I will not be distracted from being the idiot Do not make fun of my shiny red nose You are all the clowns in my theatre The unreasonable man in my shows
Written around the George Bernard Shaw quote, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:
Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear
When you’ve made your fortress strong The outside cannot touch your soul Worries and doubt will come along And fear is always looking for a hole
Good fortune can be a great deceiver Life’s lottery may bring returns of gold But the devil is in the details Of the glittering lives being sold Ants will gather at the honey pot Desperate hands grabbing for a share Fighting for a way to get out Before realising it’s all still there
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
Today I’m grateful for: My little motorbike surviving the stupid journies I take it on. I rewarded it with a quick shower and wipe down ready to go again another time. Maybe I’ll wait until it’s a little drier though. The best thing about today was: Realising that I needed to get outside and see the sun, breath the air and dive deep into the jungle. My mood had totally altered by the time I returned home scratched up, aching muscles and covered in mud.
I took this picture because it will remind me of my bike ride today that got me out of my funk. I love the angles and depths though my phone can’t capture the magnificence as the human eye. I particularly like the clouds in just half the sky here.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry I don’t know, who, when, what or why Spent my days in endless frustration A victim of a worthless education
Now I’m at school on the other side All the things I learned being applied And frustrated kids look up with empty eyes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
The people who get on in theis world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.
George Bernard Shaw
Today I’m grateful for: Being able to share my abundant fruits with other people. The papaya is delicious but I can’t eat six of them! The best thing about today was: A quick ride along back roads and tracks to Bruno’s reminded me of times riding my motorbike in Dorset as a teenager. The green overhanging fauna down dirty muddy tracks and lanes. The smell of fresh oxygen mixed with distant smoky garden fires. I was transported, if only for a moment.
I took this picture because I found these two ‘good boys’ far from their home on my morning walk and they followed me all the way back.
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