Of Eagles and Flies

Latin: Aquila non captat muscas
English: Eagles don't go after mere flies

Purport: Unless, they're not eagles to begin with, and they're extremely defensive/ sensitive/ neurotic/ psychotic about it :)

Winning truthfully

Latin: Ad astra per aspera; ad augusta per angusta
English: To the stars through difficult trials; to high places through narrow roads

Purport: Victory in a hard won battle is sweet victory indeed. Nothing brings the greatest satisfaction than knowing that you rightfully deserve the reward that you have worked earnestly for, topped with a clean conscience like a cherry on vanilla sundae. On the other hand, to win by cheating brings neither satisfaction, nor a sense of victory. It only brings you other people’s wrath and disgust, which your treachery rightfully deserves.

Remember: It is always good to end a day with an honest, clean conscience. You sleep much sounder, and no disturbing dreams haunt you from your subconscious.

Lesson: If all things being equal in a game where you lose, then lose with dignity and pride. If you win by cheating, then you have imposed your own silence on the matter, and you are bound to legitimize your position through a series of mounting lies!

DUMB ASSES

Latin: Asinus asinum fricat
English: The ass rubs the ass

Purport: People who are conceited and pretentious often flatter people who are equally conceited and pretentious, if not worst, with qualities that they do not possess. It’s the age-old, hateful tactic of sucking up to people in order to get ahead, or to gather enough number of support from those who matter (on account of either wealth or fame, or even political muscle) in order to seem right.

Remember: If you rub an asshole long enough, your finger will begin to smell bad! If you kiss and lick it, then you’re strange.

Lesson: Maintain your integrity and dignity. Work hard and get ahead on your own merit and strengths. Leave the asses alone!

AIGOO

Life SUCKS like vacum cleaners, doesn’t it? True, it doesn’t feel that way all of the time, but it sure feels that way for most of our waking lives.

The bills, the high cost of living, the struggle to live amicably with other people whom you’d rather dispose of quietly and without a trace. The constant struggle to keep your head above the water.

Every man and woman on earth knows it. Spiderman knows about it. Sure does.

Even Saint Paul knows about it. He knows how life can be very cumbersome. It drives you nuts, really.

He even admits to having very “unsaintly” misgivings… sometimes. He confesses that, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do… For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good i want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do – this I keep doing.” (Romans 7:15, 18-19)

Well then, that being the case, I give up on keeping up a “happy, victorious Christian life” appearances for everyone, because life sucks most of the time. And when you’re face down on the ground eating dusts, it’s hard – very hard – to say, “Praise the Lord “

But at least, I have one thing to hold on to – that no matter how much life may suck, it won’t always be that way. I have HOPE, because God said in His word that “…He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.” (Philippians 1:6)

Today, life sucks. So I let it suck as much as it wants. I hang on to hope that by night fall, when I go to sleep, I will sleep peacefully because tomorrow, life will not be as bad as today, which by tomorrow will be nothing more than a bad memory.

And so, life goes on. Fight-Oh!!!!