change the world around you (for good)

Papiroflexia from Joaquin Baldwin on Vimeo.

too often

too often we enjoy
the comfort of opinion
without the discomfort
of thought.

john f. kennedy

paying attention

the moment one gives
close attention to any thing,
even a blade of grass
it becomes a mysterious,
awesome, indescribably
magnificent world in itself.

henry miller

tick tick tick tick

i really need to start writing again. aargh.
image by jamesgulliverhancock

my friend, the thesaurus

optimism over pessimism

the average pencil
is seven inches long,
with just a
half-inch eraser –
in case you thought
optimism was dead.

robert brault

true you

today you are you,
that is truer than true.
there is no one alive
who is youer than you.

dr. seuss

not but

it's not what men eat,
but what they digest
that makes them strong;

not what we gain,
but what we save
that makes us rich;

not what we read,
but what we remember
that makes us learned;

not what we preach or pray,
but what we practice and believe
that makes us christians.

francis bacon

known

it is a sad fate
for a man to die
too well known
to everybody else
and (yet) still
unknown
to himself.

francis bacon

the higher road

south african archbishop
desmond tutu walked by
a construction site
on a temporary sidewalk
the width of one person.
a white man appeared
at the other end,
recognized tutu, and said,
"i don't make way for gorillas."
at which tutu stepped aside,
made a deep sweeping gesture,
and said, "ah, yes, but i do."

walter wink

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i am not responsible
for what the other person
may or may not do.
i am only responsible
for me.

may i always take
the higher road.