Archive for September, 2007

On Punctuality

Monday, September 24th, 2007

work.jpgPhilip is a punctual person who works in logistics industry for decades mainly on containers leasing business. He is in the habit of doing everything at proper time and is never late in keeping a container booking.

 In his point of view, the unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time and his good name. “In logistic industry, if you’re unpunctual, you might lose not only you time but other’s, you might lose not only your money but other’s.” he said, “ Time flies never to be recalled, a lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. “

His words inspired me with assurance approve, sometimes I’d complain that I have no time to answer letters, or to return calls, or to keep appointment promptly. That’s the reasonable reflection that I kept frustration in career.

I was learned a valuable lesson from few of Philip’s words. Since then, I never late for an appointment, an email replying or calls returning. “Be Punctual” became my motto, and it gains me to be a successful and faithful business woman

As my concluding: unpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty, whether private or public. Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. His friends or fellow men never trust a man who is known to be habitually unpunctual. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.

The Love of Beauty

Friday, September 7th, 2007

flower.jpgThe Love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.

Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in branches of trees and green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious gemstone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and setting sun – all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.

All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciate beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness – it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.