Put forth your effort with no thought of gain.

Hold no expectations.

If one strives for power and gifts, no true results will come, and one will become lost in lust.

- Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

Yes! I'm always going on about expectation, hope, and idealism, and how they are not safe to rely upon / invest in, but I never quite ( Read more... )

Sometimes ( Read more... )

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Something beautiful. More beautiful each time I hit Replay.

Thank you aggrobat, thank you animaeruption.

The ride to work on the #8 this morning was sweet, wonderful, and many of the things I love about Seattle ( Read more... )

Yep, nope. I still don't have anything to say. I've had zero head noise for quite awhile now, and it's actually getting so quiet I've thought about maybe trying to be dramatic just to see if I still can ;>

Either, the new BCP slightly stones me
Or, turning 30 reduces head noise ruled out by sarmonster
Or, my brain has been replaced by mucus due to ( Read more... )

1. discworld books by Terry Pratchett
2. amber & chaos books by Roger Zelazny
3. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. Arabian Nights (specifically, my version, which starts with a very smart daughter of an Advisor to a murderous ruler)

An old friend from Kansas sent this my way. The theistic pieces being your option, I find in it the same wonderful confirmation that I found in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Never apologize for your strengths.

Our Fear
from Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech
originally from "A Return to Love" by Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that ( Read more... )

These last days of sunny autumn are beautiful.