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Salute The Day!

A beautiful day somewhere in the world, include yourself, be a part of it... It's all up to you.

NOW IS the perfect time...

Those good ideas, those plans sitting on the back shelf, those field trips you are waiting to take... Consider your whole life, choose some great idea, and go for it. Now is the perfect time.

A. EXCELLENTWAY COMMENT: "TRY TO BE EXCELLENT METHOD #1."

Twice a year, on 5/31, and 12/31, cleanse your life, renew and re-establish your life. Touch every square inch of your life, discard the unused or unecessary, remove all clutter. Be Lean and Mean (passionate). Notice those things that you have not even touched in the last 6 months, or perhaps used only once, and decide if it should be placed in storage, given away, recycled or thrown out. Make more room to see clearly. Repair, replace, or adjust your life until it is excellent, and then try harder. The effort may take years but eventually your world will grow better and larger, just for seeing more clearly. Your life is one small move at a time, like a chess game. Use your head, but follow your heart. Live with reason, passion, strength, and kindness... and do what it takes, to Try To Be Excellent.

Or, don't wait until those dates. Start now. Now being the perfect time. The more time you waste making excuses, the less time you have to get it done. Touching and evaluating every item, every space, every aspect of your life may take years... but a better understood, simpler, organized life is better for you and for those around you. Not to mention that the journey is reward in itself. Try to work from a base of wisdom and efficiency, to reach larger and better goals. Give youself a chance, plan your self a way, an Excellentway to make your world a better and simpler place, and by example encourage those around you. Be Strong, Wise, and Loving...

You are helpless among others except for two things... What you give... What you become... You cannot make someone love you, be honest with you, or dream with you... except by example. Wonder Fiercely! Create Constantly! Stop being timid, Try To Be Excellent, Even Extraordinary...

The kind words of a single person can change the entire day, the week, sometimes a lifetime of others... Be good to your friends, nice to strangers, extraordinary to the ones you love... Love is its own world. You can be a part of this world, but it is not something you can really own... You can destroy it easily with selfishness, fear, or lack of surrender... but it always demands certain actions. In any situation, love has a direction... If you truly love someone or if someone truly loves you, they will act in a predictable way. Otherwise it is something other than love... Most people trade, barter, or simply find furniture to add to their living room, always making their world better for themselves, never loving further than their own nose... Try to be truly loving. Be a part of this force rather than using the words to your own ends... Remind the person you love with a kiss. If alone, remember that someone is waking, looking for you... Give them something nice to find. Try To Be Excellent... Just be as loving and magical as you can be. You will surprise yourself if you try! Don't do excuses, don't give yourself the easy way out, just make the plan, do the plan. Use your head, follow your heart. Don't give up and don't give in...

B. EXCELLENTWAY COMMENT: "WORK EXCELLENT PROJECTS METHOD #2"

Reach as far as you can with all that you can... Reach a little further than is possible, stretch to try and grasp that world just beyond your reach... Keep a good hopeful spirit, try to encourage yourself. Believe in yourself, that you have the power to make things better, to create better worlds, to help others around you, to be extraordinary! And you will!

Keep to the plan... Despite those things that keep getting in your way; lack of time, lack of funds, lack of inspiration, lack of confidence... just keep to the plan. Remember those projects that you never finished? Remember finding some evidence of your old efforts on some project you abandoned? Remember how you smiled at yourself for all your time and effort you once devoted, and your sadness at not trying harder? At not finishing it? Remember what you have. An idea, that perhaps no one else has quite the same... and even if many people share the same thought, how many actually struggle with it into reality? Ways to help:

1. In Your Face... Place your project, your notes, physical items, always about you, in your sight, with you in your car, in your pocket, memos on your phone, etc. If within your immediate presence, more likely will be considered by you...

2. List Next To Do... List the next step you need to accomplish. When you come back to working on this project, you see the next thing or group of things that need time and effot.

3. Be Patient... Don't be too impatient. Spend days, months, years, on your idea... Many great ideas evaporate at the first failure points. Remember that failure is a byproduct of trying, and almost nothing fails to fail along the way.

