out of nowhere.. No detail.. I can't explain how because if I try to elaborate it won't be easily understandable, if I briefly mention it will sounds like magic. Mmm.. It usually happens around Christmas-New year holiday after some leisure time and when it comes, my year begins. 'Revise'.. the word for the year came into my mind like planting a seed and my thoughts started flourishing. Well, the phenomena itself has made me clueless, trying to understand the word is another, and what it is going to do to me or my year is the most intriguing.. Every time it is as mysterious as but more REAL than prophecy I could get from expert's book that I happened to flip through.

I first ran to an Oxford English dictionary to confirm the meaning of the word, 'Revise', that everybody knows, and see if there is different perspective. Coincidently, I have been doing revision, of my work especially nowadays.. and the good thing is I finally received some feedbacks from trustworthy persons which have helped me to complete my DIY full-cycle training in a quite Professional way. I suppose there are many things I should revise during my (again) 'mini-retired' period in 'the Year of Revision' !  ..from head to toes.. back to front.. inside to outside.. left to right.. every dimensions huh?.. Oh yeah, time to get moving~