Friday, April 16, 2004
Escape. Mindfulness.
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." Henry David Thoreau Wednesday: I looked solemnly at my calendar and thought, I need an assistant. I knew in spite of my intentions that I would not be tackling all of...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Indecision, part II
“….When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep….But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, But if you love and must needs have desires, let these...
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Monday, April 12, 2004
Indecision.
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Sunday. I’m so restless today. Last night, too. Can’t sleep, can’t read, can’t watch tv, can’t write. I can’t focus on any one thing for too long. I can’t figure out why. I flit around...
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Superficiality. Acceptance.
“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession... Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too...
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Saturday, April 10, 2004
Integrity.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. – Thoreau Late night sounds of cars whirring by and Alicia Keys purring on my laptop swim around me as I contemplate how this topic, integrity, has presented itself to me today. I...
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