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"The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues." -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

(Is it strange that the name 'Marcus' always makes me think of Babylon 5?)

I do believe it is possible to create,
even without ever writing a word
or painting a picture,
by simply molding one's inner life.
~Esther Hillesum


Wow.

Suddenly, I wonder what exactly it _is_ that I'm really aching for when I spontaneously want to create something, but don't know what!

"In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you love? How deeply did you learn to let go?" -Buddha

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
-T.S. Eliot


http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2004/05/20/

aelisdeliria lent me a book, called _Welcome to the Ark_, by Stephanie S. Tolan. It's... captivating. I _must_ own this book.

The reason I'm writing right now is a quote which I had to share...

"How smart do you feel?"
"Comparatively?"
"No. Just you yourself. How smart do you really feel?"
"Truth?"
"Of course, truth!"
"I've spent my whole life trying not to know how scary it was to have people call me the smartest kid in the world. Because I don't know anything."


*shiver* Yeah. Not to that degree, but yeah.

Stolen from carocrow

When nothing is sure,
everything is possible.
~Margaret Drabble

From a card I have on my wall at home:

"I want to have a silly heart when I grow old someday,
a heart that still does somersaults and runs outside to play,

a heart that won't forget to dream and can't remember facts
and thinks of birthday candles as just sticks of wick and wax.

I want a heart that's been around and knows a thing or two, but still can laugh.
I want to have a silly heart, don't you?"

Oh, I know what other things I found in other people's journal I liked. Quotes! From a book I'm even in the middle of reading!

If the Buddha Dated, specifically. And apparently starandrea just finished it. ;)

"The key is to remember that people hurt others because they are unconscious or unaware. If only we could, even for just a fleeting moment, grasp that we would all love each other if we could, if we were free from the armor we have used to shield our hearts. When we realize that the enemy is unconsciousness, not another person, we will bring fresh air to our bitterness, and create more spaciousness in our minds and hearts."
-Charlotte Kasl

"We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us."
--Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

"Expect everything to continue just as it is. Will that be okay with you in six months? A year? Five years? It might seem like a contradiction to base a current decision only on the present moment, when impermanence is one of the basics of Buddhism. The point is this: To make a decision based on reality, we have to accept that it will be this way forever because the prsent time is the only truth we have. Otherwise, our decision is based on projections and wishful thinking."
--Charlotte Kasl

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." -Kahlil Gibran

I say interesting things, sometimes.

"Not knowing about something _is_ knowing. Just not, perhaps, what you want to know."

"When you're exploring something new, how could you _possibly_ know what is to come? It's the exploring that matters, not the destination..."

"You deserve wonderful things. This does not mean that this specific thing is going to (or not going to!) happen."

"Fears that are named are at least possible to work through. Fears that are not can surprise you, and take you completely off-guard."


I'm completely without words, but you all should go read this, that shadesong wrote. It's resonating on _so_ many levels for me. *shiver*


clouds


Funky. I am very rarely nauseated. And yet, right now, I am. I hate this week. Can I have a new week, please?