Broad generalizations are the epitome of ignorance, a you tuber wes Watson has quoted this a number of times... I find it very helpful to remember in my quest for humility and true wisdom

 

“Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.” – Hunter S. Thompson

 

He asked me when I fell in love with him and I knew it sounded dramatic to say the moment I saw him, so I told him this story of my grandma who had Alzheimer's- she forgot her name and the words for fruit and food, she forgot her address and how to use the washroom, all her life lost to the disease. The only thing she remembered was her son's name and when that began to fade, the one thing she always remembered was that she loved him, even in illness, even in insanity. She saw this 6 foot 2 man with a scrubby beard and she didn't know him but she said she trusted him, she asked him to hold her hand when she died. When does memory end and love begin? All I know is- she loved him before she remembered him.

 

A woman is just a woman ,
But a good cigar is a “smoke” ..

 

Every day is a victory when you planned to die at 21

 

I have certainly not always agreed with Stewart Brand, but I used this great quote today, and it IS an ultimate truth:

 

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

 

@Valspar

 

Litany Against Fear

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain