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Sunday Jan 12, 2003
True Affluence
What is affluence? Why are there less “haves” and considerably more “have nots?” And I’m not referring only to money here. If that were the only answer, then the path would be clear. There is something called moral bankruptcy, which can become as virulent as any epidemic.
Tuesday Jan 07, 2003
Waiter or Doer
Do you make life happen or does life happen to you? Are you a player or a victim? Are you on stage or in the audience? Do you know where you stand, or not? Provoke your self into that person who wants to be born.
Test your metal and you will never turn back, and you will never be sorry.
Waiter or doer?
Wednesday Jan 01, 2003
Don’t forget to Breathe
Here is a beautiful thought to begin your new year.
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
—Anais Nin
Tuesday Dec 31, 2002
A Place Beyond Ideas
The year 2002 is ready to leave. This numerical sequence won’t happen again for a thousand years. What will the world be in 3003? While the future is intoxicating, awareness of the present moment is the key to understanding both the past and what is to come. The answer is found in things transcendental, things mysterious and as yet unexplained, things beyond thought, ideas, and concepts—a nursery where creation has its place.
“I do not propose to write an ode to dejection,
but to brag as lustily
as chanticleer in the morning,
standing on his roost,
if only to wake my neighbors up.”
—from the cover of Henry Thoreau’s book, Walden
Thursday Dec 26, 2002
Selling Out
As the new year beckons, it’s a great time to see whether there is anyone living inside you that you respect. Have you made the grade? Or, did you sell out? Only you know the answer. Sure there are pressures, obligations, and a variety of obstacles that block your way toward character. If you don’t feel good about you, then who will? And even if someone else does feel good about you, without your inner self made strong, your soul withers, and you live on to count the days, not create them.
Be hearty and strong of will. Do not be glib about your own self. Fortune favors the brave.
Happy New Year!
Note: If you want to know more about selling out, read Kafka and I in the writing section inside the main site gallery.
