To give of one’s self: to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…this is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ah so.....
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tourism
Tourism
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overcooked. Hopefully this road is already
nameless; I am sure that the wind behind your
car will suck it down into the tire-strewn
canyon with the snakes and sage. Heat
bends the road, browns the stones,
burns the clouds.
The already wide open valley opens up
and we are incomprehensibly small together,
both from the lush Southern hills,
you pause your thoughts of God to ask me
in genuine interest if I am writing poetry
when I see these things and I can’t reply
precisely, but I know that a poem would
crush the scenery in a way that prayer
wouldn’t. Later, you won’t see the dime-sized
lizard hatchlings, these serious jewels, but
I will. Crossing my path, darting under rocks,
frantically alive, all over, and already at home
....Andy Trebing
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Let the meltdown begin....
Tuesday the Cubs lost for the eighth time in nine games, leaving them 41/2 games ahead of second-place
Is this the famous cubbies September meltdown?
Monday, September 08, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
The whole damn lot of 'em....
SECRETS OF LIFE (R)
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"Watch television, watch all those...officials who...stand
up and talk about bringing peace to the world and they talk
about curing inflation and they talk about new energy programs
that we're going to have. And they're well-dressed in suits
and ties, and they don't appear scared behind the microphone.
I wonder if there's one of you, I'm serious, I wonder if there's
one of you in this room who really sees that that man and that
woman are talking in their sleep. They don't know anything.
The last thing they know is how to cure inflation, because that's
a spiritual problem. The last thing they know is how to save
energy - that's a spiritual problem. The last thing they know is
how to make other people happy - that's a spiritual problem.
Therefore, they are lying, they're deceiving you because they've
first deceived themselves. Is there one of you here who sees
deeply into that, who understands it? I'll guarantee you the
first time you see it you will collapse in horror at what is
going on on this earth.
If you don't see it, you're still a part of it."
Teachings DVD 36, Talk # 1