Let's have the courage to dream!
“I
believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is
the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”
― Robert Fulghum, All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Philosophy 101:
Just got some serious flak: My philosophy is seriously lacking! I have nothing to say for myself, just quotes by others.
When traversing this site, you'll find it is richly flavored with quotes. But there is a serious catch there. The quotes were collected selectively.
But isn't that the point of life and the lifestyle we choose? We choose selectively or otherwise we have to remember selectively...
(can be convenient, too...).
You can space out and focus on the things you don't have or you can choose what you want and make it yours.
Some people give up and find out at the end of their lives that they selected the wrong things, that they focused on the negatives, the things they did NOT want. Others never found a tree to climb in the jungle of life.
My answer: whatever makes your boat float...
But seriously... been there, done that...
Now I just want to selectively choose my lifestyle. Making this site both inspires and guides me in that endeavor. Of course, I hope this site will do the same for you as it does for me.
Should there be any Mistakes, in all Cases, I presume Innocence as in "I err, therefore I am" ---
Fallor, Ergo Sum (with a great TED talk about 'being Wrong')
Philosophy 102:
"In addition to our being Cat-info aggregators, we're also Cat-info alligators always on the prowl for fresh meat, and end up having to invent much of it. Like Breatharians who live on prana."
Philosophy 103:
Denial of the following modus operandus:
Don't go near the water until you have learned how to swim.
When I first heard Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", I thought it was about the sea...
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Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? |
| –William Shakespeare |
And its best rendition...
When writing about 'stuff', just remember...
Ocean's Symphony
My pale white feet surrendered with each step into the warmth of sand
Approaching the chill of the ocean's touch my body trembled with each roaring
demand
Each beat of my heart ached evermore as I made my way to the roaring sea
And as the energy coursed through my body, I knew my song is the Ocean's
symphony
Dear God I could feel your mighty creation calling for me from mother Ocean
blue
The overbearing and crushing waves brought forth shells once alive and
true
But still I walked with the grace of dreams grasping me by the hand
I was soon to be submerged in an element that far exceeds the thrills of
land
Now surrounded by embracing waters of purples blues and greens
I dove deeper to grasp a fantasy that is far more real than it seems
I didn't belong back there...surrounded by the heats and confines of the
ground
I belonged here...floating aimlessly in ocean currents where life and love
abound
I could feel the spirits of those animals so close within my reach
They live their lives in harmony without the noise and waste of speech
Every breath not taken was worth the time spent under the crashing waves
It is calm down here...and it is where my heart belongs...where it is finally
safe
And then I could hear my name being called by a largely overbearing soul
I felt this pull of memories and lies as the sound made my heart grow
cold
I made my way back to the shore with the water trailing over my hair
And as I took one last look, my glance became an awe-filled stare
The waves screamed their goodbyes with the sea foam trailing in
And with the sunset beaming over, the details of its beauty shan't even begin to
begin
I was struck by a deep, sensible wonder as to how far and how much my eye could
see
Before my feet made their way inland to leave behind the Ocean's
Symphony
