"Life is lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back through the valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale.” Jill Savage

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Palindrome

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.

This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen...forward and backward.

This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old. The contest was titled "u @ 50" by AARP. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. So simple and yet so brilliant.

Take a minute and watch it. I think it is sooooooooooo cool! And the meaning even better!



Now tell me who said words and the way they are said are not important?



Happy Birthday to Richard Bach - wikipedia -

Bach espouses a consistent philosophy in his books: Our true nature is not bound by space or time, we are expressions of the Is (see: Non-duality), we are not truly born nor truly die, and we enter this world of Seems and Appearances for fun, learning, to share experiences with those we care for, to explore—and most of all to learn how to love and love again.[citation needed] Bach's philosophy is strongly influenced by the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science, which teaches that evil, death, and rebirth are illusions, and that our true nature is timeless, infinite and perfect. Bach was a member of the Christian Science Church until the early 1970's.

I am not sure what all that means, but he does have a great quote I like:

I GAVE MY LIFE TO BECOME THE PERSON I AM RIGHT NOW.
WAS IT WORTH IT?

A good question to ask yourself...

16 comments:

Deb said...

Wow! Considering I have a nagging headache and am just now drinking coffee...I got it!

How did you like that storm last night? I guess if I blog it, it will come!

Katie said...

That's so cool and true!

ClassyChassy said...

I like the video - very cool.

Linda @ A La Carte said...

Very cool! I love this one!!! Can't wait to see you on Friday for our Tea Party!!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Our son sent me this via e-mail and I'd actually thought of posting it on our blog -- I thought it was so cool. I'm glad yyou posted it.

Susan said...

I liked the backwards variation the best! Susan

Donna B. said...

AWESOME! I viewed one of these in church not long ago, and I want to post it, but have not gotten a copy yet. I really enjoyed this.

I love Richard Bach's books.

Great post. Thank you so much for it.

betty said...

that was a good video Sandie!! wow, and a 20 y/o created that!! amazing!!!

heating up here; hope you are staying cool down south :)

betty

Judy said...

Thanks for posting that video! It's amazing!

Janean said...

it IS a great question....some things were worth it, others i wished i could have learned without the bruises! LOL.

Tanna said...

That video is incredible and excellent!

Love Of Quilts said...

Would be nice if it worked that way...there is always hope. Trish

Tweedles -- that's me said...

I will need to ponder all this for awhile -
i must be in a fog or something!
xoxoxo
tweedles

The Quintessential Magpie said...

Really interesting.

XO,

Sheila :-)

Unknown said...

That video made me dizzy. Was that the effect you were after?

BECKY said...

Sandia, that was fantastic!! I loved it! Very surprising!! Thanks for sharing!