Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

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there's a stretch of the turnpike right before 15W that's downhill and it's my favorite thing in the world at night.  the lights of newark, elizabeth, etc. all dance and twinkle.  it's like a thousand fireflies doing a synchronized dance just for me.

it's odd how i'm home, yet i still have this undying feeling that i want to go home.
uncle tom died today at 6 in the morning. he was the sweetest man to walk the earth.

there's this little pocket town near new hope, pa.  it's so far removed from the rest of the world, that you have to cross a tiny, rickety bridge and then take a dirt road through the forest to get to it.  once there, though, it's like you've been taken back in time to the mid to late 1800s.  every house is a victorian mansion, overlooking the ( Read more... )

i have the sense to recognize that i don't know how to let you go.

i wonder why life has so many twist and turns, dark alleyways, ghettos, and dead ends. can't it just be one, long, straight, tree-lined road?