Thinking more about yesterday's (FLocked, sorry) post, because even when it doesn't look or feel like I'm actively processing something, I apparently am - sometimes even to my own surprise ( Read more... )

Last night on Gloria's recommendation, I attended a special seminar given by the woman who usually presents the Mastery of Self-Expression workshops, on "Happiness: It Isn't What You Think". Except that it totally was, and while it's always nice to have what you've been/are doing validated by finding others who think/do things similarly to oneself ( Read more... )

There once was a man who was sentenced to die. He was blindfolded and put in a pitch black cave. The cave was one hundred yards by one hundred yards. He was told there was a way out of the cave, and if he could find it, he was a free man ( Read more... )

something in ani_moore's daily Karmic Kisses is kicking my kushy tushy, and i'm not happy. i also slept badly last night and had an absolutely horrid workout this morning, so there's a good chance i'm just warming up to having a bad day.

the karmic koan in particular is, "Strive for progress, not perfection"the biggest part of my internal stress on the ( Read more... )

i was going to make a rambling post of random-daily-update content, then someone asked a question somewhere else, and suddenly, there's something more important than my miscellaneous ramblings (which i might or might not get to later, like dealing with the fact that someone i otherwise adore as being One Of The Cool Kids secretly grooves to Michael ( Read more... )

this is actually matthew's phrase, for getting caught by assumptions that happen when one of us (in this case, him) hasn't done the introspective work necessary to be aware of a particular need, or a particular feeling before we find ourselves acting unwittingly... and therefore not transparently ( Read more... )

one of the things that always fascinated me about the Romance-era Poets and philosophers was their concept of "man and superman" - not the comic book hero, but the concept of the individual striving to achieve ideals, of being somehow "beyond the average". of course, being almost fifteen years past a fourth year honours thesis, i can't remember now ( Read more... )

it's been a little rough on the workstead lately.

longtalldrink came into my office latelatelate this afternoon, seeking refuge and a safe place to vent a little. this is not uncommon, since i have the best-dressed office on the premises, even when the occupant herself is barely-dressed (arguably, wearing a sarong to work amounts to little more than wearing a ( Read more... )

poor veskrashen - he thinks he's dating one chick, but it's her girlfriend that keep spanking his ass. welcome to your own life, R ( Read more... )

redsash is rapidly becoming one of the most challenging people i know :)

not that i got to see *his* belly-button, but lunchtime conversations have, as they always do with him, provoked some interesting navel-gazing and self-examination.

( yes, it's Another One Of THOSE Posts )