Nothing is worth more than this day
You learn a lot about the wisdom of life just by reading books. I was growing up in Europe in different countries due to a job of my parents. A big part of my life I spent in Germany. In German schools kids have to read so many books compared to here in the USA. Back than I hated it. But now I realize the worth of it and why the teachers want you to read so much. Kids absorb so much wisdom by reading books of a German writer Goethe. Over the years those books shaped my mind and my world, become part of me, built my view of the world.
Goethe said "Nothing is worth more than this day." And really nothing is more important than this day. We focus so much about tomorrow but we forget to live and enjoy today, or to take action today. We always leave it for tomorrow.
I will share here my favorite quotes of Goethe. They are embedded in my heart and I always hear them in background.
"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."
"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves."
"To create something you must be something."
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves."
Well, I hope you like it.
Now I am going to eat my chicken :)
1 Comments:
But what I didn't get is that you always have to read old "classic" stuff. There are sooo many good books, that could attract young people, but in school it's more like they were frightened by the books and will never read again.
To make it clear, I'm German - and I did read a lot of books in school that I didn't like. Strange that I still read a lot, more than I should and definitly more than my little apartment could hold... ;-)
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