on relationships: perfection and reality.

A relationship is not two people together in a perfect circumstance, but is two people facing the challenges of life together.

a wish for feb 27, 2023

May the dreams of your heart outpace the fears of your mind.

She whom twas not.

 

On the conundrum of aging.

Old enough to know better, but still too young to care at all.

 

Patterns.... a cabbage..

 

the rejoicing of my heart; yes, I have cause.

 

from the book of proverbs...

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. -Proverbs 17:9 #KJV

 

Hemingway on who we compete against in the long run....

 

some people love you...

 

Confuseus: searching for causes for anger.....

Confuseus say, "he who seek offense, doesn't have to look hard or long to find it."

The Tao of Full and Empty.

To be empty is to desire to be filled, but to be filled is the condition of appreciating emptiness.

ears and mouth, as stated by Epictetus

"We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak."

-Epictetus

selfknowledge in the Tao

 “Knowing others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment.”
 – Tao Te Ching