Got this from a dear friend today and I LOVED it,just wanted to pass it on ( Read more... )

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong ( Read more... )

Here's the link to the quiz ( Read more... )

...I was in Romania with a group of close friends. It was here during a late night,after sightseeing,drinking too many 25 pence beers room party that we heard that Kurt Cobain had been found dead,(Suicide?I don't believe it)...I felt so sad when I heard the news. I was then and still am a huge fan of his music/talent/writing...Today being the 10th ( Read more... )

Nicked from Uncle Steve(Tyrell)...Sorry,I don't "snurch ( Read more... )

A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye and it fills the whole world and puts everything out of focus. Hold it at a proper distance and it can be examined and properly classified. Throw it at your feet and it can be seen in its true setting, just one more tiny bump on the pathway of life ( Read more... )

This is a good one for me right now...

Life has no whence; it is carrying forth, and carrying forth again. Death has no whither; it is carrying away; and carrying away again. Ultimately how is it? If the mind does not differ, myriad things are one suchness.

-Dôgen, "Rational Zen"

Who has much learning but no good deeds is like an unbridled horse, that throws off the rider as soon as he mounts.

- Elisha b. Abuya

The ego has become much too powerful in our lives and it will resist any possibility of our awakening into the truth of life. It is very committed to being in control and it can only be in control of what it knows from the past and what it projects into the future ( Read more... )

Got this from a friend,so I decided to post it,insomnia is a bad thing.But this made me giggle,anyway ( Read more... )