Living in The New Era

“The only dream worth having 

is to dream that you will live while you are alive,

and die only when you are dead. 

To love, to be loved. 

To never forget your own insignificance. 

To never get used to the unspeakable violence 

and vulgar disparity of the life around you. 

To seek joy in the saddest places. 

To pursue beauty to its lair. 

To never simplify what is complicated 

or complicate what is simple. 

To respect strength, never power. 

Above all to watch. 

To try and understand. 

To never look away. 

And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy

The Beginning Is Near

 

'nuff said.

See ya tomorrow.

Learn

 

"The best thing for being sad is to learn something. 

That is the only thing that never fails.

You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies,

you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins,

you may miss your only love,

you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics,

or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds.

There is only one thing for it then--to learn. 

Learn why the world wags and what wags it. 

That is the only thing which the mind 

can never exhaust, 

never alienate, 

never be tortured by, 

never fear or distrust, 

and never dream of regretting." 

~T.H. White, from "The Sword in the Stone" 

Thinking of Newtown CT

and the pain of such loss

with compassion and an open heart.

Almost Home

One more week! 

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. 
~ Maya Angelou