Okay, who cares what I got from the library this week.
Yet, picking up some books and DVDs is a good think.
Good to stay current with movies and entertainment culture.
Good to sharpen the mind with reading and maybe some inspired written words.
The community and me are being well served by a weekly visit.
You may never see me, but I am present for you.
You may not sense me as a threat and therefore ignore me. But I shall be ready to help.
You could be emotionally spent. But I will give you patience and understanding.
You have good and bad behaviour. But I will be with you when things are good, bad, and ugly.
You may never know my name.
You may never pay me back.
Obviously, on a good vibe,
Rolling along the Avenue with a red bouquet of wrapped flowers.
Wearing his white head gear and sunglasses,
His pencil shape, six foot high stature makes this hipster skip to his own beat.
The sun is shining more on him or I am in the shade.
Sight and sound is alive downtown this morning.
Each day has one for each of us.
Mine is what I make of it:
Breakfast, prepare for the day, washroom break, brisk walk to work, workday, supper, read and write, chores, prepare for bed, a good night's sleep. Maybe play my guitar, go for a walk, perhaps a half dozen more things. Meditation, exercise, healthy lifestyle consisting of daily good habits.
Each week has one set for each of us.
Mine is made up of work, sleep, exercise, good meals, family and friends, a routine filled with all the above.
Each month has one set for me.
Pay my monthly bills because I am fortunate enough to work and earn a monthly sum that meets my needs and then some.
I wake up each morning with my routine, each day and evening too, each week and month and year.
It is like an active meditation. It helps to practice and I receive good outcomes: peace of mind, good focus, a healthy lifestyle.
A routine is not enough to live a healthy life, but it is something to be grateful for when one is blessed with family, friends, and health. Lastly, a rather thorny omission or core to living is having a belief system. I describe mine as good enough for me, but not recommended for others. I say I am mostly philosophical by nature and believe in respecting other people's belief system to the best of my ability. Mine you would find through getting to know me like I would by getting to know you.
She waits, she longs, she desires…
Quiet spaces leave everything so empty.
Time slowing down makes waiting all the longer.
Fine food and wine and company is just a prelude to touching, kissing and hugging.
So much to do and gaps full of emptiness, waiting and desire.
The roller coaster is running fast, up and down, and around again.
He is a rolling stone who arrives unexpectedly and leaves too quickly.
He is here and gone again.
She wants him.
She needs a man.
He is gone.
She is free again.
Will she find some other guy?
She waits, she longs, she desires…
Sounds of traffic…
Flocks of flying birds
A cool breeze on a summer night
Being happy to be unplugged from all the technology.
There are many devices to unplug from in an average working class home: TV, computers, Tablets, cell phones, land lines, microwaves, electrical stuff and automobiles.
To use manual labor to get from a to b is a good break for the evening.
It is good to plug into nature and the sight and sounds of the city. And, the restful place of home.
Time to seal another day with a full night of sleep.
What broadband thing do you love, or live or learn?
What is your best belief?
I believe in improving or growing through experience.
If I can learn how to learn, to live, to love…
At my core, I am very thirsty about these three treasures.
I practice by learning something that will improve my ability to live, love and learn.
I strive to stay curious, thirsty and connected to growing in these areas of life.
In this dialogue, the father of philosophy, tells his student how to live. He explores the love of wisdom, love of community and the love of people. He explains why he left no record or had no answers and made no false promises. He explains that he does not want to be an enigma but a true student of life and a true collaborator.
Pythagorus: What do you want and how can you get it?
Student: I want to be a philosopher and a great student who lives the simple life and helps with the community to build a better world.
P: This is good. But to be a philosopher you must learn to learn. To learn the simple life, you must have a thirst to know and believe. To build a better world, you must build a better you!
S: How can I do all this?
P: Just live, love and learn.
S: I believe we are the first to live the inner-life so openly in our community. We prosper as a group because we build from the inside out.
P: This is true. And our word of mouth and brotherhood and sisterhood will grow around the world. I am not going to leave a legacy, I will leave an idea. Many will believe it is my math because in time, all will see the fruit of this great work. But it is less obvious what a life well lived will do for the world.
S: I thirst to love, learn and live.
P: We are indeed fortunate that we eat the fruit that will build a heaven within each of us.
Sometimes, life bleeds for us.
We do our best to overcome this disease.
Lesions on the heart and inflammation eventually cause us to suffer beyond all hope.
Yet, this only happens to a few of our brood.
Eventually, we recover, the majority of us prevail and we swim through life until our next challenge invades our otherwise peaceful existence.
Many of us are looking for a way to be.
We have tried using a ‘stiff upper lip’, salvation, and resignation, but they are not the best ways. We still believe in the ‘will to power’. Yet, we can not escape the quicksand that issues are causing for us today.
More is what we want. More materials and peace of mind, we want it all.
But our disagreements, technology, and environmental impacts are taking a toll on our well being.
Yet, we continue to evolve.
As each generation passes, our evolution has made ‘the scientist’ our new ‘head honcho’ in so many ways.
Yet sub culture abounds with city dwellers, and country living, and the rich and poor.
What do we all chit chat about?
The answer is like writing a book with no intension of selling it or letting your loved ones read it.
The ‘self affirmation’ needs more than a mere participant.
We need to think long and hard.
Do you feel better?
Do you want to think about it?
It’s hard to remain an optimist during all this turmoil.
Listen to Chomsky, be an anarchist:
Stand up to authority and be an activist, experiment with the truth, “Satyagraha” is what Gandhi called it, Maganlal Gandhi coined the word ‘Satragraha’ (Sat=truth, Agraha=firmness)
The extinction clock is ticking for our species.
Our tools of mass destruction may explode through malice or accident.
Slowly, power is loosing all it’s hiding places.
People are starting to wake up.