A Million Dollars

 
If I Had A Million Dollars – by Ron White

I saw a movie a few years ago that had a very funny scene. One of the
characters asked the other what he would do if he had a million
dollars. He replied, “Nothing….if I had a million dollars, I would
just relax all day long and enjoy myself.” Another guy chimed in and
seriously stated, “Hey, you don’t need a million dollars to do
that…just look at my cousin…he is flat broke and he doesn’t do a
thing but sit there all day long.”

I think I laughed about that for an hour and it just caused me to smile again.

Although the line in the movie was a joke, it illustrates a truth of
life. Whatever it is that you wish to do – do it! Don’t wait!
Seriously, why put off your dreams until tomorrow or until you get all
your ducks in a row. Guess what? The ducks of life sometimes have a
mind of their own and tend to wander a lot. You may never get all your
ducks in a row.

I have been a professional speaker since I was 20 years old. When I
was 27, I was speaking with a woman and she said, “I am 59 years old
and by the time I am 65 I would like to have my Master’s Degree and be
working as a professional speaker.” I looked at her perplexed as I
inquired, “Why in the world are you going to wait until you are 65 and
have a degree? I am 27 years old with no degree and I am speaking
tomorrow!” You could tell that my statement shattered her reality and
she had no response.

This woman was waiting to pursue her dream until everything was just
perfect. Until she had everything that she thought she needed to
ensure maximum success when in reality the greatest thing that she
could have done is simply move in the direction of what she desires.

The greatest resistor of human dreams is the “If I had a million
dollars” attitude. Individuals dream that if they had a million
dollars, they could pursue their vision. No they wouldn’t! If you
don’t pursue your vision when you are broke – when you grasp a
million, you will create another reason why it isn’t possible. Or if
you are one of the few who would actually live their dreams if you had
a million dollars, what is the probability that you are going to save
a million dollars?

Ever heard this train of thought?

Once I get out of high school I am going to see the world and travel…
Once I finish college I am going to see the world and travel…
Once I get married I am going to travel with my spouse…
After our kids are older we are going to see the world and travel…
When our kids get out of high school we are going to see the world and travel…
As soon as we retire we are going to see the world and travel…
Now, I am out of school, kids are gone and I am retired – if I was
younger and my health was better I would see the world and travel…

Don’t wait…

Many questions of life are complicated and unclear. Yet, the question
of if you should pursue your dream or what until you have a million
dollars is as clear as the waters of Fiji. You are not promised
tomorrow. You are not promised a million dollars. Pursue your dream
today and inch closer or it will remain equally as distant as the
pages of your life near the final chapter.

Christian Dior & Chinese artists : 1st Haute Couture Exhibition

On first seeing the masterpieces by Dior and Galliano on show, I was afraid the whole exhibition was going to be unfair to the Chinese artists, who wouldn’t stand a chance when placed beside these two designers of genius. But, amazingly, they not only held their own but, with only a few exceptions, responded to the challenge with works of art that more than measured up to the formidable visual competition.

And their art strikes me as representative of the kind of work being done in contemporary China. Just as in the 18th and 19th centuries Chinese artists developed an export market for their porcelain by adapting their designs to accommodate Western taste, so modern Chinese artists respond to Western design not by challenging or dismissing it, but by making it their own.

storage.canalblog.com  www.telegraph.co.uk Christian Dior and Chinese Artists: all dressed up for the installation of the year Art and fashion subtly permeate every aspect of our daily lives – the one by changing the way we look at the world, the other what we see all around us. A symbiotic relationship has always existed between high art and haute couture In the light of all this, I was fascinated to hear that the House of Dior was staging an exhibition in Beijing, featuring 21 Chinese artists who had been invited to make works that responded to, or were inspired by, the designs of Christian Dior and his successor John Galliano this is by a long way the most stunning exhibition installation of the year.  www.limitemagazine.com  thestar.com.my Liu Jian Hua’s Daily.fragile hundreds of porcelain replicas of Dior products and the label’s iconic ‘D’ Huang Rui’s Timeless White Cloud denoting the years the fashion house has existed.  www.hereischina.com Wen Fang’s Hole in the Wall, Hope in the World  thestar.com.my Christian Dior owned an art gallery before he founded his eponymous fashion house.