June 2009
152 posts
The Dalai Lama’s Instructions for life:
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three R’s: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a...
“whatever you are, be a good one.”
– abraham lincoln
the past is past, the future unformed. there is only the moment, and that is where he prefers to be
there is only one step between the sublime and the ridiculous
45 lessons life taught me.
inaudiblewords:
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more.” Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is...
“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it...”
– Henry Miller
“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.”
– Hafiz - a Persian poet of the 1300’s
colors keep me up at night
the essentials
“only the fine, the large, the human, the natural, the fundamental, the passionate things”
help me elaborate on this. human passions are the motive forces in life. overcoming adversity stimulates our very core. this is the only authentic way of being. within each of us, is an eternal fervor to satisfy our inmost impulses regardless of consequence. it is our greatest feat and...
june 26, 2008
the first minute of the next day. today. the waves were choppy that afternoon and i wonder if i will ever quell those fears. i stand there, fingering the water and my courage and look back; a family, a group of friends, lovers, and a little boy who stared me into the eye as if daring me to move forward. i am separated from mark and andy by 10s of foaming waves that scare me into stillness. but i...
colors keep me up at night
moments that make up my life
i used to be an avid blogger. 2 years ago, i was writing at least every other day. inspiration after inspiration. i wanted to be a writer – but i did not have a story.
i realized that great stories are not single-directed. for me, the important times in my life is not one story. it is a collection of fleeting moments, gestures, connections: secret garden in the rain, a hidden key under a brick,...
pretty is pedestrian.
beauty is not something that is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. beauty is a feeling. something that humbles me into awe and silence. if you can make me feel beauty- truly feel it- i will love you.
to me, this is beauty. to me, this is proof of a god or a higher power [in a naive and infinitely miniscule sense or idea of the limited understanding we have of our...
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going anywhere
The scent of life and the absurdity of it all hung in the air as nostalgia silently creeped into my eyes. The cold air lingers as I struggle to fall awake. I wonder if anyone in Los Angeles can still fly with their wings? He tip toes around his life, careful not to wake up. I try to suggest he does otherwise, but he can no longer hear me. The walls we build are insignificant and will not stand...
