My mind. Enhanced.

This post is meant to portray a snapshot in my life, because I'm about to embark on new territory, a new life story and this entry will capture how I am thinking now so I can look back it in the future and remind myself why I made the decision back then, which is now. That being said, let's begin. It's a sunny afternoon and I spent the better part of my day in my bed napping and self-reflecting. I'm at a point in my life where I need to make some decisions, some pretty important ones, and they need to be calculated precisely for more desirable positive results. Or not. I've come to appreciate my brain for its good traits and bad traits. Good traits, being able to recognize patterns quickly and develop out of the box ideas that are cohesive and logical. Bad traits, like short term memory thinking. Forgetting where I put my keys, small errands, etc.  Appreciating my strengths and weaknesses helps me stay calm even if my plan isn't going according to way I origin...

An Aesop Fable once told the story of a crow... ... perishing with thirst, saw a pitcher, and, hoping to find water, flew to it with great delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach, and thus saved his life. The moral of the fable notes that necessity is the mother of invention . At work today, I wasn't content with my keyboard and the repetitive nature of copy pasting stuff for filing tickets. So, I downloaded AutoHotKey and scripted about 20% of my routine tasks, ie creating a ticket, copy pasting body of email, etc. The effort paid off, I haven't run any tests to quantify how much time I'm saving, but I am delighted everytime I use a hotk...

It was a sunny afternoon, dad and I were driving to the airport to pick Raymond up. I cant remember how we got into the conversation but dad reflected on some of the things he achieved during and after college. He told me about his dream once to complete his masters in robotics, he talked about some of his inventions, and his business ideas, and stuff he'd accomplished pre-Canada. The conversation was brief but it was enough for me to stick yet another fork in the road. And so, here I am now at the fork, aware of my purpose and my responsibilities being the first born son of my father.

To all my detractors, I plead you live a happy life and an end to all your sufferings; for the world suffers enough. Sincerely, Roan

Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother ... therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading. - Marcus Aurelis Meditations

Sustainability is a (not so new) trend that is receiving a good amount of spotlight recently. This trend encourages people to think about the environment and living in harmony with nature. That's good for the Earth, but what about living in harmony with nature within the human spirit? Some of us believe that each individual has his / her own purpose in life and that purpose is found when one has discovered and established their gift. Their gift being a skill or talent they believe they were born to do - because they're good at it. But what if we don't know what we were born to do? Some of us wander aimlessly, flowing along with the norm, finding nothing and everything interesting with little or no direction in life. Well, I've got a suggestion for those who don't know what they were born to do; they need to look at their family; they need to consider what was previously accomplished by their parents (close relatives) and try to improve on that. Thinking in that di...

Poor in spirit or money, doesn't matter. Just help them regardless. Gloria and I had this pretty interesting discussion about the poor and its root causes. I told her I just want to help them no matter what the reason is for their misery. The world is a beautiful place and there are some people who see that, but for those who don't we need to show them that beauty. Show them life is worthwhile and help them understand their future is bright and the world needs them. The world would be a better place if everyone had a good life. Everyone in this world, even the poor more so, deserve a good life.