4. Believe... Believe that it can be. Success is the door that finally opens, after failing at many other doors... However if you don't believe the door will open, you won't ever reach for that door... Magical things happen to those who believe...

Our minds flirt from one idea to another.. there being something good and creative, even necessary, about it, and something negative and distracting, even demeaning there too. Most of our projects succeed, naturally because they have occupied the most of our time and efforts, combined with other favorable conditions...

Persistence is often the key. To supply some kind of dedicated attention, focus, thought and consideration to your goal, no matter how small... applied over and over... until the idea takes on a life and substance of its own.

A planned discipline, a system, that can be applied in the face of hardship, makes the effort easier...

Decide a goal, lay a path, apply a system, be flexible, creative, do whatever it takes as long as it is honorable, but be persistent... Every so often look back at how far you have come, and celebrate your place, wherever you are, because you are making it happen. Your setbacks are just a part of your success. Take encouragement there and then watch where you're going... jump ahead... and have a great time...

- HAWK



B. CONSIDER:

- BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

GANDHI



- IF THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO IT... FIND IT!

THOMAS EDISON



- THE QUALITY OF A PERSONS LIFE IS IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO THEIR DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE REGARDLESS OF THEIR CHOSEN FIELD OF ENDEAVOR.

VINCE LOMBARDI



- WHAT WE THINK, WE BECOME.

- THOUGH ONE MAN CONQUERS A THOUSAND MEN, A THOUSAND TIMES IN BATTLE, HE WHO CONQUERS HIMSELF IS THE GREATEST WARRIOR.

- IT IS BETTER TO TRAVEL WELL THAN TO ARRIVE.

SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA (BUDDHA)



- COMMON SENSE IS NONE TOO COMMON.

- BETTER IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD.

VOLTAIRE



- TRY NOT TO BECOME A MAN OF SUCCESS, BUT RATHER TO BECOME A MAN OF VALUE.

- IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE...

ALBERT EINSTEIN



- IT IS A CAPITAL MISTAKE TO THEORIZE BEFORE YOU HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE. IT BIASES THE JUDGMENT.

- I OUGHT TO KNOW BY THIS TIME THAT WHEN A FACT APPEARS TO BE OPPOSED TO A LONG TRAIN OF DEDUCTIONS, IT INVARIABLY PROVES TO BE CAPABLE OF BEARING SOME OTHER INTERPRETATION.

SHERLOCK HOLMES



- FOR EVIL TO SUCCEED, GOOD MEN MUST DO NOTHING...

EDMUND BURKE



- THE FIRST RULE OF INTELLIGENT TINKERING IS TO SAVE ALL THE COGS AND WHEELS...

ALDO LEOPOLD



- IF THE PACKERS CAN COME FROM BEHIND, IF THEY CAN DEFY THE ODDS, IF THEY CAN ENDURE DESPITE ONE OBSTACLE AFTER ANOTHER AND FINALLY SUCCEED, THEN YOU CAN, TOO!

- COUNT YOUR EXCELLENT STEPS TODAY. THEN ADD TO THAT. WORKED OUT THIS MORNING? EXCELLENT. HAD A GOOD BREAKFAST? EXCELLENT. LINE UP YOUR EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENTS, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL, STEPS TO YOUR NEXT EXCELLENT ACTION...

- FOR GOOD TO SUCCEED, GOOD MEN MUST FIND THE INVISIBLE EVIL, TO KNOW IT, TO FIGHT IT...

- YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE FIRST, ONLY THEN DOES MAGIC APPEAR... BE MAGICAL...

- GREAT STRENGTH THROUGH KINDNESS.

- IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE NO REASON TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. NO OTHER PERSON DECIDES HOW YOU LIVE, ONLY YOU. DECIDE FOR THE BEST.

- BE WISE, BE SMART, BE READY. BE SOMEWHAT READY FOR THE WRATH OF NATURE OR MAN. PROTECT THE ONES YOU LOVE IN ADVANCE.

- ALL KNOWLEDGE CARRIES A PRICE. PAY CAREFULLY FOR WHAT YOU TRULY DESIRE. LET THE REST GO. USE ALL THAT YOU KNOW.

