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impression
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” I’m sure I’m not the only one. You know those foods or drinks that remind you of things? I remember, when I was at university in...
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problem?
“The pope may very well not be a small American yogini.” I think maybe I should try and think of these things that I am putting myself through as a problem that may be worth recognising. What prompts...
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history lesson 3
History post number three. I believe I can probably almost get to the present this time round… mainly because most of the years following the first two are so screwed up I don’t have a clear impression...
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try
“…he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears into the sea.” I think I know why I don’t want...
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silence
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” Silence hit me today, like an ice cold wall. It was weird. Focussing in on...
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Huh?
I spent the better part of the last hour looking at pictures of food. I’m weird. I’m hungry. I was ok yesterday. I’m tired today. I hate that I am hungry and not allowed to eat and actually am allowed...
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monday
“Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” I ate more today and I’m ok I think. But I’m scared to talk about...
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Sting
I hate that stinging feeling you get when people comment on your weight. It makes me feel like I’m a bad person; like I’m trying to hurt people.
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truth
“I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.” So I went to the “counselling centre” this morning. I have good...
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crossroads
“Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” I have been nervous recently because I’ve been eating less and...
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summer
“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.” So, happy buddha christmas. It was the Buddha’s...
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blank
“People always talk about how hard it can be to remember things – where they left their keys, or the name of an acquaintance – but no one ever talks about how much effort we put into forgetting.”...
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think
“Can a person who has been brought up in the heart of a thick dark forest, where one has to beat a path through multiple layers of trees just to take a letter to the post office, have any conception of...
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dust
“Poison!” Grover yelped. “Don’t let those things touch you or…”,”Or we’ll die?” I guessed. ”Well…after you shrivel slowly to dust, yes.” I Skyped with my dad. He didn’t ask much. He actually told me he...
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aus.
I’m going back for the holidays as of yesterday. I’m nervous already. In a way I am relieved… However, how do I tell everyone who thought I was staying here for summer? What do I tell everyone in...
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not
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.” So, after skyping again with my dad today I’m reminded how lucky I am. He doesn’t make me feel awkward or anything. He...
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anger
“Even if the sky falls you must not get angry.” When my mum gave away my dog to Wendy without telling me, I remembered what I once heard from a buddhist nun: “Even if the sky falls you must not get...
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sleep
“I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I’m too tired to be me.” Sleep is being funny to me lately. Aside from the whole “no matter how much I sleep I’m still dead...
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causes
“If you knew what you did in all your past lives, would it make you feel better about what’s happening right now?” If you go to the hospital and meet a person with lung cancer, who smokes like a...
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