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July 02, 2007 |
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50 Percent of the Battle
FOUND by Brian Botts
in Lexington, Kentucky
Found this in a thrift store book I bought a few months ago.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
This is just amazing.
Well, naturally. Everybody knows that knowing is half the battle.
(the other half is violence)
I'm not sure about this find. I think I better sleep on it.
What confuses me is how I can cope with anything if I can get a good night's rest, but I can't solve problems with my head on a pillow. That's too bad, I find it very difficult to sleep without my head on a pillow. Maybe I should try.
The last sentence somehow makes me think of a sect.
That's pretty profound- all of it, if you take a second to think about it. I really like this find.
PS I got a more challenging spam protection question, it was: who was the first president of the United States (last name only). Does anyone else get questions like this? It's usually only what is two plus two.
Too much advice! Yeah, clarify your goals, OK. Yeah, get a good night's sleep, OK. Yeah, work harder, etc., OK. Yeah, erm, glorify God in your successes (that last one is definitely creepy. Blessed are the... who?). Any ONE of those might have been useful. But this is too many conflicting messages. Sounds too much like a hectoring parent.
And another thing... What's written on the back?? I've tried flipping the image – looks like 'D[something] Myles Benton III' – who or what...?
Can't I glorify God with my failures as well? I mean it's the thought that counts, right?
As for the rest... well I like sleep, and I do feel better after a full night, but, seriously, when you're worrying, even with the full knowledge that you can't do anything at 2 in the morning, who sleeps? I sure don't.
So, here I am not rested and trying to convince God that I meant well.
The back says Gregory Myles Benton III. The rest - ???
Feel better, now, Salt, that you've had your toddler tantrum? Somebody missed their nap.
The first line is applicable to many situations. In life a lot can be changed once you decide what you really want. If I "want" to lose weight, but don't want to give up the junk food, I'll stay the same. If I "want" to get a better job but don't want to put in the effort of training or learning, I'll stay where I am.
And if you don't choose, you have already chosen.
"If you can get a good nights rest, you can cope with any problems" is total crap. If you're in pain, and CAN'T sleep, good luck being able to "cope with that problem". Even if you get 1 nights sleep, good luck with the next night! I've always hated that stupid statement.
to Salt: whatever
If I can't solve problems with my head on the pillow then why can't I shut my brain off and just get some sleep? Someone neglected to give this memo to my conscious.
i've solved a lot of problems in my sleep. you know, worry, worry, worry, then pass out from exhaustion and the answer comes to you in your sleep. doesn't that happen to anyone else?
I don't have alot to say about this find, but when I saw the reply from 'tiny in reading you like a book', it reminded me of one of my favorite finds ever:
Dear Tiny Diary,
I hate art.
I love this find.
It's very true about getting a good night's sleep - w/out one, it clouds your judgement on everything - just ask any new mother.
I think we CAN glorify God in our failures, if our ATTITUDE is good about it...because it even says in the Bible: "ALL THINGS work together for good...." (not just 'good' things or 'bad' things...) Just a thought....NOT trying to be preachy.
As usual - I HATE it when things that found in books are posted and THE BOOK TITLE that it was found in, is NOT mentioned! Gah!!
Now, for some reason, I'm determined more than ever, to get a good night's rest tonight.
I see these statements individually, in giant letters on billboards, in a bleak 1984-ish city.
That said, the first one is pretty good.
The 2nd- I agree, Beeswax - as if you can't sleep and you can just tell yourself to go to sleep and you will! If it were that easy, you would be able to sleep in the first damn place! Duh.
3rd - I'd like it better if it just said "work 10%" i/o "work 10% more". As in, work 10% of the hours that you are working now. That would improve things tremendously!
Lizard bits - you would like the SNL skit where the sports announcer interviews the winner and he thanks god, and then he interviews the 2nd place guy who says "Jesus really let me down on that run."
Doesn't sound like any 12 steps I've worked, Salt! You may want to take another look at those.
But it *is* just a little pithy, and un-profound. I like how he signed his full name on the back, like one day he'd be famous for promoting these thoughts.
Anyone who thinks this mawkish self-conflicting nonsense is profound obviously hasn't actually encountered anything remotely close to profundity, and i pity you.
pithy indeed.
With a good nights sleep behind me, these are good. Here's what has worked for me on some of those nights you wake up at 3am and fret and worry: don't just lay there; get up and do SOMETHING about the problem, e.g., write a nasty letter (but don't mail it yet), make a list of things to do to solve the problem, draw a diagram of the relations between the parts of the problem; that is, do something, anything, to move your resolution just a little further; then go back to bed. It has worked for me.
