Congratulations on your blog! The title said it all "Height Be Taken" - so beautifully written (which is why Shakespeare is Shakespeare, no one can beat him :P)
Oh I sent your blog to M, and he just loved it (he said "that is a powerful / heavy sonnet! The sonnet is what love is really about") :) He is such a big fan of sonnets by Shakespeare, he recommends Sonnet 18 for lighter version:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
I think it may be better he starts dating you instead :P
I think "Height be taken" can resonant the "growth stock concept" in my previous blog post and what you wrote in your last paragraph. Apart from the self journey of learning, ideally speaking, our Mr Right should be able to stimulate growth together, and in a way somehow pushing each other limit and live life to the fullest.
Having said that I have been thinking what else we may do in addition to the 3 principles I briefly wrote to facilitate the chance of discovering a growth stock. In real stock market you can track the stock performance, check their annual report etc... but what about for people?
Then I further think - the same actually applies to job / human resources area. I bet all employers would like to find a growth stock to work along / work for them but how to locate such a candidate?
A growth stock can also refer to a friend who inspires personal growth and who brings in interesting thoughts and conversation.
So the art of discovering growth stock should definitely be included into our syllabus as well
k xoxo
K - I'm glad M liked it (and sonnet 18 - so sweet!). And I'm loving your analogy of growth stock and men. Unfortunately, publicly traded stocks are meticulously valued by equity analysts...if only there were such 'analysts' to report on guys! (But that would be a bit stalkerish, don't you think? ha!) Nowadays, we have google and facebook to aid us in our 'due diligence' (try googling yourself and see what comes up - sometimes you'd be surprised what is out there). And not only do we have access to their profiles with pictures, life philosophies, etc... but we may be able to view their mutual friends group (examining stocks with a similar beta risk factor can help to determine potential trends).
ReplyDeleteBut all this 'research' can be a bit much. And call me old-fashioned, but I like to learn about a guy thru interaction versus profile stalking (though doing some light internet stalking is only natural and even wise).
Maybe the best way is to understand how to identify a player or a potential growth stock is thru interaction - dialogue and physical cues. Sometimes I find that talking to my guy friends helps me to figure out how a typical guy's mind operates.
In short - when applying due diligence to "people", we should be prepped to evaluate behavioral and verbal cues. This skill doesn't come naturally - it's a learned art!
Practice makes perfect, eh? ;)
Thanks for the link, K san. "Top Five Regrets of The Dying" was powerful. My aim for life is to relax, smile and love after having seen and experienced:)
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