Monday, August 9, 2010

Equanimity

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“When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show.


When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.”


George Carlin


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“They may forget what you said,

but they will never forget how you made them feel.”


Carl W. Buechner






"There is no such thing as pure pleasure;

some anxiety always goes with it."

- Ovid





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One day

we awake with a start

and realize how little of any consequence

we have accomplished.



Then somehow we understand

that nothing really needs to be accomplished.


And the impact we have had on others

for good or ill,

great or small,

must remain a blessed mystery


until illumination


or oblivion. . .

14 comments:

  1. Awesome quotes, darling Cloudia!
    Totally inspiring post!

    xoxox,
    CC

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  2. ha. welcome to the freak show...there is great wisdom in your write there at the end...and i dont mind the mystery...smiles.

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  3. My thinking exactly. . .the part of about how little I've accomplished. Thanks for shedding another light on it.
    Happy week!

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  4. no, not freak show. I don't like that.
    But I do like very much the words. . . .how little of any consequence we have accomplished and how little that matters.

    Well said, I should copy that.

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  5. I just love this post! And, that Carlin quote is priceless.

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  6. How did you know that is what I've been thinking? I woke up in the middle of the night calculating my best odds at years left on earth and worrying about the lost chances, and lack of accomplishments. And I vote for illumination.

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  7. Nothing really needs to be accomplished. I sometimes wish I could live like that.

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  8. You fill me with awe,


    gratitude,

    and crack me up!

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  9. As always....love your pics and your inspiration!!!

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