- GREAT JOBS ARE EASIER TO FIND THAN GREAT LOVES. DON'T GIVE UP ON EITHER...

- DO WHAT MUST BE DONE, THEN DO MORE THAN REQUIRED, TRY TO DO THE EXCELLENT, THEN REWARD YOURSELF.

- SELFISH PROFIT FADES AND BECOMES FORGOTTEN. HONOR AND KINDNESS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.

- A WEALTHY PERSON CAN OFTEN NOT AFFORD TO BE GENEROUS BUT A GENEROUS PERSON CAN DO NO LESS AND YET WILL INCREASE THEIR WEALTH MANY TIMES OVER...

- YOU MUST DO IT ALL. NO ONE ELSE BELIEVES QUITE THE SAME. NO ONE ELSE KNOWS AS WELL AS YOU DO. GET ALL THE HELP YOU CAN, BUT COUNT ON NO ONE. STRUGGLE ON YOUR OWN. SET AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE FOR THE OTHERS. RELISH YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AND BECOME EVEN STRONGER DESPITE THE OBSTACLES BEFORE YOU.

- SOMETIMES IT TAKES A THOUSAND ACTIONS TO PROVE ONE THING, SOMETIMES IT TAKES JUST ONE ACTION. WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT, DO WHAT IT TAKES, A SINGLE ACTION OR A THOUSAND ACTIONS...

- NONE OF US GETS THROUGH THIS LIFE UNSCARRED. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU MEET SOME OF THE HORRIBLE, MEAN, SELFISH, CRUEL, DESTRUCTIVE, AND UNFEELING PERSONS THAT SHARE THIS WORLD WITH US... AVOID THIER PRESENCE AND INSTEAD DEAL WITH ANY OTHER PERSON IF YOU CAN. IF YOU MUST, TURN AND WALK AWAY, LOSING YOUR FIGHT TO THEM, BUT WINNING FOR YOURSELF. RETREAT QUICKLY FROM EVIL, THE MORE TIME YOU STAY IN THE PRESENCE OF EVIL, THE MORE IT BECOMES A PART OF YOU. FIND A DIFFERENT PATH TO FIGHT EVIL PEOPLE WITHOUT FACING THEM, FACE THEM ONLY WITH OVERWHELMING ODDS IN YOUR FAVOR AND ON YOUR TERMS...

- LOVING SOMEONE, WHATEVER YOU LOSE, VANISHES IN THE BEAUTIFUL RESULT...

- FIRST KNOW YOUR TIME AND SPACE, WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE. SECOND, KNOW YOUR TARGET, YOUR DREAM, WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. THEN FILL IN THE SPACE IN BETWEEN. DO NOTHING ELSE. FILL IN THE SPACE BACK FROM WHERE YOU DREAM OR FORWARD FROM WHERE YOU ARE. EITHER WAY YOU WILL MEET YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE, ONE DAY FINDING YOURSELF HOLDING YOUR PAST WHERE YOU ONCE WERE AND ALSO HOLDING YOUR DREAM WHERE YOU ONCE WANTED TO BE. LOVE THE JOURNEY, AND OF COURSE, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DREAM FOR...

- IF YOU WERE ALONE IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD YOU BUILD FOR THE OTHERS WHO FOLLOW?

- WORK YOUR PROJECTS UNTIL THEY TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN. IMPOSSIBLE AT FIRST, THEN ONE STEP AT A TIME, THEN CRUISING ON ITS' OWN, FIXING DETAILS, DONE!

- REWARD THE EXCELLENT EFFORT. ENCOURAGE THE BEST IN THOSE AROUND YOU.

- RESET YOUR LIFE. IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE NO REASON TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. DREAM FREELY, EXPLORE, CREATE A BETTER WORLD ONE SMALL STEP T A TIME...

-USE WHAT YOU HAVE... YOU OFTEN OVERLOOK YOUR OWN STRENGTHS. GO WITH YOUR STRENGTHS, WHAT COMES EASILY FOR YOU, TO HELP OVERCOME YOUR WEAKNESSES.

