Tue 31 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, sex
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Random quote of the day:
“It takes a good boyfriend to be better than none.”
—Marjorie M. Liu, Tiger Eye
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Mon 30 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under business, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”
—attributed to William Wrigley, Jr.
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Fri 27 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under future, mindfulness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The future is made of the same stuff as the present.”
—Simone Weil, “Some Thoughts on the Love of Godâ€
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Thu 26 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under self-knowledge, whining
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This is not about you it’s about me.
I really try not to whine. Whining is different from talking things over with people. There’s a wheedling, “pity me” quality to whining that isn’t present in a good talking-out. Sometimes, though, the urge to hit the martyr bandwagon is strong, so very strong, and I don’t always resist the wienie whiny syndrome. I thank from the bottom of my heart everyone who has listened patiently to these screeds. You are truly heroic to have resisted the urge to slam the door in my face (or throw the phone against the wall).
When the urge strikes to pile a bunch of “poor me” on some poor soul, I try to step back and do the whining just to myself. Maybe even mumbling it all aloud when I’m securely alone. About five or ten minutes of this exaggerated pity party is all I can stomach. It doesn’t always prevent me from repeating this act with another person, but it makes it far less likely. There’s nothing like bathing oneself in the sticky glub of whinosity to give one (me) a strong desire to want to come clean. Coming clean is impossible when the sticky mess of whining is involved.
Coming clean involves talking about important things without the martyr flags flying; it also means refraining from sarcasm or put-down wit—another trap I all to easily fall into. Outrage and insult are as often about life not turning out as we wanted it as they are about genuine concern over injustice. It’s important to know which is which, being straight first with yourself so you can then be straight with others. If you’re not sure where your motivations lie, keep your powder dry but don’t shoot any salvos. If you’re not sure where your motivations lie, the best thing is to keep quiet.
Listen to the crickets chirp in the lull. I’ve been doing a lot of listening to the crickets lately chirping outside the sitting room window on these warm summer nights. Although the sound is about biology, attracting a mate, to human ears it’s a soothing, meditative sound. It induces in me a mood for contemplation, a desire to see things straight. Contemplation is the antithesis of whining, which is all about the martyr, all about life disappointing us. Contemplation is about accepting the moment for what it is now, good or ill. I don’t always get there, I all too frequently fail, but I am trying at least part of every day to savor the silence and let go of accusation, acrimony, and martyrdom.
It is so very hard, especially when life is disappointing, and when I am not feeling well, as has been the case for most of the last month….Ah, you see, the whine creeps even into this. It is hard to resist. But so very necessary.
Thu 26 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, transcendence
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Random quote of the day:
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there.”
—Rumi, from “Spring Giddiness,†tr. Coleman Barks
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Wed 25 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under fiction, quote of the day, truth, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“An interesting fiction…addresses our love of truth—not the mere love of facts expressed by true names and dates, but the love of that higher truth, the truth of nature and of principles, which is a primitive law of the human mind.”
—James Fenimore Cooper, from Early Critical Essays
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Tue 24 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under from the notebooks, my poetry, poetry
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From the notebooks, March 17, 1998. I don’t know if this is a quote I heard, or something I paraphrased from a news item, or what. This sat in the notebook all by itself with no clues for my later self.
“This is our land.
We own it with our blood,
and we will keep it
no matter what the cost.
We will fight them
to the last child
if they do not recognize
our claim.”
In the trees behind his head
a host of songbirds
amongst the blossoms
numberless as angels
on the head of a pin
burst forth in singing
in tribute to the morning
before scattering to earth
to devour worms.
Tue 24 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under burial, quote of the day, sea
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Random quote of the day:
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“There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.”
—Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Mon 23 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under aphorisms, cliches, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:
“Any great truth can—and eventually will—be expressed as a cliché—as cliché is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, “The black cat is always the last one off the fence.†I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.”
—Solomon Short (David Gerrold), The War Against the Chtorr
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Fri 20 Jul 2012
Posted by PJ under angels, grief, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost.”
—G. K. Chesterton
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