April 17, 2008
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Notes I’ve written to myself
Human life oscillates between the ultimate and the trivial. We wake up in the morning and stub our toe, then pray to an infinite being. We sneeze, then injure a soul. We play checkers, then find salvation.
Realities are often bigger than our thoughts of them. We pass over concepts and nod in our minds, affirming perfunctorily, “Yes, I know that.” But to know the reality fully we must meditate on it.
Never assume. Other people live in midst of a million thoughts, and inside they have their own lives. Do not classify them in your mind. You are probably wrong.
Don’t say you’re about things, be about them. People who want to know you will figure out that you’re about them.
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“Don’t say you’re about things, be about them. People who want to know you will figure out that you’re about them.”
Can’t imagine how the world would be impacted, if people actually followed this exhortation.
wow.
wow.
…… wow.
“Other people live in midst of a million thoughts” – yeah and generally mine are all over the place, like what should we have for dinner one minute to serious soul searching the next minute to wondering if my blackberry has enough charge to make through the night to eternal salvation vs eternal damnation. my mind seldom rests.
salvation through checkers is amazing
Profound