- REACH, STRETCH, PUSH YOURSELF AT WHAT YOU DO WELL TO SOMETHING MORE EXELLENT! ENJOY THE RIDE!

- DARE TO BE EXCELLENT, TO TRY TO DO THE EXTRAORDINARY.

- DON'T JUST BE COOL, BE SUPERCOOL. SET THE STANDARD, THEN EXCEED YOUR OWN STANDARDS.

- DETERMINE YOUR OWN SUCCESS. SET YOUR GOALS, FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, LET NO ONE STOP YOUR HONORABLE EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY YOURSELF.

- BE FREE TO DANCE, AND SING, AND LOVE...

- DON'T LET IDEAS SLIP AWAY FROM YOU, TO NAG AT YOU AGAIN LATER. BE EFFICIENT, MAKE A NOTE, TAKE A NOTE, INSTANTLY WHEN IT OCCURS TO YOU, IMMEDIATELY... THEN CHECK YOUR NOTES FROM TIME TO TIME... ACCOMPLISHING MANY SMALL DETAILS IS LIKE DOING ONE IMMENSE THING.

- HAWK



C. REMIND YOURSELF OFTEN, KEEP IN MIND;

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FOLLOWING EXCELLENTWAY QUOTES AVAILABLE IN ETCHED STAINLESS STEEL PLATE: (SEE "3 / LIVING ITEMS - WISDOM PLATES" BUTTON)

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1.

"YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME SWATTING FLIES AND MOSQUITOES INSTEAD OF CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN TO FIND CLEARING WINDS AND SUNRISES. WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF ENTANGLED IN FLIES AND MOSQUITOES, MOVE FASTER, SEIZE THE TIME AND CLIMB TO THE VIEW YOU TRULY DESIRE." - HAWK

2.

"SMILE FOR ME. REMEMBER THE GOOD. CHERISH THE BEAUTIFUL. DO SOMETHING AMAZING. DELIGHT OTHERS." - HAWK

3.

"FIND A WAY TO IMPROVE, TO CONQUER THE DETAILS, TO PAY THE PRICE, TO TAKE THE TIME, TO TAKE THE EFFORT, AND DO WHAT IT TAKES... TO TRY TO BE EXCELLENT!" - HAWK

4.

"LOVE AND WISDOM ARE LIKE THIS; I LAY A PATH BEFORE YOU, I DON'T GUARANTEE THE WEATHER..." - HAWK

5.

"THERE ARE THREE SIDES TO EVERY COIN... CHOOSE CAREFULLY WHAT YOU BELIEVE." - HAWK

6.

"SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE, IT'S JUST AN OPINION." - HAWK

7.

"WE MUST USE THE WISDOM WE KNOW, NOT JUST GAZE AT IT." - HAWK

8.

"EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO KEEP A SECRET. EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW THE TRUTH." - HAWK

9.

"WORDS DREAM. ACTIONS BELIEVE. SUCCESS SMILES. CONSIDER, RESOLVE, ACT. LET NOTHING STOP YOUR GOOD WORK, ESPECIALLY YOURSELF." - HAWK

10.

"FOREVER ARE WE CHANGED, FOREVER ARE WE SADDENED, FOR THE FORCE OF NATURE IN THE FUMBLING HANDS OF MAN." - HAWK

11.

"ONE WISE MAN IN A ROOM FULL OF IDIOTS MAKES A ROOM FULL OF IDIOTS. YOU CANNOT SPREAD WISDOM LIKE PEANUT BUTTER, THE DESIRE TO EAT IT HAS TO BE THERE FIRST..." - HAWK

12.

"OVERWHELM THE OBSTACLES BEFORE YOU WITH HOPE AND PERSISTENCE." - HAWK

13.

"WHEN YOU APPLY ENLIGHTENED REASON TO THE TRUTH, YOU MAKE WISDOM, WHEN YOU APPLY THE SAME TO LIES, YOU MAKE POLITICS." - HAWK

14.

"TRY TO BE EXCELLENT!" - HAWK

15.

"WISDOM IS THE ROOT OF ALL HAPPINESS, AND LOVE DWELLS THERE..." - HAWK

16.

