Lifting the spirit - John Williams

There are artists that create something that some collectors are welling spend millians on that I sneer upon, "I can do that in my sleep".  Their art has not intrinic values, the piece worth a lot simply some rich guy can pay for it.   Those arts can hang on a poor family's wall and most people passing by will barely give it stare.

But there are some art, like the music by the giants, Beethovan, Prokoviev, Chovoskey, and lately, John Williams, a few seconds into their master pieces, I, and most everyone will be shocked, mesmerized, attracted and emersed in the music.  The talents were so extraordinary that the composer does not need introduction, the art speaks for itself.

On the way home today, 57F and gloomy.  I took the top of the Starbuck off, enjoy the refreshing sea brease, even though it is a bit chilly.  I turned on William's Indiana Jones theme, my spirit is instantly lifted, filled with joy, hope, courage and longing for the future and unknow.

That is art, that is masterpiece!  That you HAVE to admire.   

Things that I appreciate about myself

Start to improve my presentation skills and strategy.  This is one of the TED video that I reviewed
Thru the lens of "appreciation about myself", it is a powerful way of thinking, similar to "out of oneself" experience, can make one very clear on who we are and where should we go from here.

"Am I my best friend?"
"Am I helping myself to be successful?"
"Does Eric Tao doing his best to help me happy?"

I appreciate Eric because he is always learning, always trying to make his life and others better.  He try to cheer everyone up even in the direst situations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-xWh54HYS4

Always wanting more - after 3 hours tennis at PG

Played three hours of Tennis.  Moderately happy but not contented as before. Only a few weeks ago, I was estatic that I can play tennis again after shoulder and knee injury stopped me for over 18 months. Just hitting a few fast ball was enough to lift my spirit.  But after a few weeks of playing, I felt bored already.  People met in Meetup.com was nice and pleasent but they can hardly play.   It is obvious that few of them formally learn the game.  I have to tune down my game quite a bit so not to embarress anyone.   But it bored me, even I appreciate the exercise and social contact. 

I miss my grad student days and my days playing at Cupertino.  Over there, my winning was never assured so each game become more meaningful.  Sigh, can't have everything.