“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
In a tent, surrounded by nurses
The sick and the fainting
Sweaty palms and sweaty necks
Infected double-masked painting
Every hour numbers multiplying
As the heat keeps turning up
Medicine and food declare the end
Holding onto the winner’s cup
Many people are so worried about looking good that they never do anything great. Many people are so worried about doing something great that they never do anything at all.
Derek Sivers
I didn’t see you coming
And I’m not laughing now
An elegant transfer
From there to here somehow
Hiding in the open
Invisible to touch and tongue
You have become a part of me
Buried within my lung
Your camouflage removed
The fight has now started
It’s going until the bitter end
And one of us has departed
First, we must come to believe that we have the capacity to raise ourselves up. Second, we must develop a solid work ethic to back this up. If we are rigorous and persistent, we will be able to overcome almost any obstacle and elevate our position. People who are lazy and undisciplined are much more prone to feeling envy.
Robert Greene
An elephant in snow eating a purple tangerine
Wears a collar of bread crusts discarded at dinner
A fairy-eared Asian man describes a perfect shoe
And a simple Simon is applauding this night’s winner
Books, walks, parks, runs, libraries, striking conversations, philosophical discussions, sports, introspection, meditation, sunrise, sunset, rain; people who get excited from these are lucky.
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When the rain comes
Little creations invade my home
Blocking up my chimney
And forcing me alone
Forming an army here
And constantly on the attack
Crawling all over me
And turning my tissue black
A guy with two dicks doesn’t need a good memory.
Mila, Love and Rockets, Beto Hernandez
It’s difficult to care about the west
Always declaring itself as best
Fighting its war against the beast
Maintaining control across the east
Patience one day will gain reward
No longer counting whose goals were scored
A better way will come to be
A time that most of us wish to see
Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.
from Welcome to Night Vale
America is the land of dreams
Only because everyone is sleeping
Nothing is what it seems
Its children are quietly weeping
Glam, glitz, all those shiny things
Pursuit of happiness year-round
Who knows when the fat lady sings
Or words are whispered profound
Watching an empire in decline
Must be frustrating from within
What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is mine
Is no longer seen as sin
You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.
Jane Hirshfield
Bring it together – the idea and the word
And stand behind the words said and heard
Smash it apart – the words and the real
So that fantasy is all that’s left to feel
If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.
Abraham Lincoln
Oh, the pretty girls must perform
The majority sweat to conform
Candles lit and incense burned
Bless today for what was learned
Rigid rows and rigid rules
Sets the tone within the schools
Passive acceptance, the cultural norm
Here’s Pavlov’s children to perform
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
Bern Williams
Scrabbling around in the emptiness
Finding only scraps of dust and hair
Searching for long-buried treasure
To sate the devil’s despair
Concentrating all the kindness
Praying for a new light to shine
Longing for a fuller measure
To shiver on down my spine
As any gardener knows, the vitality of a garden does not end with a harvest. It simply takes another form. Gardens do not ‘die’ in the winter but quietly prepare for another season.
James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games
Standing on the bank of the river
Sympathies for those floating by
Your tears will cleanse your heart
You cannot comprehend my cry
I am the truth as rock
Stood for a million years
Listening to your sad songs
Whispered between your tears
Empty is your heart and hand
A touch so inviting and smooth
Your house without mirrors
To view your soul to soothe
Long you looked in ridicule
Shackled to the ebb and flow
Grabbing onto sparkling gold
And screaming to never let go
Imagery inspired by a Khalil Gibran short story
Our diversity is not a reason to hate each other. Quite the opposite, we must admire and respect it.
found at Khimushin Alexander, original unknown
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