but you will not exhaust all your foes. If you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. - Nagarjuna , a Buddhist philosopher, c150-250 CE He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing. - Sallust, Roman historian, 86-34 BCE. When we reject people in anger, or turn on them with the aim of inflicting pain, we damage our souls even more. - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor, 121-180 CE (Meditations, Chapter 2) [For those who are curious where I've been ... erm ... mixture of a lack of enthusiasm, energy and time for blogging. But not to worry, I have had plenty of time to come down with Strep throat - twice. I am currently on my second round of antibiotics, apparently the first round wasn't wholly effective. Makes me wonder how 10 days was decided upon as the standard treatment duration because this is not the first time a round of antibiotics has failed to cure me and I have ended up going for a second round. I have also been busy reading about photograph...
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why one of your recent posts is blank?did you delete it?
(it's really hard trying to comment here)
I don't think a writer's life is that appealing unless they really make an effort to balance the aloneness with connecting with people. I can see that once they get into it, they don't even notice the time pass.
The quote is true really. I have had it happen to me a few times now, that I felt like someone was dictating to me the words from somewhere else. It was eerie..I couldn't keep up with how fast they came to me and when I looked at the whole thging at the end, I was really moved. Words from another spirit world? Or from some excavation of my soul..brain? Whatever..it was a neat experience.
I love people, but definitely need time alone to recharge (significantly more time then others).
The problem with the way we approach life is that we are taught (or encouraged) to sacrifice everything for the sake of working, of being a drone.
barbara: I think it depends what you write about. In truth, most of it is pretty easy, it is just a qustion of being oneself and having time to compose ones thoughts (though, not so much time that we keep trying to make it better and, in the end, do nothing).
Blog writing is definitely a good way to get a habit.
ghee: hmmm, I don't want to ask :P