Flipping the Gidget

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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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... Sign in to see full entry.

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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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 9, 2004

Surrender.

"Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge." - Winston Churchill Mostly gray days with humid breezes, glide around me and take me away to times of no responsibility. When the sun breaks through, a small victory is announced, and people multiply on streets and sidewalks talking on cell... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 3, 2004

Jake and the Tomcats.

”Life responds when we risk.” -Rodney Smith, "Lessons From the Dying" I haven’t written in a few days. The quote above is powerful to me, and it will take on new meaning as I write more in the next week or so. You will understand why I chose it. (And you already know, Lt.) Life has gotten busy and... Sign in to see full entry.

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