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life ... 
is filled with
beginnings
and
serendipity
be where love is
what is the benefit
of exerting mental effort
the wrong way?
guon
(subject to addition & deletion)
on-demand music:
looking for a particular book?
got a message saying that a url
to avoid telephone
robo-responses:
good listening:
http://www.onpointradio.org/
global exotica:
clean water for all:
helping cambodian women
to become self-supporting:
the word of the day:
difference
as in, folks who make one.
http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/11/maya-lins-last-memorial
http://www.350.org/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114328601
http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/05/obit-brother-blue
his holiness the dalai lama is one of utne
magazine's 50 visionaries:
the woman is just ... magic.
(thanks to unthaw)
strut yo' stuff, ms. lang!
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=kd%20lang%20i%20will%20survive&scope=video&docid=1031174619876&FORM=HOTAPI#
can any lock keep love confined within, when the loving heart's tiny tears escape and confess it? the unloving
belong only to themselves, but the loving belong to others to their very bones.
st. thiruvalluvar
(thanks to sheri)
tony kushner
the
expectancy
of
good
and on it goes ...
a court in burma sentenced daw aung san suu kyi to prison. she will serve18 months under house arrest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12myanmar.html?th&emc=th
heroes, not victims:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/opinion/26kristof.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
imagining:
(thanks to jesse) 
(thanks to crowdog) 
(image by unthaw)
random quotes:
all those beautiful nuances, and i love a nice clause. (sujata)
genuine compassion is unbiased. (h.h. the dalai lama)
a wound is just a highway to a new and enlightened kind of confidence.
(kd lang)
if
you want happiness to bloom within you, simply water the seeds. (t.n. hanh)
don't be discriminatory, don't keep a grasping and rejecting attitude. for this reason it is said truth has no comparison, because it is not relative
to anything. (hui-chung)
you want to know my philosophy? one day a peacock. the next day a feather duster.
(pat quinn, illinois gov.)
ever tried. ever failed. no matter. try again. fail again. fail better. (samuel beckett)
if you want others to be happy, practice compassion. if you want to be happy, practice compassion. (h.h. the
dalai lama)
c'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. (chuck
berry)
it is a shame to become fixated on any idea. one should always attempt to remain open to any idea which contradicts one's most cherished
beliefs. ('roaring silence')
so hard to see, so very, very subtle, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. the wise should guard it. the mind protected
brings ease. (dhammapada, 3, translated by thanissaro bhikkhu)
here, have a nose shield. (man on beach to mickey roarke's character in 'angel heart')
it is not that anger and desire are inherently
evil or that we should feel ashamed when they arise. it is a matter of seeing them as the delusions that they are: distorted conceptions that paint a false
picture of reality. they are negative because they lead to unhappiness and confusion. (kathleen mcdonald)
q: i can observe anger and work with greed, but how does one observe delusion?
a:
you're riding a horse and asking where's the horse? pay attention. (ajahn
chah)
tilt!
and this is why it's called pinball:
giles fraser
pico iyer
kd lang
http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3184&Itemid=247
make a wish and place it in the bowl.
one never knows ...
big sur through the lens of edward weston, as narrated by his son kim weston:
shell by edward weston:
~ the work of renee locks ~
people usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. but i think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. all is a miracle.
thich nhat hanh
we must expend the bulk of our energy setting good roots today rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we set in the
past.
master hsing yun, 'describing the indescribable'
i want
the words to flutter
around you and land softly
on your shoulders in peace.
stand still
and they will gather.
baloot
2010
*rethink*
a half-century.
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ...
first impressions is a folio of thoughts, observations and, in most cases, remembrances. two of the pieces, 'transition' and 'unexpected
treasure', were written within the last two years, the other ones within a day or so of the posting date.
i am grateful to have been given a cybercloud on which to rest them, am very grateful to those who take time to read
them, and am more grateful still to those who generously offer their comments. such touching of hearts and minds is a treasure.
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