Classically, we have defined ourselves by the things we love… Our home, our family, our friends. Continue reading
Author: onetusk
Let’s try and avoid death in small doses
“He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly. Continue reading
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Selected Quotes
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” Continue reading
How do we synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites?
“The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. Continue reading
Life is moving, impermanent, and is ceaselessly trying break down walls
The fact is that life is like the river: endlessly moving on, ever seeking, exploring, pushing, overflowing its banks, penetrating every crevice with its water. Continue reading
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.” ― Denis Waitley
It is arduous. Much courage will be needed.
The seed cannot know what is going to happen, the seed has never known the flower. And the seed cannot even believe that he has the potentiality to become a beautiful flower. Long is the journey, and it is always safer not to go on that journey because unknown is the path, nothing is guaranteed. Continue reading
His Kind of Odds
If you ask my next-door neighbor what he does for a living, he will tell you that he is a professional gambler involved in organized crime. In truth, he is an insurance agent. He has a healthy disrespect for his business, and extends that skeptical mode into his philosophy of life. “We’re all gamblers,” says he, “every one of us. And life is a continual crapshoot and poker game and horse race.” Then he adds, “And I love the game!” Continue reading
what kind of pie are you….
A man shared the story of his grandmother, who, in her late seventies, was very ill. “I was having so much trouble letting her go,” he explained. “I finally got up the courage to say to her, ‘Nana, I don’t think I can let you go.’ I know that sounds selfish, but it’s what I felt. Continue reading
You have to see who you are and how you are…
You can’t make radical changes in the pattern of your life until you begin to see yourself exactly as you are now. As soon as you do that, changes will flow naturally. You don’t have to force anything, struggle, or obey rules dictated to you by some authority. It is automatic; you just change. Continue reading
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