I keep doing, and so feeling, like I'm so very different from everybody else,

but I've learned how to communicate,

to some extent,

the "love languages" and being sexy and smart and empathic, how the fuck do I keep all these balls in the air,

because I love every ball, I love every fucking ball!

[compassion was my #1 core value]

My #1 core value is compassion, but WTF it doesn't get along with the others,

I've seen a number of local prosecutors announce they will refuse to enforce laws against abortion now that these laws can be passed by democratically-elected state legislatures ( Read more... )

I'm definitely feeling like even fewer people are reading what I have to say these days, on whatever platform, and I'm not sure what/whether to do [anything] about it ... for somebody who's been doing the online diary stuff since the late 1990s I don't think I've ever had fewer readers. But also not sure I need the stress of seeking additional ( Read more... )

This morning as I drove to the dermatologist I listened to a Soto Zen podcast, a couple of a particular center's dharma talks.  The instructor was discussing whether Zen is a religion, what's the point of Zen, and later referenced a couple of the Buddhist deities and how they interact with our "Buddha nature" (whatever that is).

I wasn't taking ( Read more... )