Noticing
A light coming from an apartment window.
The silhouette of a person in front of me, while I wait for my turn to check out.
Cars passing by.
A mother laughing with their child.
A bus driver being thanked by a passenger.
A church choir singing.
A woman on a blanket on the grass reading a book.
A world filled with people living their own unique lives.
People, living a life that is just as complex as yours.
What is your current view on the existence of free will?
In Tolkien, there was a lot of divine intervention and that was a good thing because a benign God would not let harm come to his people without a reason.
But current politics doesn't make me expect a savior. It just makes me mad at stupid selfish people. I am not inclined to wait for anything.
But I wonder if others are looking at our times as the second coming. A sad thought but likely true. #thoughts
When we cling to our thoughts, desires, and opinions, we become detached from reality—not grounded in the present moment. True presence doesn’t mean ignoring thoughts—it means letting go of clinging so that your mind can meet each moment as it truly is.
#Zen #Mindfulness #LetGo #Attachment #Nonduality #Consciousness #Awareness #ClearMind #Presence #Now #Meditation #Reality #Dharma #Thoughts #SelfInquiry
Dizzy from a sleepless night, flaming hot despite a low body temp, pain coursing through the body like lava spewing out a volcano, foggy minded and aggravated, the old man makes a pot of coffee while classical music plays, thinking of an early breakfast to find he has no food to eat, disillusioned with the indifference the world has for his disparity, a life of poverty and disability, desolate of any hope at all, the world still sleeps, but for me another day of suffering, O why must it be;
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"𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔."
─ 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯
Sigh, there's some work that's come across my virtual desk that would be amazing. I'm quoting on it this weekend and I very desperately want it. It would be so interesting and aligns with my values -- my ideal project.
Gosh, I hope I get it...
Thoughts on the Vikings’ 2025-26 Schedule https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/54206/ #daily #Football #FrontPage #norseman #on #schedule #the #thoughts #Vikings
One day, right before I woke up, I had a bad dream that a housecat was about of pierce parts of my legs with its claws.
When I woke up, I realized those parts of my legs were sore.
After I thought about the dream for a bit, I came to the conclusion that having a housecat as your sleep paralysis demon isn't the worst thing in the world.
(I don't have a cat, but I grew up with cats, and I am quite fond of them.)
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Religion, like a fly trapped in amber, freezes into place the wisdom and ignorance of a specific culture, within a text that is venerated and applied across time and space, to contexts the original authors could never fully fathom or appreciate.
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As an adult, I've learned the future is far less clear than you think it is.
(I actually said this during a job interview, after I was asked the standard question, "Where do you see yourself in X years?")
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Everyone is a Republican on tax day, a libertarian when they get a traffic ticket, and a Democrat when they apply for government assistance.
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Here are some quotes and ideas I have generated, either in response to things that have happened in my own life, or in response to things I have heard, watched, or read.
These ideas are often referred to as "shower thoughts," even though I didn't necessarily generate these ideas while I was in the shower.
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"𝙽𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝."
─ 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴
“𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 ─ 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝.”
― 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘯
“𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎.”
― 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳
Of blooming flowers
I love the path
Towards the horizon
And the end
Of this day
Of May.
-Debora Radice
"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝟷𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝."
─ 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴 (attribution uncertain)
With the bells of the church ringing, bombs are falling from the sky, fires are raging, there is no more food, death and destruction is all around, governments have fallen, those that are left are stuck in a state of fear and disbelief, what started as nationalism, erupted into a global catastrophe, every country fighting one another, long lasting allies shattered in a moment, nuclear winter is settling in as every city in the world is on fire, billions dead, millions will starve and millions more forever will be harmed, for the destruction of man has come to our end, for we reached for the sky as we trampled upon those we deemed below us, and now after the blows, we have all bled our last, for as the wind now blows our sorrow goes a lasting reminder of a false hope;
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I'm lying here in bed getting cuddles and kind of want to reflect on my weekend at #Furggedaboutit2025...
So I think first of all, and something worth really emphasizing, was that #GSFTW was a litmus test for the #furry community and especially the #furry community in the US right now.
It asked us collectively if we were up to the task of tolerating our community spaces being eroded away and taken over by fascists and hate groups who want to see our most vulnerable parts of our community suffer or if we would take a stand and stamp out problematic aspects of our community. Tolerance vs Intolerance.
I'm proud to say that this community understood the assignment. #GSFTW was held accountable by the community and the collective action to make a safe space in the wake of the dereliction of responsibility we place in #furcons to be a safe space was accomplished through #furgeddaboutit.
These are interesting times and the only way we will survive them is through strong, resilient communities.
