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Go without a coat; find out what cold is.
Go without a coat; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it’s all about. The only time you define your character is...
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We have time
We have time for everything Sleep, run back and forth, regret we made an error and err again judge others and absolve ourselves, we have time to read and write, edit what we wrote, regret what we...
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I can only muster thoughts for one
“I talk about love, forgiveness, social justice; I rage against American materialism in the name of altruism, but have I even controlled my own heart? The overwhelming majority of time I spend...
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Set fire to your old self
“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you haven’t eaten it in years. This is your choice, of course, but don’t kid yourself: it’s also the...
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Now
Most days I cling to a single word. It is a mild-mannered creature made of thought. Future, or Past. Never the other, obvious word. Whenever I reach out to touch that one, it scurries away. —Laura...
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Hold the moment…
“Every moment is a poem if you hold it right.” ~ Lauren Zuniga Sources: Lauren Zuniga web site. Image from Adrian’s Little Universe. Quote from apoetreflects Related Posts: Peace is every step…...
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Running. With Better Than…
It’s Saturday. 5:30 am. 45F. Drizzling. Zeke is up early. Which means his keeper (Susan) is too. She’s at the kitchen table sipping coffee and reading The Times. He’s looking up at her, being...
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Less
Your Miscellaneous Way Occupying your own skin with joy, I watch you listen to yourself living, discovering each day how much less of everything steadies you into being. - Terrance Keenan Credits:...
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What “IS” this?
I came from brilliancy And return to brilliancy. What is this? - Hoshin Sources: Haiku – Thank you Whiskey River. Hugo Raes Portrait by Stephan Vanfleteren
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Sit Still
“We yearn for silence, yet the less sound there is, the more our thoughts deafen us. How can we still the noise within?…In Vipassana you concentrate on sensation in stillness, sitting down, not...
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The outcome of my days
“The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time...
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People should be waiting for their next word, not mine.
“But please remember, I don’t sit around wondering how people see the world, or how they feel about things. I don’t attempt to express their feelings. I only write about the way I feel. I mean, I’m...
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Ghosts you chase you never catch
“I wouldn’t describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that … the ghosts you chase you never catch.” John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich, 59, was born in Christopher, Illinois....
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I am what I am, and I do what I do
My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me, and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing, and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. —...
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Thomas Saliot
Thomas Saliot, 45, is a French painter who lives “between Marrakech and Paris.” He has been painting for the last 20 years. Thomas allowed me to share a few of his stunning works in this post. Find...
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Say Something
Dread. It started in the shower. Stomach sour – doing loop de loops. Northern Michigan. Late November, 1980s. The morning shower is followed by a long walk in the dark from the dorm. Square into the...
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Inhale people and exhale skin
“I’d like to answer all my phone calls, return all emails in a timely manner and mean the how-are-yous; not hide my broken hallelujahs, not save my gratitude for characters in books. Put love on sale,...
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like this one, like that one, like this one
“I think I grow tensions like flowers in a wood where nobody goes. Each wound is perfect, encloses itself in a tiny imperceptible blossom, making pain. Pain is a flower like that one, like this one,...
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Rus in Vrede
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” - Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013) Image Credit. Quote:...
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