Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I'm gonna do what I have to do in order to get back to the people who are important to m
In 2003, 27-year-old Colorado native Aron Ralston was rock-climbing in Bluejohn Canyon in Utah when he accidentally set loose an 800-pound rock.
Trapped with only a liter of water, no jacket and a small, dull knife, Ralston realized what he'd have to do.
"It was a conversation I had out loud with myself. You're gonna have to cut your arm off, Aron. 'I don't want to cut my arm off.' Dude, you're gonna have to cut your arm off," he told CBS News.
Ralston considered suicide, but ultimately chose to break his own bones, cut off his own arm, rappel down a 60-foot cliff, then hike seven miles before being rescued by a helicopter that his mom had sent out.
"This is something I would not have believed that I was capable of doing. If you had told me eight years ago that I would do this, I wouldn't have believed it," he told CBS.
Rather than an animal instinct to survive, Ralston says he simply did what he had to do to see his loved ones again.
"Really it was a very simple thing, like, 'I'm gonna do what I have to do in order to get back to the people who are important to me,'" he said.
We'd want to see our loved ones again too
Trapped with only a liter of water, no jacket and a small, dull knife, Ralston realized what he'd have to do.
"It was a conversation I had out loud with myself. You're gonna have to cut your arm off, Aron. 'I don't want to cut my arm off.' Dude, you're gonna have to cut your arm off," he told CBS News.
Ralston considered suicide, but ultimately chose to break his own bones, cut off his own arm, rappel down a 60-foot cliff, then hike seven miles before being rescued by a helicopter that his mom had sent out.
"This is something I would not have believed that I was capable of doing. If you had told me eight years ago that I would do this, I wouldn't have believed it," he told CBS.
Rather than an animal instinct to survive, Ralston says he simply did what he had to do to see his loved ones again.
"Really it was a very simple thing, like, 'I'm gonna do what I have to do in order to get back to the people who are important to me,'" he said.
We'd want to see our loved ones again too
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Monday, February 06, 2012
crab mentality
you're really such a nice and kindhearted man..appreciate it so much..though we are not same race, you cared and listened..it is just so sad sometimes that people of your own race are the one whose pulling you down., "crab mentality"?
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Happiness
Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.[1] A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
humans seem happiest when they have
Pleasure (tasty foods, warm baths, etc.),
Engagement (or flow, the absorption of an enjoyed yet challenging activity),
Relationships (social ties have turned out to be extremely reliable indicator of happiness),
Meaning (a perceived quest or belonging to something bigger), and
Accomplishments (having realized tangible goals).
The Chinese Confucian thinker Mencius, who 2300 years ago sought to give advice to the ruthless political leaders of the warring states period, was convinced that the mind played a mediating role between the "lesser self" (the physiological self) and the "greater self" (the moral self) and that getting the priorities right between these two would lead to sage-hood. He argued that if we did not feel satisfaction or pleasure in nourishing one's "vital force" with "righteous deeds", that force would shrivel up (Mencius,6A:15 2A:2). More specifically, he mentions the experience of intoxicating joy if one celebrates the practice of the great virtues, especially through music.[7]
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