Simply beautiful. “We are so often taught that we should aspire to extraordinary things: to public recognition, to great acts of service, or great works...
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It finally hit me today that Christmas is only nine days away. Naturally I leapt into action, put the kettle and lay on the sofa...
“Most people are exhausted not because they care too much, but because they care about too many things they cannot touch. They are spread thin...
“Most people have never lived outside the mind’s theater. They experience life almost entirely as commentary…as stories about what’s happening, what might happen, what should...
Ouch
“Because most people mistake mental involvement for ethical engagement. They believe that if they are thinking intensely about suffering somewhere else…imagining scenarios, debating causes, broadcasting...
Good night.
“When I see someone in a state of anxiety, I say, ‘What is it that he wants?’ For unless he wanted something that was not...
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” — Mary Oliver
Watched: The Mastermind 🎬 Perfectly well made but at the end my wife and I looked at each other and wondered ‘what was the point...
Good night.
Weather not looking too clever tomorrow. Rain all day might just cause some flooding given how saturated the land is now. More on Thursday too…...
We deserved the win albeit by an own goal.
Feel life not something about life.
The big derby tomorrow. Not for a long while have both teams been so relatively evenly matched, only a point apart in the table. I’m...
Good night.
Work Christmas meal tonight. Could go one of two ways…
Good evening.
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” — Khalil Gibran
“Embodiment hurts. The body recoils. The heart beats anyway. Breath comes whether the story approves or not. Nothing is waiting behind this. No payoff. This...
Good morning.
