Do not listen to what it says,
but observe what it does.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - November 17, 1994

Stream of Consciousness
By Michael Alibrando

The mind is my thought ocean,
Consciousness is my thought stream,
Flowing, keeping track of time,
Insights flashing me a glean.

Through mental engineering,
I have worn in schools of thought,
Existential scuba gear,
For idea fish I've caught.

Idea fish are not like others,
You cannot catch them whole,
For you must scoop your cerebral net around them,
And capture up their soul.

Do not fear it does not hurt them,
To lift their spirits away,
You only keep them long enough,
To put to paper what they say.

Then you let them go again,
To reread what they have brought,
Add to private mental lakes,
A private school of thought.

Copyright © 1993 Michael Alibrando

"Just as fish may be unaware
of the existence of the water
in which they swim, most of us
are unaware of the ceaselessly
flowing time in which we live."
P. Zimbardo

"As we look further into the future,
we are forced to
do more in the present.
P. Zimbardo

"As long a man has will he will have
have some degree of control
over his reactions,
responses and conclusions."
L. Buscaglia

"He is not totally at the mercy of forces
greater than himself for he himself
becomes a powerful force."
L. Buscaglia

"Change does not occur by merely willing it
any more than behavior changes
simply through insight."
L. Buscaglia

"Things can be changed.
Nothing is irreversible."
L. Buscaglia

"If each person were to assume a small responsibility,
things could be made better."
L. Buscaglia

"The only question ask of ourselves is,
'What can I do?'

The answer is usually simple and answerable,
especially if we truly care and are willing to
assume the responsibility."
L. Buscaglia

Influence others, not by force or power,
but by love, reason, and example.
Anonymous

Originally written - November 27, 1994

"You cannot teach a person anything;
you can only help him find himself."
Galileo

Originally written - November 13, 1994

"Making peace is harder than making war."
A. E. Stevenson

"We underestimate human nature
when we fail to study
the best examples of humanity."

"To determine how fast humans can run,
you study not the average runner but
the fastest runner you can find."
A. Maslow

Determine the limits of your potential.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - November 30, 1994

"Theories should not be any more complex than necessary."
W. Occam

Life should not be any more complex than necessary.
M. Alibrando

Maturity is not a goal,
but a process."
L. Buscaglia

"We cannot sole life's problems
except by solving them."
M. S. Peck

"...we must accept responsibility
for a problem before we can
solve it."
M. S. Peck

"Love and the self are one
and the discovery of either is
the realization of both."
L. Buscaglia

Take the time.
M. Alibrando

"Problems do not go away.
they must be worked through
or else they remain, forever
a barrier to the growth and
development of the spirit."
M. S. Peck

"...as with so many problems,
the longer they are ignored,
the larger they become and
the more painful and difficult
to solve."
M. S. Peck

"Love isn't afraid to feel."
L. Buscaglia

Language creates new worlds and possibilities.
M. Alibrando

Pluralism is the belief
that no single explanatory
system or view of reality
can account for all
the phenomena of life.

thefreedictionary.com

"Ultimately love is everything."
M. S. Peck

"Good discipline requires time."
M. S. Peck

"Self-discipline is self-caring."
M. S. Peck

"...one hour of pain followed by six hours of pleasure (is)
preferable to one hour of pleasure followed by six of pain."
Me misquoting M. S. Peck

The space between all things
is as important as the things.
M. Alibrando

Incites are often more like flash bulbs than flashlights,
and the wisdom these might bring may quickly fade
from your minds-eye if you do not record them.
M. Alibrando

"Without discipline we can solve nothing."
M. S. Peck

"Problems call forth our courage and wisdom;
indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.
M. S. Peck

"Those things that hurt, instruct."
B. Franklin

"...as we negociate the curves and corners of our lives,
we must continually give up parts of ourselves.
The only alternative to this giving up is not to travel
at all on the journey of life."
M. S. Peck

"The way you go must be your decision."
M. Alibrando

"Knowing what you want from life
is only half of the difficulty of
getting what you want from life."

"Did you set a goal for yourself today?
Did you accomplish that goal?
If not today then when?"
M. Alibrando

"Grasp opportunities to create the future."
M. Alibrando