One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental "I should" list ( Read more... )

A very large snake was crossing the road just ahead of me-fat, heavy, moving lazily; it was coming from a largish pond a little way off. It was almost black and the light of the evening gave to its skin a high polish. It moved in a leisurely way with dignity and power. It was unaware of me watching.

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”

- John Stuart Mill, economist, philosopher

It is good to be alone. To be far away form the world and yet walk its streets is to be alone. To be alone walking up the path beside the rushing, noisy stream full of spring water and melting snows is to be aware of that solitary tree, alone in its beauty. The loneliness of a man in the street is the pain of life; he's never alone, far away, ( Read more... )

That evening walking through the woods there was a feeling of menace. The sun was just setting and the trees were solitary against the golden sky. Hardly anyone used that path and rarely you met another human being. There were many deer, shy and disappearing into the thick growth. Yet the menace was there, heavy and pervading: it was all around you ( Read more... )

I love writing. A clever phrase delights my soul ( Read more... )