This journal is friends-only for the most part, due to nosy in-laws. Please comment here to be added.

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

"People nowadays are unwilling to look into sayings: they just get together in groups to discuss this and that saying as being thus and so, calling it great enlightenment when they’ve managed to explain them clearly ( Read more... )

"There is a point at which salvation lies in stepping off the escalator, of saying, "Enough! What I have will do. What I make of it is up to me." - Marya Mannes

Friends cut time. I'm tired of the bullshit. I have enough drama to deal with as it is. That's why I'm not a member of snark communities. This ongoing dialog is unhealthy for all involved.

"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd ( Read more... )

Ajahn Sumedho started out life at Ajahn Chah's monastery as a very zealous, hyper keen monk. Within a few months of being there, he was convinced that Ajahn Chah was the greatest dharma teacher and the most enlightened master on the planet ( Read more... )

"To take on the suffering of others is the noblest thing a man can do, but you have taken on too much."
-Bhante Dharmawara to Rafi Zabor

I've decided to make a friends cut for the following reasons.
1. I don't read your journal.
2. You don't appear to read my journal.
3. You don't comment in my journal.
4. I don't comment in your journal.
5. You do not currently have an active journal.
6. A subset of the above reasons.

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I'm converting my journal to friends-only viewing. Please add me to your friends list and I will add you back. Drop a comment here to expedite the process, lol. Thanks!