"Yet we think that if rail fences are pulled down, and stone walls piled up on our farms, bounds are henceforth set to our lives and our fates decided. If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer: but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless. The universe is wider than our views of it ( Read more... )

"...days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry.  Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly ( Read more... )

[to a priest ( Read more... )

today's brilliant things:

1. superhero stamps
  
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Even though I don't have 43 goals collected yet, there are still way too many to deal with now -- some of them are meant to be future goals anyway.  So, for now, the ones I'm concentrating on ( Read more... )

There's a really neat site called 43things.com where you list your top 43 goals in life.  You can also list past accomplishments, places you want to go, and write updates on your goal progress.  One feature I haven't tried yet is a scheduled email reminder on specific goals to keep you motivated or irritated, one ( Read more... )

"However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is not a part of me, but spectator, sharing no experience, but taking note of it; and that is no more I than it is you ( Read more... )

about time I stop hiding behind others' words and thoughts, perhaps? but preserving the bits of books that I want to keep with me is still worthwhile. this journal, it's for me after all. but some creative thought is overdue, or maybe we'll just start with a thought. I want to meet friends from other places and countries.

"Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour."

"Look at the teamster on the highway, wending to market by day or night; does any divinity stir within him? His highest duty to fodder and water his horses! What is his destiny to him compared to the shipping interests? Does not he drive for Squire Make-a-stir? ... See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being ( Read more... )