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Recognize Yo-self

8/21/2016

by tresj

rec·og·ni·tion
ˌrekəɡˈniSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: recognition; plural noun: recognitions
1. the action or process of recognizing or being recognized, in particular.
2. acknowledgment of something's existence, validity

When I hear the word “recognition” I automatically think of “acknowledgement from an external source.”

With a quick glance at the word’s origin, ‘recognition’ is (surprise surprise) Latin for recognitio(n-), from the verb recognoscere ‘to know again, recall to mind’.

Sounds a bit like the definition for ‘memory’: “the power or process of recalling…”. The act of ‘remembering’ also comes into play in this post a little later on…)

"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." - William James

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Introducing Liivd

8/15/2016

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Well, surprise surprise, a new category was freshly added to the blog today (like we needed another, but this one is as essential, I promise.)

A Little Late

I actually had this written yesterday (Mon) but ended up not having enough time* to post with Telus tying up the internet connection here for 5 hours...

I know it may not sound like it, but I’m actually really excited about this. It's just that using exclamation points in print/digitally is annoying sometimes because of the way they seem to accomplish the total opposite effect of what's intended (hence wanting to make it look like I’m only slightly eager to introduce this hundredth-and-first Life Up Here category.

(I just had to stop myself from adding yet an exclamation mark right there… obviously this is gonna take some work).

*Enough time = As an unrelenting proofreader I'm constantly wording and rewording stuff (kind of like the painting you just have to keep going back and tweaking) which is fun and everything but it ends up eating up A BUNCH of time and means most of what I write on here will be works in progress (like it's my bloody last masterpiece on earth or something), i.e.: possibly changing day to day with new thoughts added (like today wedaug17) which maybe people will but prolly not :)

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Photo: tresj Switzerland 1987

LIIVD Credo

cre·do
ˈkrēdō,ˈkrādō/
noun
noun: credo; plural noun: credos

a statement of the beliefs that guide someone's actions.

It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.
— Theodore Roosevelt

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