Keeping Up with AMORE

WAKE UP: make your dreams come true. I am a big dreamer and I know it takes a long time to achieve your dreams and goals, but I have the tendency of giving up when life gets hard. I should stop dreaming and do something about it to make it come true. Stay focused and pay attention. I have a hard time paying attention, especially in class. I get distracted super easily and not really sure how to stay focused. My attention span is really short but I am trying to figure out what to do to expand my attention span.

Cat and cock. Source: Flickr . The Cat and the Cock the bodhisatta was born as a cock and lived in the forest with a retinue of many hundred cocks a she-cat lived near by and deceived all of the cocks by a device and ate them; however, she could not deceive the bodhisatta she created a plan to deceive him since bodhisatta was not easily deceived like the other cocks she started talking to the cock and saying she will be his wife the bodhisatta compared them two and how they should not be husband and wife since she has 4 legs and he only 2 she would not give up so she spoke again the bodhisatta did not give him; therefore he drove her away and she was never seen again Bibliography:  https://archive.org/stream/jatakatales00fran#page/258/mode/2up

Monkey in nest. Source: Flickr Unasked-For Advice While Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as a young singila bird When he grew into a big bird, he settled in the Himalaya country and built him a nest that was proof against the rain During the rainy season, a monkey came by to sit near Bodhisatta because he was cold The bodhisatta and the monkey had a conversation and did not come to a good end The monkey smashed his shelter and ended things Bibliography:  https://archive.org/stream/jatakatales00fran#page/228/mode/2up

Pomodoro. Source: Flickr . Well, here we are again with the pomodoro technique. I honestly could not keep up with this technique because I like studying until I feel like I need a break. I don't like how its 25 minutes of studying then 5 minutes for break. I think the studying time is too short. I may try extending it to 50 minutes of studying then 10 minutes for break. Maybe that will be better for me in my opinion. But this is just a little update on where I went with this technique this school semester.

I'm learning as I go. I learn new things constantly. I believe these two pictures go hand in hand, which is why I chose them. I am constantly learning new things everyday. I don't think there's a day in life where we don't learn as least one thing. It can be about anything whether it is in school or you're learning something about someone. There's endless possibilities of learning new things.

Parrots. Source: Unsplash . The Tell-Tale Parrot The Bodhisatta came into the world as a young parrot named Radha and his youngest brother named Potthapada When they were young, they were caught by a fowler and handed over to the brahmin in Benares The brahmin cared for them like they were his children The brahmin had a wicked wife and no one watched her The brahmin had to go away on a business trip and told his parrots to keep watch of their mother in season and out of season and to observe whether or not any many visits her As soon as the husband left, the woman began to do wrong Day and night, the visitors came and went -- there was no end to them Potthapada observed her wrongdoings and told Radha "Our master gave this woman into our charge, and here she is doing wickedness. I will speak to her" Radna told him not to but he did not listen and said to his mother "Mother, why do you commit sin?" The mother has been waiting to kill him and this was