Skyring
From Reid, Australian Capital Territory Australia
Age 65
Joined Sunday, January 5, 2003
Home page athousandflights.com
Recent Book Activity
Going postal
The Quilter's Apprentice
The Time Traveler's Wife
Andalus
The Light Between Oceans
Pieces of Her
How To Be a Woman
The Namesake
The Stalking of Julia Gillard
You Said What?: Lies and Propaganda Throughout History
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Siberian Red
P is for Peril
Total Eclipse
The Monuments Men
Havenfall
The 9-Life Habits Of Highly Effective Cats
The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily, #2)
Dark Places
Time management from the inside out
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| books registered | 10 | 2,063 |
| released in the wild | 1 | 1,800 |
| controlled releases | 0 | 21 |
| releases caught | 0 | 429 |
| controlled releases caught | 0 | 17 |
| books found | 2 | 911 |
| tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 48 |
| new member referrals | 0 | 92 |
| forum posts | 6 | 10,197 |
Extended Profile
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
—Max Ehrmann
Gosh. If anyone wanted to get me a present, I don't really read actual books any more. The odd specialist tome, maybe, but usually I just download stuff and read them on my iPad. For actual physical books, old secondhand Folios always have a place on my shelf.
Toys. One can never have enough Lego, especially that Lego Friends stuff that my grandaughter goes nuts for when she visits! Or coffee beans. Or chocolate that I can take home and share with my wife.
Now that I think on it - and I may be making a rod for my own backpack here - I have been trying to find German copies of the Harry Potter books for ages. I look in secondhand shops and never see any. Perhaps they are more plentiful in Western Europe?
I have the audiobooks downloaded but to have the actual physical books as a reference would be great.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
—Max Ehrmann
Gosh. If anyone wanted to get me a present, I don't really read actual books any more. The odd specialist tome, maybe, but usually I just download stuff and read them on my iPad. For actual physical books, old secondhand Folios always have a place on my shelf.
Toys. One can never have enough Lego, especially that Lego Friends stuff that my grandaughter goes nuts for when she visits! Or coffee beans. Or chocolate that I can take home and share with my wife.
Now that I think on it - and I may be making a rod for my own backpack here - I have been trying to find German copies of the Harry Potter books for ages. I look in secondhand shops and never see any. Perhaps they are more plentiful in Western Europe?
I have the audiobooks downloaded but to have the actual physical books as a reference would be great.
