Now and Zen

I try to live in the moment. I really do. But it's hard isn't it? Sure it's easy if the moment is great. Watching the perfect sunrise. Having a picnic with your kids. Making love to the point where you forget you're two people. It's easy to be in the moment at those times. It's much harder to be in the moment when things really suck. Your car broke down on the way to work. You just got laid off. You just realized you actually are two people. These are the times where being in that moment can be just as beautiful. It's an old saying that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. While I try as hard as I can to live by that thought it seems like my 10% has taken quite the toll as of late. I'm trying to see the silver lining, but my rose colored glasses get pretty dirty sometimes and I can't see as well as I'd like. It's those times when I sit down and realize that without the bad parts you wouldn't know what the good parts were. It seems that I am not out of my dark period as I thought for awhile that I was. But life is made up of moments at the same time our lives are momentary so I will press on. But I will say how unfortunate it is that we so often learn our most important life lessons through times of adversity and sadness. This student is ready. Sitting quietly, waiting for the master to appear.

Gravity: The Law and You

Falling.

That sums it up. Falling so fast and so hard you're not sure how far you'll go or how much speed you'll pick up on the way. Falling so out of control that the feeling in your stomach that senses that you're falling is overwhelming. I vomit to appease the sensation, but I keep falling. I close my eyes, mistakenly thinking it might make me less queesy. But when I open them I'm just in a completely different place...still falling. Why can't I stop? Do I need to stop? What if to stop means that I've hit bottom? Would it be worth it? I thought for a little while that I was through this event that, in many ways, was the event that would seperate my life into before...and after. But it seems that the test is not over. The pressure builds even still. The walls close in to see what I'm really made of. Will I crumble and die, completely pulverized by it all? Or will the pressure reveal the diamond I know is inside? We'll see. All I do know is that answers come from within, not from without. I'll see you on the other side (I hope).

It's [(Never) Too] Late

Is that how stars are made daddy?

Yes it is my angels.

Watch close...they wink for you.

Well Wishers and Wishing Wells

She sits,

pondering.

Does she use her last wish to save the world,

or just herself?

Decay: Radioactive vs. Tooth

All I'm saying is that if our strides towards an alternative energy source were as large as our apparent advancements in toothbrush technology, we'd have had cold fusion decades ago. Discuss...

Answers in Search of Questions

How can so many judge
yet so few can accept

How can so many direct
yet so few can lead

How can so many force
yet so few can guide

How can so many condemn
yet so few can bless

How can so many yell
yet so few can whisper

How can so many cut
yet so few can bleed

How can so many hide
yet so few can seek

Do we resign ourselves to human nature or do we rise above it to become more? What can be more important than our feelings and emotions? Are dreams and hopes about the journey or the destination?

How can so many answer
yet so few can question