“Medical thinking usually sees stress as highly disturbing but isolated events such as, for example, sudden unemployment, a marriage breakup, or the death of a loved one. These major events are potent sources of stress for many, but there are chronic daily stresses in people's lives that are more insidious and more harmful in their long-term biological consequences. Internally generated stresses take their toll without in any way seeming out of the ordinary.” PeopleThinkingWayLongPainTermEventsExampleSourceMajorsOrdinaryConsequenceStressMedicalTherapyLong TermBreakupInjuryLoved OnesIsolatedDeath Of A Loved OneUnemploymentDisturbingSeemingTollsInsidious Author:Gabor Mate
“The major impediment to experiencing the sacred depths of ordinary moments is the speed and distraction of contemporary life that moves to the imperatives of the global economic order.In addition, we increasingly live in a virtual world in which our reality is filtered through media and information technology.” WorldMomentsRealityMovingOrderTechnologyEconomicMediaInformationMajorsOrdinarySacredDepthSpeedContemporaryDistractionImperativesInformation TechnologyImpedimentsEconomic OrderVirtual WorldContemporary LifeOrdinary Moments Author:Sam Keen
“The rule of law does not guarantee freedom, since general law as well as personal edicts can be tyrannical. But increasing reliance on the rule of law clearly played a major role in transforming Western society from a world in which the ordinary citizen was literally subject to the arbitrary will of his master to a world in which the ordinary citizen could regard himself as his own master” WorldWellsDoeLawRolesSubjectsMastersCitizensMajorsOrdinaryRegardWesternGuaranteesArbitraryRelianceTransformingRule Of LawWestern SocietyOrdinary Citizens Book:There's no such thing as a free lunch Source: There's no such thing as a free lunch
“The market is always making mountains out of molehills and exaggerating ordinary vicissitudes into major setbacks.” MountainMajorsOrdinarySetbackVicissitudesExaggerating Book:The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.” KnowsYearsLittlesDreamHouseLeaderSeaMankindNeededCitizensMajorsOrdinaryFencePalacesSuperpowerOrdinary CitizensPicket Fences Author:Imelda Marcos
“The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.” PeopleWorldDoneWorkGeniusBalanceMajorsOrdinaryExtraordinaryOrdinary PeopleEmotional Balance Author:Gordon B. Hinckley