November 11, 2016
In honor of our Veterans and the sacrifices they made.
I thought: It’s longing that moves the sea.
“There’s a nice moment in an early scene of the film Seven. I don’t remember exactly how it goes but something like this: Morgan Freeman is about to leave the house for work. On his dresser, carefully aligned next to each other are the things he carries in his pockets. A beautiful old pocketknife. A fountain pen. His wallet, etc. Just the way they are arranged shows us that each thing matters a lot to him. He clearly appreciates and cares for them all. Mundane objects, but you can tell each has its own specific weight in his life. When I first saw that scene I smiled because I have always played this game with myself when trying to whittle what I carry in my pockets down to a bare, absolute Zen minimum of necessary but special. I almost always fail. The same is true when packing a suitcase. The less stuff the better. Find the perfect bag and pack it with essentials and no more. But “what ifs?” almost always sneak into your head and you think what if it… rains. Suddenly you’re sure you need a raincoat. Or an umbrella, or…Eventually you arrive at the airport with a suitcase the size of a bungalow and that Zen bag is only a whisper now in the back of your mind. But by God, you’re ready for a hurricane! Do we really need that extra sweater? No. Then take the one you love most and let that suffice. Only one book, but the one you really want to read rather than three you’ve been meaning to get to. Six pair of underwear? Really? Sitting here staring accusingly across the room at my growingly full day bag, I’m reminded again that it is a good objective for us all to strive for, both bag-wise and on a larger scale, in life— knowing what your essentials are and taking only them along on the trip into the day… or the unknown.”
— Jonathan Carroll
Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
“Pleasure in this respect is like photography. What we take, in the presence of the beloved object, is merely a negative film; we develop it later, when we are at home, and have once again found at our disposal that inner darkroom, the entrance to which is barred to us so long as we are with other people.”
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Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove
(via talesofpassingtime)
“There are other words and other worlds…You have taught me that.”
— Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
“If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world.”
— Elaine S. Dalton (via naturaekos)
“Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.”
— Rumi
(via goodreadss)
