“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
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
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to get some gardening advice for Bruno when he came to visit today.
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
20th Mar 2024 – Submitted to RDP Tuesday – Fantasy
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
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to have a runaround with some of my students yesterday. We were all happy to play.
31st Oct 2024 – Shared with Ragtag Daily Prompt – rigid
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.
Bern Williams
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to find the Yousician offer to upgrade to play loads more songs cheaper than my current subscription – how good is that!?
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
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful that there were banana cupcakes left at work yesterday so that I could fill up as I knew I would get home late.
Imagery inspired by a Khalil Gibran short story
15th Jun 2024 – Submitted to RagTag Daily Prompt
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
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful that my brain was keeping me happy yesterday. It was a fun day at school with no teaching and lots of kids always wanting to talk with me.
Always active, nervous twitching
Under the skin, blood is itching
Actions precede thought
Which evaporate to nought
Leaving all around you bitching
11th Sept 2023 – In Thai ‘duk dik’ means constantly moving around. This phrase can be used for my students in most of my classes.
The highs and lows I have known have turned me inward to the point where I’ll never feel anything close to normal. I don’t feel isolated, I don’t want in… There’s no confession to make, there’s no truth burning to come ripping out of me… I will always make relationships with people an approximation of a relationship. I think that’s better. I think things are more beautiful when you’re on the outside.
Henry Rollins
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to be able to find the books I want to read from Dasa Books in Bangkok or even able to order from overseas using Amazon.
Submitted to Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge Streets
The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your self.
Mike, The Man From Mars, Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
When there’s nothing to say, don’t say a word
Even in silence, a meaning may be heard
Beaks may be flapping, yet nothing said
Silence all the yapping, shut up instead
A life without drama is much better observed
I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.
Charles Bukowski
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to sleep through my alarm this morning. Out for the count and I think I feel better for it.
Burn the books that shook and rocked
Ban the guns all cocked and locked
Pay the man a corporate donation
Say a prayer to save the nation
Scoff as the rest of the world is shocked
The end of days, the Rapture foretold
When shock and awe have taken hold
Scrambling with a personal hell
Now has come the time to tell
About all the lies that have been sold
Most people would rather argue about reality than do something about reality.
Ryan Holiday
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to see the birdies able to fly – or just trying for their first times. I hope they can avoid our cats.
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