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Calm State Of Mind

alone at his favorite outdoor table while quietly thinking … blocking out the sounds of the traffic and people passing by … completely focused on the other world that he knows will never happen

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October

now its October the days are getting shorter the air a tad cooler …. the leaves slowly turning their collective colors soon to be naked indicating winter is on its way

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Jack Kerouac

Finishing up Jack Kerouac’s novel: The Town and The City. Its the second time I have read it, and its an interesting read. The beginning of the book, he mentions the city I was born and raised in, the...

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Gloomy

day good for puttering around apartment good for kicking back relax good for taking a siesta good for doing anything a person chooses to do

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I

just go with the flow its a great feeling

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A Syndrome

so I have been self-diagnosed with brain fog syndrome no long term effects the only cure is to wait it out ________________________ just something to write – that’s what I did in my other life

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Four Things

observe listen process speak

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“Great novelists are philosopher novelists – that is, the contrary of...

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Practice Kindness

“The world you see is just a movie in your mind. Rocks dont see it. Bless and sit down. Forgive and forget. Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now....

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Growing

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The...

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Rules For Happiness

“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant

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“Yes, everything is simple. It’s people who complicate things.” ~Albert Camus

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Today’s Quote

“I’ve gotten a lot of comfort from the philosophy of the Roman Stoics. For me, one of the most powerful ideas of Stoicism is that you can’t pick or choose in the world what you want to happen and what...

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“Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my...

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“Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by...

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“What we do not understand we have no right to judge” ~Henri Frederic Amiel

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Friday’s Quote

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” ~ Martin Heidegger

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Wednesday Evening Quote

“Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That...

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“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” ~ Albert Camus

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City Life

street corner philosopher conversing about life in general

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