JOURNAL: sarah-camille (Sarah Darling)

  • mit freundlichen gruessen 2004-01-30 15:15:38 Not being an AMV creator or nothin' I feel distinctly weird writing in this journal. But having shamelessly sucked all the good out of this site for the past half year, I figured it was time to send in my regards and thank all the great creators who've made me smile, laugh out loud, double-take, and occasionally even sniffle.

    About to sit down with a cup of green tea and a warm bowl of rice and do the whole VCA nomination thing. Lookin' forward.

    Kinda. I mean, I guess the reason I'm writing this now is, I've hung around the site long enough to see how the whole competition/opinion thing helps folks and hurts them at the same time. A necessary evil, to be sure, and one that I've definitely exploited in my search for good videos - but still a system that only can go so far.

    So I'm sending out my best wishes to all, or at least to everyone who wants 'em. No matter what happens in the next few days, good or bad -keep believing, keep creating, keep the faith!

    Here's a little something from the Tao Te Ching that I found right after the last competition that I participated in. OK, that was for viola playing, but what the heck ;) I walked out of the concert hall, headed for the nearest bookstore, flipped open a copy of an interesting book, and this was literally the next thing that met my eyes:

    Fame or integrity, which is more important?
    Money or happiness, which is more valuable?
    Success or failure, which is more destructive?

    If you look to others for fulfillment,
    you will never truly be fulfilled.
    If your happiness depends on money,
    you will never be happy with yourself.

    Be content with what you have;
    rejoice in the way things are.
    When you realize there is nothing lacking,
    the whole world belongs to you.

    (Translation: Stephen Mitchell)

    Good luck, everyone! Danke!

    regards,

    Sarah  
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