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Attitude is Everything

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:32:05 -0000

The
last of the
human freedoms
is to choose one's attitude
in any given set of
circumstances,
to choose one's
own way.

~ Viktor Frankl

Passionately Curious

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:57:24 -0000

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

~ Albert Einstein

Join the Broken

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:03:36 -0000

Love the world
as if weaving cotton:
add to the thin,
and join the
broken.

~ Moroccan Proverb

A Single Act of Love

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:40:54 -0000

The truth is
that, no matter
what kind of game
you find yourself in,
no matter how good or
bad the luck, you can change
your life completely with a single
thought or a single act of love. For this
is what we do: Put one foot forward and then
the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of
the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little
consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain
the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of
another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise
of a new day. With love: the passionate search for
a truth other than our own. With longing: the
ineffable yearning to be saved. For so
long as fate keeps waiting, we
live on. God help us.
God forgive us.
We live on.

~ Shantaram

Tranquil Chaos

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:48:48 -0000

I like to live in the sound of water,
in the feel of the mountain air.
A sharp reminder hits me:
this world is still alive;
it stretches out there shivering
toward its own creation, and I'm part of it.
Even my breathing enters into this
elaborate give-and-take, this bowing
to sun and moon, day or night,
winter, summer, storm, still --
this tranquil chaos that seems to be
going somewhere, this wilderness with a
great peacefulness in it, this motionless
turmoil, this everything dance.

The Fire Inside

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:06:51 -0000

One can live at a low flame.
Most people do. For some, life is an
exercise in moderation (best china saved
for special occasions), but given something
like death, what does it matter if one
looks foolish now and then, or tries
too hard, or cares too deeply?

~ Diane Ackerman

Chemistry

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:54:40 -0000

     Chemistry can be good or bad.
     Chemistry is good when
     you make love with it.
     Chemistry is bad when you
     make crack with it.

       ~ Adam Sandler

Expect Good

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:38:24 -0000

Try with all your might and work very, very hard
to make the world a better place. But if all
your efforts are to no avail --
no hard feelings.

- The Dalia Lama

Leap

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:29:13 -0000

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.
There is a microscopically thin
line between being brilliantly
creative and acting like the
most gigantic idiot on
earth. So what
the hell,
leap.

Loving One's Fate

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:15:15 -0000

Amor fati - The virtue of loving one's fate

I am a Romantic.

I don't mean that I am sentimental, I mean that I have an attitude and point of view in which my imagination, emotion, and individuality are primary. I take my idea of romanticism from the romantic poets who stressed intimacy, beauty, ordeal, the ordinary life, and nature.

I want my romantic life to be rich and complex, to be thick with images, dreams, paintings, music and words. I want to reach out to others and share my zest for life.

Today I want to remember that love, and not intellect, is the way to the spirit. I want to embrace and love my fate.