“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
Everyone must share the drink, from the poison well
To step back from the brink, falling into hell
When all around are mad, the mad are sane
Non-conformity is bad, let the status quo remain
Inspired by another Khalil Gibran parable.
Do not grow too fond of your ideas or too certain of their truth.
Robert Greene
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to everyone who helped me at the hospital yesterday. It was very smooth and easy.
Mother, I am a mere man
I will climb mountains higher than you can understand
To show what a human can do
Tut and scoff, weep and worry
Yet it is something I must do
I will attempt impossible things
Because in the death zone, I come alive
I will be strong
I will leave no brothers behind
You taught me everything
And this is to honour you
Written whilst watching 14 Peaks.
People get the mind and quality of brain that they deserve through their actions in life.
Robert Greene
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for this chocolate muesli to break up my normal breakfast eating. What a lot of work must go into making muesli.
We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
Robert Greene
28th Oct 2022 – You Mei You video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQul53ywOkM
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for my old laptop bag that I had planned to throw out but now is a place for Tig and Kim to sleep.
Most people seek to avoid tedium, pain and any form of adversity. You must choose to move in the opposite direction.
Robert Greene
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to see Amy’s grandmum on her 90th birthday yesterday. She’d going good.
If you yearn for power, quickly lay honesty aside, and train yourself in the art of concealing your intentions.
Robert Greene, Daily Laws List
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to have Amy’s old iPhone to learn how to use. It’s been an interesting exercise to switch from Android.
A grey and miserable morning that reminded me of England so much that my eyes ached and an oppressive, ominous feeling came over me. Lots of students missing from my first class so I just played Hot Seat with them instead of starting my normal lesson. It was fun and enjoyable, perhaps showing the kids that their memories aren’t that great.
I still have a negative feeling about the future, school-related. I get the feeling that I won’t be recontracted and perhaps TLC will try to move me again. I don’t know how that would work out, if I’d be interested to go somewhere else now.
Amy was grumpy with me this weekend too and I’m thinking a little about how much money we will spend this year. We have lots and lots of money (relatively) but she is keeping an iron grip on it whilst also planning her time in Australia. These months will be a test for me and despite looking forward to lots of space, I’m not looking forward to having less time.
What has been your favourite age so far, and why? Would you go back to this age if you could?
From 27 years old on I changed my life dramatically and in different ways. My most exciting age was when I was 30-32, when I had some self-confidence and self-belief for a while. An amazing relationship with a smart young woman inspired me so much but didn’t work out in the end and from then I was up and until around the age of 40, when, perhaps, I became almost completely comfortable with myself (again, with some ups and downs). I think 40-45 may have been my favourite age so far then but I don’t want to discount anything from the future. These next five years could be the best ever?
Would I go back to that age? I don’t think so, I don’t think it was my age that had anything to do with it. It was maturity and circumstance. Going back to that age would not be able to replicate those things.
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