July 2018 – A Pondering Mind

Poem: Walt Whitman, Miracles

“As for me, I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under the trees in the woods, Or talk by dayContinue reading “Poem: Walt Whitman, Miracles”

Thoughts

“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James

Kindness ~ Mark Twain

Liberty ~ George Orwell

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell

Time Is Never Wasted ~ Thomas Pynchon

“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.” – Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Against the Day”, p.211, Penguin

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

“You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bored Solitude ~ Jack Kerouac

“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength” – Jack Kerouac

Comforts

couch book black coffee ac is on the comforts of home

Life Is Short ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Just Saying

I know that I dislike some people but I don’t hate anyone as it is not in my DNA Disliking a person or group of people is not as harsh as hating Hate hating and/or hatred to me are too demeaning and have no use for them

Everyone Loves Music

Beauty In Words

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” – Edgar Allan Poe

Confidence, Not Cockiness

One Sentence Fiction

She’s savoring the all around beauty, of the numerous wild flowers.

Disordered Minds

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

John Coltrane Quote

“Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.” – John Coltrane

John Dean Quote

Leonardo da Vinci Quote

Learning never exhausts the mind. ~Leonardo da Vinci

One Sentence Fiction

She lives in a household full of mad, whacked-out people.

Six Word Story

Living the life of a nomad.

Poetry Quote ~ Novalis

Bio: Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, an author and philosopher of early German Romanticism.

Call It A Plan

J. L. Austin Quote

“A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words…. Statements are made, words or sentences are used.” – J. L. Austin

Iris Murdoch Quote

“Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.” – Iris Murdoch

When Your Past Calls

Six Word Story

Her Sunday breakfast special, soupy pancakes.

Anton Chekov Quote

Yiddish Proverb ~ Laughter

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb

Leo Anthony Gallagher Quote

I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. They got one marked “brightness” but it don’t work, does it? ~Leo Anthony Gallagher

Oxford Comma

An Oxford comma walks into a bar. Orders a gin, and tonic. ~@NeinQuarterly (Nein. Eric Jarosinski, editor), 2013 July 30th tweet

Calm Abiding Meditation

Lama, Born: 1961

David M. Bader Quote

Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? ~David M. Bader – Zen Judaism

Great Things

Hubert Reeves Quote

Astrophysicist – Born: July 13, 1932

Jamie Lynn Morris Poem

Like butterflies in Spring Poetry awakens the Spirit, stirs the imagination and explores the possibilities with each stroke of its rhythmic wings. ~Jamie Lynn Morris

E. B. White – Library Quote

“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad timesContinue reading “E. B. White – Library Quote”

Lao Tzu Quote

The soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal. ~Lao Tzu

Attitude Matters

GeniusQuotes.org

Helen Hayes Quote

We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart… and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together…. I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ~Helen Hayes

George Jean Nathan “Viewpoint”

In a rapidly ascending balloon were two men. One watched the earth getting farther and farther away. One watched the stars getting nearer and nearer. ~George Jean Nathan, “Viewpoint,” A Book Without a Title, 1918

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

The Four Conditions of Happiness ~ Albert Camus

“The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition, Creation” ~Albert Camus

Joni Mitchell Quote

“When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it’s time for artists to make their mark.” – Joni Mitchell

Buddy Guy Quote

B.B. King Quote

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. ~B.B. King

Gustave Flaubert Quote

Peter Fonda Quote

Edith Zittler Quote

The best way to stop smoking is to just stop — no ifs, ands or butts.* ~Edith Zittler ——————- *That’s how I did it, [cold turkey] and don’t miss it.

Dale Carnegie Quote

If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. ~Dale Carnegie

J.D. Salinger Quote

William Faulkner Quote

“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” – William Faulkner