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Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999
US writer (1962 - )
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Thomas J. Watson
Leo (July 23-August 22)
I dreamed you had been tending an unusual garden for months. Your crops weren't herbs or flowers or vegetables, but rather miniature volcanoes. Each was now ripe and stood about waist-high. They erupted with a steady flow of liquid blue fire that you were harvesting in large, gold, Grail-like cups. Apparently this stuff was not only safe to drink, but profoundly energizing. You sipped some of the potion yourself and distributed the rest to a large gathering of enthusiastic people who had come to imbibe your tasty medicine. The mood was festive, and you were radiant. This dream of mine is a good metaphor for your life in the immediate future.
im·bibe
[im-bahyb] Show IPA verb, -bibed, -bib·ing.
-verb (used with object)
1.
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
2.
to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat: Plants imbibe moisture from the soil.
3.
to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon; to imbibe beautiful scenery.
-verb (used without object)
4.
to drink, especially alcoholic beverages: Just a soft drink for me-I don't imbibe.
5.
to absorb liquid or moisture.
6.
Archaic . to soak or saturate; imbue.
Is it strange my mind always travels this way like it is falling into it's safety net. I take great comfort in that. That my thoughts have a safety net. Phew! What a relief...
I am about to see Andrew because he has my copy of the Phantom Tollbooth. I had just bought it before I let him borrow it. And then he didn't even finish reading it. I can feel my nerves preparing themselves. My body feels tense but wiggly at the same time. I have ants but also nausea. I kind of wonder if I will just puke onto him. haha
I am just trying to keep myself calm so that when I do see him I will say all of the things that I really need to say. Thus, my comfort zone (ridiculous that this is livejournal).
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999
US writer (1962 - )
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Thomas J. Watson
Leo (July 23-August 22)
I dreamed you had been tending an unusual garden for months. Your crops weren't herbs or flowers or vegetables, but rather miniature volcanoes. Each was now ripe and stood about waist-high. They erupted with a steady flow of liquid blue fire that you were harvesting in large, gold, Grail-like cups. Apparently this stuff was not only safe to drink, but profoundly energizing. You sipped some of the potion yourself and distributed the rest to a large gathering of enthusiastic people who had come to imbibe your tasty medicine. The mood was festive, and you were radiant. This dream of mine is a good metaphor for your life in the immediate future.
im·bibe
[im-bahyb] Show IPA verb, -bibed, -bib·ing.
-verb (used with object)
1.
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
2.
to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat: Plants imbibe moisture from the soil.
3.
to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon; to imbibe beautiful scenery.
-verb (used without object)
4.
to drink, especially alcoholic beverages: Just a soft drink for me-I don't imbibe.
5.
to absorb liquid or moisture.
6.
Archaic . to soak or saturate; imbue.
Is it strange my mind always travels this way like it is falling into it's safety net. I take great comfort in that. That my thoughts have a safety net. Phew! What a relief...
I am about to see Andrew because he has my copy of the Phantom Tollbooth. I had just bought it before I let him borrow it. And then he didn't even finish reading it. I can feel my nerves preparing themselves. My body feels tense but wiggly at the same time. I have ants but also nausea. I kind of wonder if I will just puke onto him. haha
I am just trying to keep myself calm so that when I do see him I will say all of the things that I really need to say. Thus, my comfort zone (ridiculous that this is livejournal).