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Wanting what you have vs having what you want
I paraphrase the Dalai Lama a bit here, but the gist of it is that most of the world focuses on having what you want— which is a constant state of acquisition, of needing to augment with more, of rampant … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Dalai Lama, desire, happiness, illusions, ownership, presence, substance
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Random Thought
There is only one thought that is scarier to the industrialist than “Workers of the World Unite”. It is “Want What You Have”. Share This:
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Tagged advertising, commercialism, contentment, happiness, hypotheses, mass media, thought
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Dathy Pahka and the Couscous Bauble
We sit in circles, crop circles, like silver-clad heroes at Arthur’s table, dark knights of the soul of verse, our words colliding in the jousts of wit and criticism. Is it the flame that draws us moths to it, and … Continue reading
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Tagged cliques, conversations, criticism, Dorothy Parker, happiness, meaning, purpose, self-importance
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No Surprise At All
She said that she was longing for the life that she once had The changes they were coming fast, and some of them were bad Said she could not believe it Maybe she was going mad And I saw just … Continue reading
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Tagged disappointment, fear, happiness, illusions, longing, memories, relationships, sorrow
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Simplicity: an englyn cyrch
Simple things make me content: knowing where my money’s spent, poems written, letters sent, feeling good the rent’s been paid, evenings without things to do, working ’til the work is through, reading a good book or two ‘neath a tree’s … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, domesticity, englyn cyrch, happiness, poetic forms, simplicity, Welsh verse forms
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The Presence of Love: a cancione
I cannot say I know love the way some would say they do; I might not recognize it passing on the avenue. In a bleak and somber alley on some cold and rainy night some amour may say, “I see … Continue reading
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Tagged cancione, daily poems, happiness, love, poetic forms, recognition
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Sisyphus
La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un coeur d’homme. Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux. “The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart swell. Sisyphus must be regarded as happy.” — Albert Camus Each has … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Albert Camus, happiness, resistance, Sisyphus, struggle
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