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"We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness."
- Thich Nhat Hanh, French-based Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and author (b. 1926)

Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be virtues. Such people are convinced that the doors of heaven will be opened only to poor wretches like themselves who go through life without leaving any trace but their threadbare attempts to belittle others and to exclude and destroy if possible those who, by the simple face of their... (continue reading)

I read this today and wanted to jot it down...

All that do not know feed on what they think they know, making great leaps of dreadful imagination.

I held his heart in my hands

Examining each lyrical line

I placed it very close to me

Juxtaposed with mine

I watched the lightness of his spirit

With my shadowy soul entwine

The two of us like braided rope

Strengthen each other over time

I woke up this morning to this photo!

Johnson&Johnson oughtta pay the man!

Besides, Michael Jackson could use a good sponsor!

A Thriller of a bandage!
Ya can't stick on just one!

Every so often I run across this phrase - "You complete me!" It really makes me cringe. It leads me to think the person speaking isn't really whole. Who wants half-a-person. That's what's scary about folks out looking for someone to fill the empty spaces in their life. Right off the bat they are telling you that they aren't quite together and they expect you... want you... need you... to fix it.

I'm not saying we can expect to find perfectly secure people who have no inner nooks and... (continue reading)