"Don't believe everything you think." - Byron Katie "That doesn't seem right to me," muttered a group member. "I can prove it," the woman who was arguing said. And offered us a lot of facts disguised as opinion. The group was discussing reality. Well, actually arguing about reality. It's a lot like being at the... Continue Reading →
"Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it." - George Carlin Last time I went to the park to wobble around, I found myself in this magical and mysterious world. It felt as though Mayberry had been enchanted by a wizard. I was moved to tears because of the way the experience... Continue Reading →
"There are people who have money and people who are rich." - Coco Chanel Sitting at a light on Beck road I experience two Lamborghinis' pull up next to me. The drivers looking very spiffy and serious with their heads three feet from the cement. I suppose one needs to lie down to drive one.... Continue Reading →
"An eternity of endless space. A day of wind and moon." - Zen Saying Space and time were here before we arrived. Water too. I live in Michigan and am surrounded by the stuff. And rocks, a lot of rocks. We sell these things to each other. Any self respecting anthropologist from another world is... Continue Reading →
"We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one." - Confucius What an insight. Sooner or later we run into this insight, usually by the time we reach 65 or so. I think it would have been nice in grade school. I could have announced at recess, "Hey, did... Continue Reading →
"Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow." - Vincent Van Gogh Normal. We have invented this thing called "normal." I wonder if there's always been normal? I think of Cro-Magnon parents worried because their little girl isn't normal. What's normal in a hunter gatherer society? I once spent four... Continue Reading →
"The knowledge of impermanence that haunts our days is their very fragrance." - Rainer Maria Rilke I'm impermanent. I'm subject to billions of changes everyday. I experience impermanent, and some very ridiculous streaming thoughts flowing through my brain, touching on this and that or nothing at all. And if "I" really did have a choice... Continue Reading →
"You cannot save someone who is not willing to participate in their own rescue." - Ama Ma It took a long time working in the substance abuse field as a counselor to realize the wisdom of these words, but wisdom isn't sticky like ignorance, and I forget them all the time. And sometimes, much to... Continue Reading →
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver Although thinking about “my wild, crazy, and precious life” is a little different now, and certainly something to do with age, but I still love the concept. The two ideas I visit everyday are “Do unto... Continue Reading →
"Words are useless, especially sentences." - Madonna Yesterday morning out for a wobble, I found myself rounding a bend and coming face to face with the biggest moon I have ever seen hanging close to the horizon. A glowing reddish orange/gold orb with articulated craters and vast shadows. Time slowed, I stopped paying attention to... Continue Reading →
“Opinions are fantasy. They may be based on fact or not. Opinion presents personal bias and pre-conclusion. Opinions are language trading cards, we use them to gain value and hope to make them true. – People’s Dharma Circle
“The quality of your life will depend entirely upon the focus of your attention.” – Huber
