Comments on: Why the Bird in your Hand is Worth Two in the Bush http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/ Make it Happen For Yourself and for the World Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Brandt http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Anne Brandt Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:30 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2731 It is only human nature I fear that makes one want to strive for more than what one has. It is good to be wise and remember all these sayings but ....one has to learn along the way and learn from mistakes...all part of growing old. It is only human nature I fear that makes one want to strive for more than what one has. It is good to be wise and remember all these sayings but ….one has to learn along the way and learn from mistakes…all part of growing old.

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 Arvind Devalia Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:51:30 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2722 Amit, there have already been so many times in my life when I have been glad I didn't get what I wanted. So I consider myself really lucky! Lucky not only because of what I didn't get but also because of what I already have:-) Amit, there have already been so many times in my life when I have been glad I didn’t get what I wanted.

So I consider myself really lucky!

Lucky not only because of what I didn’t get but also because of what I already have:-)

]]> By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2718 It kind of resonates with a quote I put on my facebook today “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” But appreciating what you do have is so important...it has so much power that unless you've really delved into it you truly cannot understand it! Thanks for the reminder Arvind! It kind of resonates with a quote I put on my facebook today “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”

But appreciating what you do have is so important…it has so much power that unless you’ve really delved into it you truly cannot understand it! Thanks for the reminder Arvind!

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Arvind Devalia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:45:45 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2717 Yes, agreed that there are lot of things that could be worse. But right now Tiger's world is collapsing all around, and not just his marriage and the loss of his family. Apart from losing his sponsors, his reputation is in tatters. He has let down millions around the world who worshipped him and looked upon him as a role model. As for being stupid for promising you will never want another person again as long as you live, a lot of people around the world do exactly that. Not only do they believe what they say, they live by it. It's not stupidity, its called commitment. Okay, a lot of people break this commitment, but at the point in time when they make their commitment, I would like to think they genuinely mean it. Yes, agreed that there are lot of things that could be worse. But right now Tiger’s world is collapsing all around, and not just his marriage and the loss of his family.

Apart from losing his sponsors, his reputation is in tatters. He has let down millions around the world who worshipped him and looked upon him as a role model.

As for being stupid for promising you will never want another person again as long as you live, a lot of people around the world do exactly that. Not only do they believe what they say, they live by it.

It’s not stupidity, its called commitment.

Okay, a lot of people break this commitment, but at the point in time when they make their commitment, I would like to think they genuinely mean it.

]]> By: The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:39:28 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2716 Oh, for Goddess' sake, there are a lot of things that could be worse than getting caught screwing a woman you're not married to! And don't act like Tiger's stupid for doing it. What's stupid is promising you'll never want another person again as long as you live. Even stupider is believing such nonsense. Oh, for Goddess’ sake, there are a lot of things that could be worse than getting caught screwing a woman you’re not married to!

And don’t act like Tiger’s stupid for doing it. What’s stupid is promising you’ll never want another person again as long as you live. Even stupider is believing such nonsense.

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2715 Arvind Devalia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:33:51 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2715 I still have bit of way to go before fully learning not to grasp. I am much better now than I used to be say 10 years ago when I was into accumulation big time. Leo Babauta's work is great - you can all check out his Zen Habits blog at http://www.ZenHabits.Net I still have bit of way to go before fully learning not to grasp. I am much better now than I used to be say 10 years ago when I was into accumulation big time.

Leo Babauta’s work is great – you can all check out his Zen Habits blog at http://www.ZenHabits.Net

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2714 Arvind Devalia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:28:58 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2714 Thanks "David" for the really interesting link and for clarifying:-) Thanks “David” for the really interesting link and for clarifying:-)

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Arvind Devalia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:26:28 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2713 Zengirl, great point about believing in ourselves rather than always looking for greener grass elsewhere. As for Tiger Woods, for his and his family's sake, I hope there is not much more than what the media have already told us. How can it possibly get any worse?! Since he managed to keep it all quite for so long, a lot of his support team must have known about his nocturnal activities for a long time. Zengirl, great point about believing in ourselves rather than always looking for greener grass elsewhere.

As for Tiger Woods, for his and his family’s sake, I hope there is not much more than what the media have already told us. How can it possibly get any worse?!

Since he managed to keep it all quite for so long, a lot of his support team must have known about his nocturnal activities for a long time.

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 Arvind Devalia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:24:00 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2712 Ken, that would be an amazing day when the media and everyone else recognises and acknowledges everyone's uniqueness. In the meantime, let us all celebrate our uniqueness as the gift it truly is. Ken, that would be an amazing day when the media and everyone else recognises and acknowledges everyone’s uniqueness.

In the meantime, let us all celebrate our uniqueness as the gift it truly is.

]]> By: Zengirl http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2711 Zengirl Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:50:41 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2711 Arvind, What we have is more important. But as a human being, we sometimes feels grass is greener on other side, until we learn to let go and believe in ourselves. About Tiger woods, I am sure there is lot more to story than we are told by media. Arvind,

What we have is more important. But as a human being, we sometimes feels grass is greener on other side, until we learn to let go and believe in ourselves.

About Tiger woods, I am sure there is lot more to story than we are told by media.

]]> By: The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2710 The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:20:09 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2710 More, if you wish: i have thought I had much; money, cars, home, etc. I was mistaken, of course. I "lost" it all. Then I "regained" some of it, choosing more judiciously what to grasp. Then I gave it all away. So learning not to grasp is quite possible even for those who are grasping much right now. Leo Babauta goes into more depth than I did in my blog about letting go of things: http://thepowerofless.com/ More, if you wish:

i have thought I had much; money, cars, home, etc. I was mistaken, of course. I “lost” it all. Then I “regained” some of it, choosing more judiciously what to grasp. Then I gave it all away. So learning not to grasp is quite possible even for those who are grasping much right now.

Leo Babauta goes into more depth than I did in my blog about letting go of things:

http://thepowerofless.com/

]]> By: The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/12/14/why-the-bird-in-your-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2709 The Barking Unicorn, Denver CO between dimensions Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:50:53 +0000 http://www.ArvindDevalia.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-2709 The hand that does not grasp IS attainable by all and will be attained by all, each in his own lifetime... which doesn't have to be this lifeitme. We have all the time we need to learn all we need to know. BTW, you got my d. b. a. name wrong. This explains http://barkingunicorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/unicornish-buddhism/ The hand that does not grasp IS attainable by all and will be attained by all, each in his own lifetime… which doesn’t have to be this lifeitme. We have all the time we need to learn all we need to know.

BTW, you got my d. b. a. name wrong. This explains

http://barkingunicorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/unicornish-buddhism/

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