https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/I'm a combat vet with PTSD. I was in Special Ops in Europe and fought in Desert Storm. The mind of a warrior is often a dark but philisophical place...hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/527329RIP Gary Gygax.....you've earned a throne in the realm of Gods. You will be missed, but never forgotten. I've played AD&D for over twenty years. You paved a road for my imagination to run freely on, to what-ever end. I was totally innocent to a world beyond my parents home. I remember my parents...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/525296I was born in the year of the Rooster The Rooster is the strutting peacock of the Chinese Zodiac! These quick thinkers are practical and resourceful, preferring to stick to what is tried and true rather than taking messy, unnecessary risks. Roosters are keenly observant. It's hard to slip...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/524966Year of the Rat After two, Fire years life may seem calmer during this Earth year. That could be deceptive, however, as the Rat never stops moving, especially when it comes to mental activity. Unfortunately Earth has a destructive relationship with the Rat's fixed element, Water. This is not...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/521249This little Zen story is an indication, to me at least, that theres alot to be learned in a school of hard knocks. Those sorts of schools are hard to come by these days except for living in the street... Gisho's Work Gisho was ordained as a nun when she was ten years old. She received training...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/519331People spend their lives, most people at least, trying to obtain things that they feel are grand in one manner or the other. Some achieve it through hard work, some through the goodness of others, some by luck, and there are of course those who never obtain what they strive for. A person who...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/519112Went down to my old buddie's house the other day. He losing his place, now becoming a truck driver to make a living. He had pretty much decided that all the stuff he owned was as good as gone, but a friend of mine loned me her truck so that I could drive down and load up as much of his stuff as...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/518101The Path "The Gateless Gate" is a book of Zen. The first book a person reads when they have decided to study Zen, weather to become a master, teacher, or simply a student of Zen throughout their life. As they say....Zen can not be taught, only learned. A person who feels they can teach...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/515241Back from the grave? Guess not....cause I was never really there.... Seems to be a little hard here lately to keep on track enough to maintain my writting....or alot of things. Been cleaning things up and getting stuff back in order, all the build up that occures when a person slips from the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/514294I know its a bit past Christmas, but heres a different Christmas poem that I just got from my mom...she got it from my brother who's in Iraq. I did my time and got out, he made it a life-long event. I remember Christmas in a fox hole, the driving rain with weapon in hand. That was a long...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Thoughts/513042Inch Time Foot Gem A lord asked Takuan, a Zen teacher, to suggest how he might pass the time. He felt his days very long attending his office and sitting stiffly to receive the homage of others. Takuan wrote eight Chinese characters and gave them to the man: Not twice this day Inch time foot gem....