"HOPE IS PRICELESS, INVEST IN IT." - HAWK

17.

"HAVE AN EXCELLENT TIME!" - HAWK

18.

"HAVE AN EXCELLENT DAY!" - HAWK

19.

"HAVING AN EXCELLENT DAY?

PERHAPS TODAY IS NOT YOUR TURN.

HELP MAKE IT EXCELLENT FOR SOMEONE ELSE." - HAWK

20.

"WHAT IS THE LAST EXCELLENT THING YOU HAVE DONE? WHAT IS THE NEXT EXCELLENT THING YOU WILL DO?

CONSIDER. RESOLVE. ACT. LET NOTHING STOP YOUR GOOD WORK, ESPECIALLY YOURSELF!

DO SOMETHING EXCELLENT!" - HAWK

21.

"YOUR LIFE IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IT IS, YOUR WORK, YOUR HOPES, YOUR DREAMS. MAKE THE BEST OF IT! ENJOY THE STRUGGLE!" - HAWK

22.

"FINISH SOMETHING EXCELLENT! ANYONE CAN START SOMETHING AND ANYONE CAN GIVE UP. ALL THINGS ARE JUST ONLY GOOD, UNTIL FINISHED. DON'T JUST BE ANYONE. GET TOUGH, GET EXCELLENT!" - HAWK

23.

"DID THE WORLD SMASH YOU DOWN TODAY? LET THE GLASS BREAK AND LEAVE THE PIECES BEHIND, THEN LIKE THE WATER, CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR OWN LEVEL.

BE INDOMITABLE. LOSE TO OTHERS. NEVER LOSE TO YOURSELF." - HAWK

24.

"CELEBRATE YOUR METHODS AND MADNESS. EMBRACE AND RELISH THE STRUGGLE." - HAWK

25.

"EXPRESS YOURSELF, ONE SINGLE THOUGHT CAN TRAVEL THE WORLD!" - HAWK

26.

"IMAGINE THE BEST WAY TO DO SOMETHING, THEN DO IT." - HAWK

27.

"LIVE WHAT YOU DREAM..." - HAWK

28.

"TRY TO BE EXCELLENT. STRONG, WISE, LOVING." - HAWK

29.

"YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNIES IN A LIFETIME TO AMAZE AND DELIGHT SOMEONE. WHEN YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY, IGNORE THE OTHERS AND JUST GO FOR IT!" - HAWK

30.

"START SOMETHING GOOD, ATTEMPT SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, BEGIN AWAKENED AND REFRESHED, PROCEED WITH ALL HOPE AND PROMISE DENYING ANY DOUBTS OR OBSTACLES BEFORE YOU... SMILE AT THE WORLD..." - HAWK

31.

"ALL THINGS SUCCUMB TO TIME, BUT KINDNESS LAYS A TIMELESS TRAIL OF BEAUTY... BECOMING WIDER AND LONGER THAN MOST CAN IMAGINE, SOME IGNORE THE PATH, SOME FOLLOW, AND SOME CREATE SUCH A PATH..." - HAWK

32.

"KEEP TO THE TASK, ONE SMALL STEP AT A TIME, NOT IMPOSSIBLE, JUST A GROUP OF CHALLENGES ONE HILL BEHIND THE NEXT... SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THE SUN IS SHINING. REMEMBER THIS PLACE. ENJOY YOUR EFFORTS. THE CHALLENGE ITSELF, THE CLIMB UP THE HILL TO MEET THE SUNRISE. ENJOY THE RAIN YOU FIND INSTEAD. LET IT DRENCH YOU, BUT NOT TAKE YOU OFF THE MOUNTAIN. LOOK FOR THE NEXT HILL, AND GO... ENJOY THE CLIMB, THE SUNRISE YOU ENVENTUALLY FIND, THE WALK DOWN THE OTHER SIDE..." - HAWK

33.

"THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU WILL WANT OR NEED. TRY TO BE HAPPY IN YOUR SEARCH FOR TRUE LOVE, IN SATISFYING YOUR NEEDS AND GOALS, AND WORKING ON YOUR DREAMS..." - HAWK

34.

"BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU KEEP CLOSEST TO YOU. THE WISDOM YOU HOLD, THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE... THESE THINGS BUILD AND SHAPE YOUR WORLD. CHOOSE WISELY THE WORLD THAT YOU KNOW... THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST... THE BEING YOU BECOME... TRY TO BE EXCELLENT ABOUT YOUR LIFE." - HAWK

35.

"WE ARE NOTHING LESS THAN WE BELIEVE. WE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN WE DREAM. CREATE THE BEAUTIFUL. SMILE AT THE WORLD. BELIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE. BE EXCELLENT..." - HAWK

36.

"THE MORE WISDOM ABOUT US, THE LESS DESPAIR..." -HAWK

37.

"OUR DREAMS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. IT IS OUR WAKING HOPLESSNESS THAT DEMANDS THEM TO FAIL. WIDEN YOUR DREAMS BEYOND THE SUNRISE." - HAWK

38.

"BE TIMELESS."

"YOU LIVE ONE MINUTE AT A TIME IN A CERTAIN DRIECTION. YOU ARE ONE MOMENT OLD AT ANY INSTANT IN YOUR LIFE, WITH MEMORIES AT A CLOUDED DISTANCE AND VIVID DREAMS BEFORE YOU. TRY TO BE TIMELESS, MOVING WITH THE WORLD, NOT STANDING STILL. LIVE IN A TIMELESS FASHION." - HAWK

39.

"BE LIMITLESS."

"LET NO ONE PERSON, LET NO CIRCUMSTANCE LIMIT YOU, ESPECIALLY YOURSELF. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TRUST, WHAT THEY TELL YOU, WHAT YOU BELIEVE. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH GREATER THINGS THAN YOU ARE NOW AWARE... LIVE IN A LIMITLESS FASHION." - HAWK

40.

"THE UNWISE OR EVIL PAST IS ALWAYS REPEATED, UNLESS WE PREVENT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, AS THE SAME EVILS OR DIFFICULT CHOICES CONFRONT US. LIKE THE WEATHER, IT IS NOT SOMETHING UNFAMILIAR, IT IS THE SAME LACK OF WISDOM NOT CONSIDERED NOR APPLIED, THAT PRODUCES THE SAME RISK OR DETRIMENTAL RESULT, INSTEAD OF AN ENLIGHTENED FUTURE. THE QUESTION SHOULD BE "IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?" THEN, "IS THIS AN ENLIGHTENED IDEA?" - HAWK

41.

"WHEN YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DECIDE WHICH WISE THING SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE SAKE OF THE OTHER, YOU MUST FIND A WAY, OF COURSE, TO DO BOTH." - HAWK

42.

"ONE MUST SOMEHOW, REMOVE THE INVENTION OF MONEY FROM LOVE, WISDOM, LOGIC, AND PROGRESS, OR WE WILL REMAIN SMALL, STUPID, AND PETTY CREATURES, INCAPABLE OF APPLYING HONOR AND WISDOM TO OUR STRUCTURES, OUR PLANET, OR OURSELVES." - HAWK

43.

"WISDOM IN HINDSIGHT IS STUPIDITY. THE MORE YOU ARE LOOKING BACKWARDS AT YOUR OWN STUPIDITY, THE MORE YOUR GOOD AND WISE PATH, YOUR FUTURE, WILL DISAPPEAR. BE OBSERVANT. OBSERVE YOUR PATH AND THE PATH OF OTHERS. THIS PREDICTS YOUR COMBINED FUTURE. LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS, OR THEY WILL GROW LARGER AND LARGER, MIXING WITH OTHER FATEFUL ERRORS, UNTIL THEY THREATEN YOUR VERY EXISTENCE, EITHER SLOWLY OVER TIME, OR IN AN INSTANT FINAL EVENT." - HAWK

44.

