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jockParticipantexcellent material for a stand-up comedian, anita!
I’m a pessimist, so don’t ask for money from me, please… 🙂jockParticipantMy older brother has ADHD and has trouble focussing on tasks to see out their completion. it has affected his employment. He said he tried meditation but couldn’t concentrate so quit. Buddhism and meditation aren’t the answer for everyone.
jockParticipantMy proud list of achievements
-getting my dog to sit when I say “sit”
-in 2006 I learnt how to surf the web and send emails for the first time
-swimming in a local beach without being attacked by sharks
-stopped smoking cold turkey in 2007 after smoking for 20 years
-managed not to get sunburnt yesterday, after spending 2 hours outside
-showed amazing handyman talent to fix a dartboard to the garage wall last winter
-only ate half a packet of wafer biscuits the day before yesterday
-did 15 sit-ups last night, non stop, without taking a break
-cycled to the supermarket this morning instead of driving
-in Grade 6, received an award from the teacher at the end of the year for asking the most outrageous questions in classjockParticipantSaisha
I mean if I didn’t care about social status at all, I mightn’t even comb my hair before going to the supermarket. Caring about our appearance is a form of social status, isn’t it?jockParticipantNo I don’t know Bjork that well. I saw her in a movie once though.
jockParticipantOh ok now I get it.
Yes I like it very much Anita.Now another question, this “fight” theme you express. Do you think we have to “fight” for everything in life? Is “fighting” the word you want to use? Is everything a fight?
I know I have an internal fight or struggle going on, most of the time. I think the more aware I am of what is going on, the less I need to fight.
To be honest, I don’t want to see life as a fight? There must be a better word, a better motif for my life. I can see people use it as motivation like a Rocky movie.
But I think a word like “acceptance” might be better for me. “look beyond the superficial”, be careful how you look at anything. Be careful of what conclusions you come to.jockParticipantNo its fine anita
jockParticipantI like all kinds especially rockabully, technopump, razzdip, archipelago, aqua blues, cornpop, and folkdiddle.
But I like some of yours including Cranberries, The prodigy and Bjork.
Now the last one is an interesting one, Bjork. She really captures the feeling of depression in my view. Some of her songs are so haunting, I cry. Just utterly beautiful.jockParticipantSometimes trees fall on the private and county roads and people are stuck here, and often during high wind the power is out, for hours or longer. The other day a tree fell as I walked by, almost hit me. Before moving here, I thought A Tree falling in a forest was a philosophical scenario (does it make a sound if no one hears it, the tree, when it falls)- I didn’t know trees actually fall in the forest and better watch out.
Anyway, Jack, if you would like to visit… “Jack Visits the Country”, that would be the story. Or “Jack meet Elk”. I can see a book of short stories I will write upon such a visit. How about “Jack in the Forest”. And an epilogue:” If-a Tree falls in a forest and Jack heard it, did it really fall?”
wow, such a wild and primitive landscape. I won’t be going anywhere unfortunately for quite a while, until a steady income starts trickling in again.
can you survive OK financially? Have to kill an elk to eat when hungry? 🙂jockParticipantThe way Glenda prays to God instead of communicating directly to us.
Would a hardcore Christian really come on a Tiny Buddha forum trying to recruit more Christians?
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jockParticipantPick up your soul
There it is crushed in the soil
Splattered, spilled like blood on sandThere is your heart
Broken like an old harp left behind
Who plays the harp anymore?Look at your face in the mirror
Youth has passed, wrinkles on forehead
The blue in the eyes is gone, now only greyPick up your soul
Who left it in the mud?If this is love, where is the love?
The you in you has been misplaced, not dead
Pick up your soul, pick up your heart, put the life back into your face-
Fight, fight for you.Anita, can you talk about the meaning of this poem?
I don’t quite understand it, ashamed to say.November 16, 2015 at 10:35 pm in reply to: I cant get out of my head, the good man that I let get away #87737jockParticipantMakes me curious about the “poor decisions” you made.
jockParticipantyes I agree anita
I think I will start a list tooI need to let go of:
my need to impress my siblings
my need for some social status
my need for certainty about the future
my need to control the details of my life
creature comforts like chocolate moussejockParticipantsome good poems there anita
Luv is a brand name of a dog food in Australia
Love occurs when you get distracted by life
Love is not lust but the two often get confused
Love is not only emotion but it can be a hint of the real thingI love my dog
Now what does that mean?
It means I would cry if he died
His existence gives me a feeling of warmth,
relaxation and presence
I love my partner
Nowe what does that mean?
It means I would cry if she died
Her existence gives me a reason to livejockParticipantYou guys live in the country. I’m envious except I’m addicted to convenience of supermarkets and bakeries. Oh and doctors too and ….
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