The first few months was not all that great. I was mildly overweight, sluggish, and sleeping a lot more than I should have been. Also, I would make numerous trips to the bathroom, and getting weaker each day. Then, on the night of May 14, I so fucking weak, that I need help to getting […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Credibility In Immigration Policy ~ Barbara Jordan Quote
“Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.” ~ Barbara Jordan, Politician (1936-1996)
The Twelve Months
“The twelve months… Snowy, Flowy, Blowy, Showery, Flowery, Bowery, Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy, Breeze, Sneezy, Freezy.” ~ George F. R. Ellis, Professor
Thoughts
sitting staring and contemplating what could be lurking in the darkness of the universe that has been around for eons is there life out there and if so what kind of life do they live can they see us and if they can do wonder what they think about us it would be interesting to […]
Listen To The People ~ Molly Ivins
“Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what’s wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others.” ~ Molly Ivins, Columnist – Born: August 30, 1944 – […]
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
An Honest Public Servant ~ Harry S. Truman
Poets Are The Only People ~ Hannah Arendt
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. ~ Hannah Arendt – 1906-1975
An Honest Politician ~ Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
“An honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid … because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.” ~ Bertrand Russell
Some People Live ~ Nhat Hanh Quote
“Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.” ~ Nhat Hanh
John Steinbeck Quote
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” ~ John Steinbeck
Katharine Hepburn Quote
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. ~ Katharine Hepburn
Thank Heaven ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I don’t miss anything about the 1960s ~ Grace Slick, Singer-songwriter
“I don’t miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It’s like asking, ‘Do you miss the fourth grade?’ I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don’t want to do it again.” ~ Grace Slick – Born October 30, 1939
Being Honest ~ John Lennon
John Lennon Quote
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. for the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps. ~ John Lennon
Confucius Quote
Advantage Of Reading A Book
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Stephen Hawking Quote
“So when people ask me if I believe God created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sense. Time didn’t exist before the Big Bang, so there is no time for God to make the universe in. It’s like asking for directions to the edge of the earth; the earth is […]
“The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it” ~ Hippocrates
Time Has A Way
To Be A Philosopher ~ Henry David Thoreau
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rebel
Anyone Can Become Angry ~ Aristotle
Unclear Words ~ Ansel Adams
“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
I Believe In Everything ~ John Lennon
“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.” ~ John Lennon
If You Get Tired ~ Bansky
My Role In Society ~ John Lennon
“My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.” ~ John Lennon
Happiness Can Be Found
People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to. ~ Jerry Seinfeld
To Hold Our Tongues ~ Hermann Hesse
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all […]
So
So its been 6 1/5 months have passed since I was diagnosed a type 2 diabetic I have made great strides by sticking to the plan(s) and it paid off I could’ve been one of those who gave up and drove off the deep end but didn’t as I want to live a healthy life […]