"IN LIFE, IN ALL DESIGN, THE SOULS OF MEN AND WOMEN COME FIRST, NOT LAST, ABOVE ANY BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, OR INVENTION. THE HARD PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS ARE APPLIED WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, REASON, AND EVEN GENEROSITY. THEN AS A RESULT, WE ALL GROW STRONGER AND HAPPIER TOGETHER. A WISE LOVE ABOVE EVIL. PEOPLE ABOVE THINGS, ABOVE NUMBERS. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND TOGETHER WE GROW TO BUILD BETTER WORLDS… THIS IS THE STRENGTH OF US, THE BEST CHANCE FOR US." - HAWK

45.

"WE ARE THE ONE… THE ONE IS US… IT IS UP TO EACH OF US, TO BE WISE FOR THE ALL OF US. KEEP A GOOD EARTH POSITIVE WISDOM. TERRA PRIMARY! REWARD WISDOM INSTEAD OF GLORIFYING STUPIDITY, A COMMON HUMAN ENDEAVOR." - HAWK

46.

"IT IS NOT WISE TO IGNORE THE TECHNOLOGY AROUND US, OR TO IGNORE THE NATURAL AND ORGANIC WORLD. IF YOU DENY ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU WILL SOMEHOW BE DESTROYED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM. WE CAN MIX THE ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL WORLDS IF WE DO SO IN A MEASURED, WISE, AND RESPECTFUL MANNER. OTHERWISE, THE HUMANS IN THE MIDDLE WILL SUFFER OR PERISH, BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL EVENTS OR ARTIFICIAL MECHANISMS. WE HAVE LITTLE CHOICE, PERHAPS SINCE LIFTING THAT FIRST ROCK IN OUR HANDS, WE TOUCH AND EXPLORE ALL THAT IS AROUND US, AND CHANGE OUR GATHERED DESTINY AND FATE, A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS, A THOUSAND TIMES, EVERY DAY…" - HAWK

47.

"WE MUST BE BOTH A SERVANT TO OUR EARTH, AND MASTER OF OUR OWN IMMEDIATE SPACES, BY WISDOM, WORD, AND DEED." - HAWK

48.

"IF YOU LET THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE, YOU MUST START BUILDING GENIE RESISTANT BOTTLES… WE MUST USE WHATEVER IT TAKES, TO MATCH OR EXCEED THE POSSIBLE THREATS AROUND US. WE HAVE LITTLE CHOICE. SURVIVAL REQUIRES THE WISDOM OF LOGIC, NO MATTER ITS COST, INCONVENIENCE, OR POLITICS." - HAWK

49.

"IF YOU CREATE A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, GAS, ELEMENT, MECHANISM, OR METHOD, THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE THE METHOD, MEANS, OR ACTIVITY TO COUNTERACT THE POSSIBLE HARM, AT THE SAME TIME. LAWS OF WISDOM AND NATURE SHOULD APPLY, REGARDLESS THE LAWS OR ACTIONS OF SELFISH HUMANS. NATURE WILL BALANCE US RIGHT OUT OF THE EQUATION, IF REQUIRED." - HAWK

50.

"WE MUST EMBRACE THE WISDOM BEFORE THE NECESSITY. WE MUST BUILD STRUCTURES AND CITIES THAT ARE LIKE ARCS, TERRA ARCUS (EARTH ARC), WHICH DEMONSTRATE AN ENLIGHTENED WISDOM AND SENSE OF HUMAN SOUL LINKED TO A LARGER UNIVERSE. WE MUST BUILD EXCELLENT PLACES NOT JUST REFUGE FROM STORMS REAL AND IMAGINED, NATURAL OR HUMAN-MADE, BUT PLACES LARGER THAN MERE SURVIVAL. EXCELLENT PLACES THAT ARE SHIELDS AGAINST THE CURSES WE MAY FACE, AND YET PLACES THAT HELP US IMAGINE AND WONDER. PLACES OF ART, WISDOM, AND INSPIRATION. PLACES THAT SOMEHOW MAKE US MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE. PLACES THAT HELP TO MAKE US GOOD, WISE, AND NOBLE CREATURES. PLACES THAT HELP TO MAKE US WISER THAN THOSE BEFORE US INSTEAD OF BECOMING MORE FOOLISH, IF SUCH A THING POSSIBLE. LET US BUILD EXCELLENT STRUCTURES AND SHELTERS IN RESPONSE TO THE EARTH WE LIVE ON, IN RESPONSE TO THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST OR ARE JUST INVENTED, AND IN RESPONSE TO THE POSSIBLE THREATS FROM THE UNIVERSE AROUND US. LET US ALSO BUILD AND OCCUPY EXCELLENT PLACES THAT ENCOURAGE AND CHALLENGE US, ENLIGHTEN US, AND HELP TO MAKE US SOMETHING BETTER." - HAWK

51.

