not newton's tree

"...the ability to make pretty good lemonade out of the bitterest lemons."

mandarin oranges

rock

my

world.

...iss

and i see first, just, "...iss"
and turn
to read
"pure bliss"

one stops
and sees
can feel
the beauty of those words

pressing gently
against
all sense(s)
and imaginings.

Until

"Until he perfected the invention that would change everything, Thomas Edison would not rest."

absence of dialogue

the islands comfortable without bridges....

puzzles

a ghost of oneself
the game premised on two
a living embodiment
and a ghost that does the same

and a message appears, "i search for reasons why i don't seek companionship"

and the repetition continues

a replay

but not a do over

never a race

from city to city
leisurely reading
and listening

words from a screen
from a mind
from a heart

and the brief echo
an exhale
a quiet nod

it's the

silence i miss most

wordless

returning after a long absence
of what seemed days, weeks, years
finding it was merely minutes

Resisting change

"Let’s try understanding why people resist change first. If you are willing to learn, please give this a try -- (it only takes three minutes).


1. Grab a stopwatch or timer, and print your own full name on a blank piece of paper for as many times as you can in one minute. Record the number of times.

2. Now repeat the same exercise but switch hands. Record your time again.

What happened to your quality between the first and second time?

What happened to your productivity?

Finally, what happened to your stress?

If you could not use your favorite hand for long (like it was in a cast), would your quality and productivity eventually improve? How long do you think it would take to get back to initial levels?" (Bob Petruska)

words for the sea

Link: schiller

places as this

you see it, yes? more importantly - you feel it.

locked within

"The deepest and most powerful cry, a Hasidic rabbi used to say, is the one we keep locked up in our breast."

As if in each moment the silent measurable choice is before you. What may I learn? What is the lesson? How will my life be positively or negatively impacted by my perception, how I conceptualize and integrate this idea, this person, these 'things' before me.

Have you watched another ponder and sense you are following their silent thought? Perhaps not the same in exactness, but in the process of reaching?

Endless frontiers

Link: Go Forth

good stuff

Link: there-is-no-prize-out-there

legos!

Link: Lego house