Saturday, April 24, 2004
Columbine.
“For as long as space endures, and for as long as living being remain, until then may I, too, abide to dispel the misery of the world.” – His Holiness, the Dalai Lama I watch Charlton Heston hold up a rifle at an NRA meeting in Denver, Colorado, as shown in “Bowling for Columbine” and exclaim, “from...
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Friday, April 23, 2004
Cookie College, pink rooms and the crazy ones.
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Structure.
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good...
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Monday, April 19, 2004
Running on Faith.
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are...
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
Flashback.
“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For A Hundred Miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” Mary Oliver I step in the shower, and the almost too-hot water beats down on my head, slicking my hair down to...
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