Remember this from last week? – “in a truly impressive fashion I’ve also linked back to other mentions of these important pieces of information to create an amazing supercharged domino effect of wisdom for you all 
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While reading back over my old posts I also found a few bits that I was especially pleased about/amused by So pleased/amused in fact that I’m devoting this week’s post to these wisest/most amusing/strangest moments, as chosen by me You’ll notice that some of these are actually quotes but I like them so much I’m quoting them again
New readers can now be amazed by the great stuff they missed, old ones can revisit their best loved (well my best loved really) moments To really up the density of wisdom I’ve even thrown in a few new bits too
“Simple, not easy”
From ‘HTGEWYWI2012’
“I make no apology for my excessive use of smilies – happiness is a most under practiced art”
From ‘Hello And Welcome To The All New And Very Shiny LazenbyPT Blog’
“I’m not so passionate about intervals that I actually miss them”
Me doing intervals
From ‘The Kai Greene Tribute Workout aka My Workout ’
“I must confess that I have on occasion lost my sense of humour about the whole thing and indulged in bouts of grumpiness, bemoaning my advancing years and subsequently poorer recovery abilities”
“…the Birthday Photo Shoot WILL take place, though obviously it won’t be on my birthday In a shockingly wise and mature move I’m not even setting a date at this point! I’m simply going to train wisely and sensibly, avoiding any further outbreaks of daftness, and allow my body to guide me, rather than forcing the issue and risking further breakages”
From ‘It’s All About Me’
“This week’s post is the first part of my voluminous treatise on static stretching, a post so vast that it has evolved into an epic LOTR style trilogy”
From ‘ The Wonders Of Static Stretching Part One’
“This book does not claim that you “create your own reality” in the sense of total (but mysteriously unconscious) psycho kinesis. If a car hits you and puts you in the hospital, I do not believe this is because you “really wanted” to be hit by a car, or that you “needed” to be hit by a car, as two popular New Age bromides have it.
The theory of transactional psychology, which is the source of my favourite models and metaphors, merely says that, once you have been hit by a car, the meaning of the experience depends entirely on you and the results depend partly on you (and partly on your doctors). If it is medically possible for you to live — and sometimes even if the doctors think it is medically impossible — you ultimately decide whether to get out of the hospital in a hurry or to lie around suffering and complaining.”
Robert Anton Wilson ‘Cosmic Trigger’
Albert Einstein - Click to enlarge
“I’ve had quite an action packed week so far, with no signs as yet of middle age affecting my energy levels My Mum visited me; in 48 hours we visited two castles, ate out seven times and I gained 8lbs”
“Apparently this week’s post is going to be about language and using words with exactitude but I wasn’t aware of that until I was half way through so I’m actually adding this at the end after the title and the definitions; my blogging is evolving and I’m not even writing in a linear fashion anymore”
“I attach tremendous importance to the exact meaning of words Why? For a number of reasons; I’m going to use the words of others far more verbally dextrous and precise in their use of words than myself here as they have already stated exactly what I wish to convey”
“An astounding measure of human perception and creation of reality is composed of the weaving and manipulation of the abstract symbolism of words.”
“Despite this overwhelming and universal importance of words to the creation and ordering of reality, the majority of humans misuse these potentially sorcerous tools with exasperating inexactitude, creating realities for themselves that are profoundly disordered and chaotic, because they literally don’t know what they’re saying.”
I agree entirely with the two statements above. They are worthy of in depth study and analysis, as is the following quotation -
“If language is not used rightly, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then that which ought to be done is left undone.” – Confucius
Or to put it another way; if you are not able to state exactly what you want you will not be able to get it. Furthermore if is easier to state exactly what you want if you use words “in a conscious and deliberate manner, rather than unthinkingly appropriating terms out of convenience or mental lethargy.”
“I endeavour to use words exceptionally carefully at all times; my reality is very thoughtfully constructed”
From – ‘Exactitude – A Trip To The Heart Of LazenbyPT’
“so I’ve been reviewing my, well to be honest, entire life, but I do have intensity issues”
From – ‘Review Time – More Of The Same ’
“This morning I am tired, so tired that it warrants the inclusion of the first ever unhappy face on my blog Just typing that has made me laugh though, so things can’t be that bad”
“I awoke today way ahead of schedule at the rather early hour of 1.00am and despite my best efforts I’m still awake now – it’s currently 6.30am. This generally happens to me once or twice a week and while it’s not life threatening it is annoying, especially when it’s Legs day Why the smile? Because at the end of the day I choose to find it amusing I could be really grumpy about it – part of me would actually like to be – but doing that won’t mystically refresh and rejuvenate me so what’s the point? I did allow myself a small outburst as I lay on the sofa wrapped in my snuggly blanket trying unsuccessfully to fall back asleep but even then it disintegrated into laughter”
“If you’re happy with your current state of mind that’s great, but if you’re not – change it Instead of trying to change the world, change how you perceive it, it’s much simpler and for once it’s easier too”
From – ‘Mind Is Everything – Food For Thought ’
“the nutritional ‘Golden Triangle’ of M&S Simply Food, Burger King and Cafe Nero”
“She even eats soup, which I’m still somewhat suspicious of, although I’m comfortable with this as I like to retain a few carefully contrived prejudices”
From ‘TCBTNP’
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
Henry Ford
From ‘Matt’s Wisdom, well mostly ’
I’m leaving it there for now but there’s more I was apparently so pleased with myself that I’ve compiled so many best bits I’m going to have to make this a two-parter
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