Most of our obstacles would melt away
if, instead of cowering before them,
we should make up our minds to
walk boldly through them.

~Orison Swett Marden

Jordan the Rat and I went for a walk this evening, in the 90 degree heat (F). We walked all the way around the block, with a brief layover in a nearby park so that Jordan could snuffle the grass while hiding under my crossed legs, and I could listen to a few lines of Henry V and watch the clouds change color with the sunset ( Read more... )

I was mentally composing a post earlier and used the phrase "unreasonably sad ( Read more... )

In three words
I can sum up everything I've learned about life:
It goes on.

~Robert Frost

A triplet! Three for the price of one - what a deal!

There's a relationship for me between these three quotes. Taken together they point to some sort of balance. The last one offers a pathway to the first two. Or I could be hallucinating. What do you get from them?

What lies behind us and what lies before us ( Read more... )

There should be a word...

It came out fairly tasty. For those who are wondering, the solid bits are chicken, shiitake mushrooms, onion, ginger, & bok choi. It's also seasoned with tamari, sesame oil, fish sauce, rice vinegar, black pepper, & just a titch of sriracha (chili sauce).


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Every block of stone has a statue inside it
and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

~Michelangelo

I've been reading some of Joshua & Ryan's essays on Minimalism & two things came to mind ( Read more... )

He who would learn to fly one day
must first learn to stand
and walk and run and climb and dance;
one cannot fly into flying.

~Friedrich Nietzsche

Well, don't do none of it
just because you can't do all of it.

~anthologie
in a comment in my LJ, 1/25/2008