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"I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time." -- Colette -
two random things I found online...
I found a random "tealeaves reader"...very much like the "think geek" fortune cookie generator, only less b33r.
Here are the readings it spit out for me---I ran it twice this morning. :)
Reading No. 2
You need to create a quiet space for yourself within your heart where you can be silent and listen to yourself.
You spend much time ( Read more... ) -
reminder for self:
"A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for."
--John A. Shedd -
an interesting view
stolen borrowed from Hailers.
"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another."
~Anatole France
Leaving a foot in one room while trying to cross into another while reaching for the open window with a hand while bracing one's self ( Read more... ) -
today's taipei fortune
"What you do with sincerity pays the greatest reward." -
Quote and Splat Experience
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now--always."
~Albert Schweitzer.
For those of you who appreciate happy Christian things (I realize not everyone does) the following video is quite intriguing.
With this warning, those of your who do not like happy Christian things but still appreciate watching art or creativity unleashed may find ( Read more... ) -
let me fall
I've been reading the book I'm Proud of You by Tim Madigan. One section really touched me, and I'll bold that part when I get to it, but it helps to read the paragraphs that come just before.
If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered over, put out of sight, ( Read more... ) -
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No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget ( Read more... )