In that context sleep can give your brain the chance to solve the problem.
To lucy, yeah, that's really the only way you can solve any difficult problem.
Good luck yall, i hope it helps someone.
If I believed in god, I certainly would glorify him by at least capitalizing his name.
The content of this note is a bunch of horse shit. To quote Denis Leary, "Life sucks. Get a fucking helmet."
Wow, I agree Marie in C-ville, it would be great to work only 10% of the hours i'm working now (right now, in fact). A four hour work week with a full check would solve almost 100% of the things that keep me awake at night.
And to "that guy in the chair behind you", you actually made me look to see if you were sitting in the other chair in my cubicle. I was kind of hoping you were, but alas.
PS - my spam question was "spell the word dog backwards". I think someone at FOUND has a sense of humor.
the percentages just don't add up in this note
It's all that self-help bullshit, it rots your brain to the point that you can't do simple math anymore. How am I gonna answer that spam question now?
I had to rewrite this - it isn't working for me.
1. Half the battle is over when you know what you're fighting for.
2. The best way to approach a problem is with a clear mind - and solid effort.
3. (the percentages are all screwed up) You can't save your cake and eat it too. But if you work harder, you get a nicer cake. - this is a stretch but sounds clearer in my mind...
And no one ever says, "Well, you really fucked that up, God."
That is much better, makes more sense.
oddly, my spam question is "Spell the word 'dog' backwards"
50+[1/10+1/10+1(pillow)]1/10=.....damn, this is harder than the spam question.
the glorify part sounds cultish. Religious double talk to cover obvious logical inconsistencies. I agree with "salt" in a less capitalized way.
I want to know what it says on the back.
Why can't we turn things over on here anymore?
The way I look at it, "We glorify god in our sucesses rather than in our failures" doesn't make this note pro-religioun.
It just sort of points out that a lot of people have god take credit for everything good that happens. The bad they let "life" take credit for.
But anyways, it is amazing because it sounds like it should be set to music by Baz Luhrmann.
TO ALL POTENTIAL FOUND SUBMITTERS:
If you find something in a book, tell us the name of the book. Duh!
When things go right, thank yourself, pat yourself on the back, see what your-self is capable of, and give credit to yourself for doing a good job--then if you want, glorify God by thanking him for making you so awesome.
If God wants credit for all the sunshine, he needs to also take the blame for the rain.
Touché !!!!!!!!!!!!
remember when we could flip things over on this site?
50% of the battle continues anyway. What's the fight about anyway.
Work until you're sleepy. Give until the need is supplied. As for glorifying god — you'll know when god is happy with you, because you'll be wealthy and obese.
Well, Finger, God must be halfway happy with me....
I AM AWARE THIS DOESN'T COME FROM ANY BIG BOOK OR TWELVE STEPPER PROGRAM.
ALLOW ME TO REPEAT MYSELF, CRANKY
THIS IS not unlike 12 STEPPER REHETORIC
50% make up your mind
10% save
10% give
10% work (harder?)Damd, just 20% left, that doesn't leave me much to party on
I cannot give 10% and also work 10% harder...that still puts me behind my 10% saving!! Wah wah...I NEED some sleep!
Mickey B - that is also my favorite find!
I found an empty birth control pill organizer on the ground today. Does that count as a find? It certainly is personal.
I agree with SALT on this one. Though I think that it may be encouraging to write down aphorisms that one could learn from, I think that it was a good decision on the loser's part to discard this little note. Most of these are silly. And the last one is incorrect. I pity the person that takes such advice to heart.
I like that SALT capitalizes his comments; it makes them that much easier to find.
Hugs and kisses in return,
Katherine.
SALT in THE SEA said:
AC, THIS IS NOT AMAZING AND STEPHANIE, THIS ISN'T PROFOUND...
have to agree with SALT on this one. Never thought it would happen.
Amazing and profound are in the eye and heart of the beholder. Maybe they found meaning in this you do not see.
This looks a lot like Sunday morning sermon notes to me. Save 10% and give 10% (to the church of course) has been very common advice in all the church services I've been to.
And if the service is good, tip 20%.
To Brian: Is there any way that you could send me a hi-res scan of this find? I find it very profound to say the least.
Definately sermon notes... no doubt.
Condensed version:
Get out of bed and get back to work, for God's sake!!
Poor guy...it's like he's trying to give HIMSELF a pep talk.
p.s....we glorify God in our failures, too...He is strongest when we're weakest!