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“Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should…”

- Max Ehrmann

“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; ( Read more... )

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I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ( Read more... )

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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already ( Read more... )

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So I noted I was emailing someone today with the statement, “Yeah, sorry I didn’t get back to you right away.  It’s been crazy.”

And I suddenly realized that I write that statement ALL THE TIME.  As in, at least once a week do I tell someone that my week has been crazy, ( Read more... )

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Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Today, I’m going to write about this quote.

At first, I want to scoff at this.  There is very ( Read more... )

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If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

-Siddhartha Buddha

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“I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all.  If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all ( Read more... )