It started with a smile that a woman gave to me. A hello I then shared with a man. Who shared a short insight into the beer he was purchasing, pilsner-urquell. In turn led into a full spirit rising conversation with the checkout lady. As he left her laughing and they shared a high-five as he exited, She turned to the next person in line, me, with a ( Read more... )

i just got one of the nicest emails.. and i hope he/she doesnt mind their email posted but i just have to say.. i dont think that this person actually realizes how great he/she is for simply sending this email ( Read more... )

when you get old, things start to get taken away from you- thats just a part of life. but, you only learn that when you start losing stuff. you find out that life is just a game of inches... because in life.. the margin of error is so small, one half a step too late or too early and you dont quite make it. the inches we need are everywhere around ( Read more... )

The independent spirit 'here' coexists with a level of human warmth that has all but disappeared from many more-deveoped nations. Expats who stay 'here' for a while and then go north for a visit are shocked all over again by the fact that "nobody talks to anyone else up there." Its a commonplace that is nontheless true; IN THE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE ( Read more... )

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"i have a different perspective now: i feel more peaceful and patient. i keep being reminded of the cyclical nature of the world of the 10,000 things and have powerful insights that change what i see. i know that we humans are like the rest of the natural world and that sadness, fear, frustration, or any troubling feeling cannot last. nature doesnt ( Read more... )

"He probably was your soulmate. Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true ( Read more... )

"my earliest memory of hearing music, the mesmerizing kind that takes hold of you and wont let go, is sitting at the top of the stairs in the tiny townhouse i grew up in to listen to "Golden Slumbers." The song had climbed out of the Scott hi-fi and up the stairs to compel me out of bed. The music soon subsumed other sounds. The songs rich piano, ( Read more... )

ive always been good enough with words that i could make a wall of graffiti seem like a worldly eye opening expression of life. along side judgment of most people who write.. some may see it as overanylitical... but i think its depth. and although ive never been able to live or speak in person the words that exactly express how i feel, ive always ( Read more... )

"This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms." ~jm ( Read more... )