"WE ARE JUST HUMAN. BUT LET THAT NOT STOP US. LET US BE WISER AND KINDER THAN OUR NATURE COMMANDS. LET US SET GOALS AND DREAMS GREATER THAN WE ARE. LET US NOT FORGET HOW TO DREAM... LET US CREATE GREAT STRUCTURES THAT MELD WITH THE EARTH, OURSELVES, AND THE UNIVERSE... AND THEN BE WORTHY OF THEM." - HAWK

52.

"DO THE EXCELLENT." - HAWK

53.

"IT IS BETTER TO FAIL AT A GREAT THING, THAN TO EASILY ACCOMPLISH THE COMMON AND ORDINARY." – HAWK

54.

"HUMANS TYPICALLY REACT TO EVENTS IN THE TIME ALLOWED, RATHER THAN BEING WISER THAN IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY. WE ARE SELDOM WISER THAN IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY. WE ARE SELDOM WISER THAN IMMEDIATELY DEMANDED. WE THINK PRESENT AND JUST PAST, HARDLY DO WE EVER THINK AHEAD, OR CONSIDER THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE." - HAWK

55.

"SURROUND YOURSELF WITH EXCELLENT THINGS, YOUR DOMAIN, YOUR SELF, SOMETHING BETTER FOR IT... AND A PART OF YOUR SOUL WILL LIVE IN THE THINGS AROUND YOU, AND THEY IN TURN BECOME A PART OF YOU..." - HAWK

56.

"LET THE HUMANS OWN THEIR SPACES AND BE SOMETHING NOBLE THERE, NOT THAT THINGS OWN THE HUMANS AND DEMAND THEIR PRESENCE." -HAWK

57.

"WHAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT?" - HAWK

58.

"A WISE LOVE ABOVE EVIL. PEOPLE ABOVE THINGS, ABOVE NUMBERS. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND TOGETHER WE GROW TO BUILD BETTER WORLDS… THIS IS THE STRENGTH OF US, THE BEST CHANCE FOR US. WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AS GOOD, WISE, AND HONORABLE SOULS, NOT DRIVEN BACKWARD BY ARROGANCE, GREED, AND STUPIDITY…" - HAWK

59.

"SAVE THE WORLD BY SHINING EXAMPLE. EVEN YOUR FAILINGS WORTHY OF ACCLAIM." - HAWK

60.

"BE WISE IN YOUR REFLECTION." - HAWK

61.

"I THINK, WE HARDLY THINK AT ALL." - HAWK

62.

"OBSERVE THE ANTS BELOW YOU, HOW THEY LIFT THEIR HEADS AND SMELL AND SEE THE WORLD AND YET KNOW ALMOST NOTHING OF US, THEN LOOK UP..." -HAWK

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"Be As Passionate About Life As You Can, Not Stupid, Not Mean, And Not Afraid..." - HAWK

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D. EXCELLENTWAY COMMENT: "The Word, Excellence..."

"Excellence."

Yes, just a word, but the idea often ignored.

In this modern world, quality efforts are seldom encouraged.

It is often more about quickly getting something done, doing it for less, letting it be good enough, and making the most money... Lasting beauty, quality of result, enlightened design... hardly considered.

We have mostly lost our pride in doing an excellent job or no job at all. Craftmanship and quality are just words of salesmen, harping cheap and inadequate products.

Let the word "excellent" be more than just a word.

Let it frame your life. Settle for nothing less. Demand the excellent, and do what it takes, to make your world, our world, something excellent.

Your efforts are appreciated.

Thank you.

- HAWK

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