Dialogue

This dialogue doesn't mean a thing.

We all die alone buried with our dreams.

So please don't waste your time and stop the

Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.

We all die alone.

There's no need to talk.

Stop the dialogue.

Forever Maybe?

I lost my way.

Show me the road.

Or leave me alone.

All the things I do

Make me feel good.

Make me feel wrong.

I cannot be with you.

I cannot live alone.

I tear my time apart.

I write this stupid songs.

I hope one day I will...

I hope one day I can...

We will live forever baby.

We will be together maybe.

And everything you wanted

I have.

And if I go... you know I loved you.

And if you go... you know I love you.

Students Today Are Completely Full of Shit

I was watching this documentary called "Before the Music Dies" and loved this quote by Branford Marsalis (saxophonist and music professor)

Branford was asked what has he learned from his students. Here's his response:

"What I've learned from my students is that students today are completely full of shit.

That is what I've learned from my students. Much like the generation before them, the only thing they are really interested in is you telling them how right they are and how good they are.

That is the same mentality that basically forces Harvard to give out B's to people that don't deserve them out of the fear that they'll go to other school that will give them B's, and those schools will make the money.

We live in a country that seems to be in this massive state of delusion, where the idea of what you are is more important than you actually being that. And it actually works just as long as everybody's winking at the same time. If one person stops winking, you just beat the crap out of that person, and they either starting winking or go somewhere else.

My students — all they want to hear how good they are and how talented they are. Most of them aren't really willing to work to the degree to live up to that."

http://con-ver-ter.blogspot.com/

California Trip Video

See it on http://www.con-ver-ter.blogspot.com

Everything You Do Matters

Not my own article, but I like the idea and agree with it.

Everything You Do Matters
The Ripple Effect

In a world of six billion people, it’s easy to believe that the only way to initiate profound transformation is to take extreme action. Each of us, however, carries within us the capacity to change the world in small ways for better or worse. Everything we do and think affects the people in our lives, and their reactions in turn affect others. As the effect of a seemingly insignificant word passes from person to person, its impact grows and can become a source of great joy, inspiration, anxiety, or pain. Your thoughts and actions are like stones dropped into still waters, causing ripples to spread and expand as they move outward. The impact you have on the world is greater than you could ever imagine, and the choices you make can have far-reaching consequences. You can use the ripple effect to make a positive difference and spread waves of kindness that will wash over the world.

Should the opportunity arise, the recipient of a good deed will likely feel compelled to do a good deed for someone else. Someone feeling the effects of negative energy will be more likely to pass on that negative energy. One act of charity, one thoughtful deed, or even one positive thought can pass from individual to individual, snowballing until it becomes a group movement or the ray of hope that saves someone’s life. Every transformation, just like every ripple, has a point of origin. You must believe in your ability to be that point of origin if you want to use the ripples you create to spread goodness. Consider the effect of your thoughts and actions, and try to act graciously as much as possible.

A smile directed at a stranger, a compliment given to a friend, an attitude of laughter, or a thoughtful gesture can send ripples that spread among your loved ones and associates, out into your community, and finally throughout the world. You have the power to touch the lives of everyone you come into contact with and everyone those people come into contact with. The momentum of your influence will grow as your ripples moves onward and outward. One of those ripples could become a tidal wave of positivity.