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"I care … what I am to myself."
I’m damaged goods, in more ways than one, the most literal being that I’m brain-damaged. It’s not apparent to most, given that I’m still fairly smart & rather capable. Alas, I used to be smarter...
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Belief in hope ^_^
In that small pocket — supposedly for coinage — my jeans provide, I carry a small cross inscribed with the word HOPE. My mom carries its twin but for a different inscription: BELIEVE. We bought them as...
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Home is where?
I have a deep-seated ambivalence toward home. Those who’ve peopled my homes have for the most part been a bit of heaven on Earth which is what I think home essentially is when achieved. Yet, home is...
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You are missed T_T
The leader of the band has died & my eyes are crying still, but his words run through my varied thoughts & his song is in my soul.. My life has been much better for the music of this man; he...
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Remember! Celebrate! Act!
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream was ultimately one of compassion for it’s through sympathy that we’re able to recognize each other’s humanity & find common ground. No matter how great or small...
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No foolin’!?
It may seem All Fools’ Day is about making fools of others but what it really reveals is that we’re all fools, as its original name suggests. When we remember that we’re all in this “human race”...
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CHOOSE choice
You chose to stop by & I thank you! I chose to write & you may even thank me. Our gratitude is for each other’s choices, if also for each other.. It’s choice for which we should be thankful...
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Independence found, freedom fostered
What’s your freedom? Last Friday was Independence Day, Canada Day was the Tuesday before & this coming Monday is Bastille Day. That’s a hell of a lot of freedom being celebrated this month. Whether...
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A portrait of poverty (Blog Action Day)
Perspectives have been written, definitions offered & statistics studied yet, amidst it all, two things hold true; poverty is more widespread than people realize & there, but for any moment’s...
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To rest, perchance to live:
Ay, there’s the rub; We compromise the quality of our lives when we don’t include quality rest. Many find it difficult to stop, to be still — within & without — yet we must. There’s no timetable...
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Dorian’s Demitasse
“Don’t curse the darkness – light a candle.” ~ Chinese Proverb ~ (we all have light to lend & light sources to draw from, find what ignites you) (|_|*cheers*|_|) “When a thing has been said and...
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YOU so silly!
Silliness should be prized. I’ve had the good fortune of being raised with it as it’s always been one of my family’s most prized pursuits. None of us are class clowns or cut-ups (I had to marry to add...
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Tweets, Retweets & Quotations
retweet of @hochmann: been thinking about that lately. thinking about the “whats” of my dreams, trying to get past the “why nots” (YAY you!) # the quotationary Thomas replied to, as tweeted above...
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Independence is a State of Mind
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on the 4th of July but had yet to be signed & started as a resolution a month earlier. True change is never instantaneous but each choice plants a seed...
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Tweets, Retweets & Quotations
Happy 4th of July! May Independence Day bring about new states of mind.. explore it, the possibilities & a #quote or 5; “Independence is a State of Mind” # Send this e-card in appreciation of our...
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Latest Quotationary
“No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living.” — William Saroyan — (always bloom where you’re planted yet strive to take root...
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HAWMC: Quotation Inspiration
As a spoonie & collector of quotations, I’ve found so many that inspire me; from the directly health-related like Buddha’s “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past,...
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