I don't know why... perhaps just because I missed you all so much, perhaps because I find my self amidst a month of nostalgia, but I felt compelled to come back to my good 'ol LJ roots. I dug through the people I had left on my friends list and saw that most others have jumped ship as well. I even dared look back upon my earliest remaining posts. ( Read more... )

I'm back. I know, hold on to your seats kids ::smirks::

So I went and looked over the previous 75 posts on my friends list and then my user info...

I see names in my "friends of" that I don't know and haven't added... not to mention they didn't ask. In any case I'm putting an end to it.

This is now a friends only journalPlease, appropriately, ( Read more... )

Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.

-Ayya Khema, "When the Iron Eagle Flies"
Right or wrong ( Read more... )

God’s everywhere. God’s in the effort, God’s in the struggle, whether that’s for civil rights or creative expression. God’s always in the struggle with us.

-Anne Lamott
Ghosts sneak out from the closet mostly when you're not looking. They like to appear, hazy memories, over your shoulder seen in peripheral vision or just on your voicemail in the ( Read more... )

Warren Buffett gave Bill Gates around 37 billion dollars to distribute to the needy as he see fit. He is fulfilling his word earlier than he said he would (original time set for after his death). He said no person should just inherit large fortunes and that he is doing his best to make sure he gets rid of all of his ( Read more... )

evolution of yogurt...

I--like an elephant in battle,
enduring an arrow shot from a bow--
will endure a false accusation,
for the mass of people
have no principles.

The tamed is the one
they take into assemblies.
The tamed is the one
the king mounts.
The tamed who endures a false accusation
is, among human beings,
the best.

-Dhammapada, 23, translated by Thanissaro

You cannot see faith, but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind "faithful footprints" for others to follow.

-Dr. Dennis Anderson

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

-Dan Millman
If we were to walk in the woods and a spring appeared just when we became thirsty, we ( Read more... )

Although you may understand the explanations, if you are still suffering because of problems, you clearly do not understand the true nature of your mind, your body, and your senses.

-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, "Transforming Problems Into Happiness"
Leviticus 25:20-25:38 ( Read more... )

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