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November 27, 2023
EssayOUR OWN LIFE HAS TO BE OUR MESSAGE. THICH NHAT HANH WAR ITSELF, OF COURSE, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devi…
November 26, 2023
EssayBETWEEN stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. VIKTOR FRANKEL NOTHING IN LIFE IS TO BE FEARED, IT is only to be understood. Now…
November 25, 2023
EssayALL GOOD WRITING IS EMOTIONAL, THOUGH NOT ALL GOOD WRITING IS INTELLECTUAL. MARK KULANSKY THERE is little success where there is little laughter. A.Carnegie THE LONGER THIS LIFETIM…
November 23, 2023
EssayTHE INSIGHTS OF THE ZEN WAY ARE VERY SIMPLE. If you respond selfishly, it is going to be painful. If you respond with a detached, clear mind, you will experience a detached, clear,…
November 22, 2023
EssayNATIONAL JUKEBOX DAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU MAKE IS TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL over the hand that life deals you but how you play that hand is entirely up…
November 22, 2023
EssayIF CIVILIZATION IS TO SURVIVE, we must cultivate the science of human relationships -- the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. FRANK…
November 21, 2023
EssayLast night I lost my grip on reality & welcomed in insanity. Love saw me and said,I showed up. Wipe your tears and be silent. I said, O Love I am frightened, but it's not you.…
November 20, 2023
EssayYOUR NAKED BODY should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul. CHARLIE CHAPLIN . . . at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment i…
November 19, 2023
EssayIT IS ONLY WHEN WE FORGET ALL OUR LEARNING THAT WE BEGIN TO KNOW, HENRY DAVID THOREAU LIFE IS 10 PERCENT WHAT YOU MAKE IT AND 90 PERCENT HOW YOU TAKE IT. IRVING BERLIN 1% CONTROL T…
November 17, 2023
EssayTHERE IS A LAND OF THE LIVING AND A LAND OF THE DEAD & THE BRIDGE IS LOVE, THE ONLY SURVIVAL, THE ONLY MEANING. THORTON WILDER LIFE IS BETTER WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING. THE TOTAL NU…
November 16, 2023
EssayIT IS INDEED radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself. JON KABAT-ZINN IT IS THROUGH GRATITUDE for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of…
November 16, 2023
EssayIT IS THE UNCENSORED SENSE OF HUMOR . . .WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE THERAPY FOR MAN IN SOCIETY. EVAN ESAR PEACE COMES FROM WITHIN. THE FINAL MYSTERY IS ONESELF. When one has weighed the…
November 15, 2023
EssayNATIONAL PICKLE DAY--HOORAY! THIS IS THE very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. SAINT AUGUSTINE THE MORE YOU SEE BEAUTY, THE MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU BECOME. GRATIT…
November 14, 2023
EssayTHE ARTIST enriches the soul of humanity. The artist delights people with A thousand different shades of feeling. I INVENT NOTHING, I REDISCOVER. WHERE DID I LEARN TO UNDESTAND SCU…
November 12, 2023
EssayIF WE WANT PEACE , we have to be peace. Peace is a practice and not a hope. THICH NHAT HANH THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DESPAIR IS NOT BEING WHO YOU ARE. PEOPLE demand freedom of speec…
November 12, 2023
EssayWE ARE ALL ONE. ONLY EGOS, BELIEFS AND FEARS SEPARATE US. NIKOLS TESLA IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED. IMAGINATION ENCIRCLES THE WORLD. ALBERT E…
November 11, 2023
EssayBETTER THAN A THOUSAND WORDS IS ONE WORD THAT BRINGS PEACE. BUDDHA YOGAS NOT A WORK OUT BUT A WORK IN. SELF-CONTROL is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. JAMES…
November 10, 2023
EssayFAITH is what is left after all your beliefs have been blown to hell. RAM DASS THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING, BLESSING OTHERS can never be over emphasized because there's always joy in…
November 8, 2023
EssayLINUS PAULING PRESSED his attack on the pointlessness of war and what he regarded as a major reason for the persistence of war: the hypocrisy and short-sightedness of the world's p…
November 7, 2023
EssayTHE MORE ONE JUDGES, THE LESS ONE LOVES. HONORE de BALZAC. THE SECRET OF KEEPING YOUNG NIS TO READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS. JOHN CHEEVER THE REALIZATION of one' own death is the point whi…
November 7, 2023
EssayA PURPOSE OF HUMAN LIFE. NO MATTER WHO IS CONTROLLING IT, IS TO LOVE WHOEVER IS AROUND TO BE LOVED. KURT VONNEGUT IN TIMES OF STRESS, the best thing we can do for each other is to…
November 5, 2023
EssayMOST PEOPLE FEAR CONFUSION, but I think confusion is the truth and I seek it out. DENNIS COOPER THE WHOLE WORLD IS MEN'S BLOODY FANTASIES. WILLIAM BURROUGHS WAS MY MODEL. FOR ME, H…
November 4, 2023
EssayI WILL ALWAYS be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace. F.C. LORCA WE WILL REMEMBER not the words of our enemie…
November 3, 2023
EssayTHE FOUR AGREEMENTS: DON MIGUEL RUIZ BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD. (Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about…