If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if you are not really there - thinking about the future or the past, or preoccupied with other problems - then the child is not really there for you. The technique of being alive is to go back to yourself in order ( Read more... )

 Thou blind man's mark, thou fool's self-chosen snare,
Fond fancy's scum, and dregs of scattered thought ;
Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care ;
Thou web of will, whose end is never wrought ;
Desire, desire !  I have too dearly bought,
With price of mangled mind, thy worthless ware ;
Too long, too long, asleep thou hast me brought,
Who ( Read more... )

 It all occured to me so suddenly just now. Look at us, with our little pudgy hands and our frilly dresses, taffeta and lace ( Read more... )

Nothing good ever came out of sex like that. All it does is grind down the meaning of life a piece at a time. 
In the world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.

"If I write, will you answer me?"

"But why should you be interested in me?"

"Good ( Read more... )

Hey Jude don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better

And any time you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder

 I don't understand what it was he said that really set me off. Mayhaps it's because I haven't taken a step back to look at it, I've let it eat at me. Why do I feel combative, a need to protect my ego which is nothing more than a ghost in the wind (and I don't believe in them)? Trying to dig up dirt, to sling mud when you're barely scratching the ( Read more... )

This is so funny! Found it on CNN.COM.. au sujet de Barack Obama being Christian/Muslim influenced/Who cares what's it matter anyways..
Every church and religion has in its membership smart people, dumb people, sweet people, bitter people, murderer, rapists, thieves, saints, drug dealers, heteros, homos, lesbos, metros, andros, physicians, day care ( Read more... )

 I'm so glad to have her home. She's a vision of culture and adrenaline. 
"There's something about dancers.." he told us. 
She took a risk, she's taking risks I could never beseech her to take.
"..the way they move."

You make threats you'll never keep, you could never go far. For once, just tell me something and mean it. I know exactly where you'll be, and exactly where you want me, and to tell you the truth I'm tired of that position ( Read more... )

 I find myself wandering from place to place and back again. Not really focusing on where I'm going but doing the most I can in each place. Counting the steps in between with the greatest care. Imagining the floor is pressing into my feet and not the other way around. And thus it reflects my journey of the utmost care, like clouds that rise to meet ( Read more... )