TFTD

You know Beethoven? He said….
It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. The listener has no choice. It is like hypnotism.
Very, very true.
This is what I wold love, love, love to have my words do…
It is the power of words to carry one directly into the [...]

TFTD

Value-added, value-known.
You know the value of every article of merchandise,
but if you don’t know the value of your own soul,
it’s all foolishness.
You’ve come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars;
but you don’t know whether you yourself are fortunate or unclean.
This, this is the essence of all sciences -
that you should know who you will [...]

Revolution

Revolution of heart
Revolution of soul
Revolution of spirit

The tao of driving–VIII

That hurts
When I drive, I hold the steering wheel, loosely, at 7 o’clock. Mostly. I can’t hold it at 10 and 2, at least for a long time.
Why?
It hurts.
If I put too tight a grip on the wheel, it only takes a few seconds before my hands hurt from gripping it. So I [...]

Interior design

(This post was inspired by a chat with a friend and academic.)
I’ve seen a couple of stories where people have build 20,000 square foot houses, only to sell them because they are too big. Or their grown kids aren’t there to fill it out. (The bowling alley, gym and movie theater aren’t enough)
I can build [...]

(Breathe in) Ahhh….

There is so much that I am
There is so much I can be
I look still
But the waters in me flow
Like a mighty river

Trust me

I have tried to see it from another perspective, another way.
But I always come back to the place where I am now.
And I am not holding on tight. It–the thoughts, the feelings, the love that remain for someone who does not feel the way I do–is there. Simply. I’ve always allowed it to just be. [...]

Seeing is believing

What am I?
Am I a mountain? Strong, majestic, but easily scaled?
Am I an iceberg? Surface showing, but the real beauty lying below the surface?
How about both?
The mountain is strong, stable. The iceberg, do you know what an iceberg is? Water. And do you know want water does?
It gives nourishment.