September 2011
20 posts
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and...”
– ~Alexander, age 6
Main character from my husband’s favorite book to read to our children, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Ní bheidh a fhios agat conas tá tú ag briseadh mo chroí….
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
– John F. Kennedy
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“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.”
– Anonymous
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I don’t mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
My 9/11: Tribute for Today
by Moya McAllister on Sunday, September 11, 2011
Today is still a very difficult day for me. Everyone has their story of today. Where they were when they saw, when they heard.
My story is my story, and if you know me well, you know already. I don’t need to write it here.
It’s still too hard, too much and everyone has been so kind already, 10 years of kindness & love.
Today, I...
Be Suspicious of Your Biases, Even the Rational &...
by Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:59pm
To achieve what the Zen Buddhists call “beginner’s mind,” you dispense with all preconceptions and enter each situation as if seeing it for the first time.
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,” wrote Shunryu Suzuki in his book *Zen Mind, Beginner’s ...
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but...”
– ~ Khalil Gibran
“Only dwelling in the present can make us free. We have to look into our...”
– - Thich Nhat Hanh
