Hey now Hans. I practice most of these exercises every day, but unconsciously! Going forward I am going to adopt a new discipline of following the same mental patterns deliberately. Consciously!
Yes, maybe! No, but seriously, if you are not ready to laugh at your own infallibility and dare to admit that yes, I make mistakes, I take myself too seriously sometimes, and I have even knowingly chosen wrong and felt proud of my hubris and lost face in public spectacularly and stood there in my own shame and put sin on a scale—"I am not as much a sinner as that person, so this much means I am better or less a sinner"—and not realize everybody makes mistakes all the time, it becomes so much harder to admit that I fucked up.
Sorry if I always blend in music lyrics, but I love music and this song is always in the back of my mind... As Chumbawamba's guitarist Whalley told The Guardian about their hit "Tubthumping": "I still really like 'Tubthumping.' I don't feel embarrassed by it at all. I know some bands who hate their songs being popular, but I just think, 'Get off your high horse!' The whole point of art is to have an audience."
Yes, every day is Christmas and we are always given the choice between fear and love. I choose love. I am a hopeless romantic. But hey, at least I know who I am. // Hans
Comedians larger than life are rare, and one of those was the late Greg Giraldo. This is probably one of the best jokes I ever heard, but hey, I am biased having been on both sides of the punchline of the joke. Still, it's brilliant...
"The other day this homeless guy asked me for money. I was about to give it to him and then I thought he's just going to use it on drugs or alcohol. And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on—what the hell am I to judge this poor bastard? You know what I mean? People love to judge homeless guys like, 'You give him the money, he's just going to waste it, man. He's going to waste that money.' Well, he lives in a box—what do you want him to do with it? Save it up, buy a wall unit, you know? A rug and a CD rack? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9G3iXVgNcw
I have always struggled with my faith, and as a self-proclaimed atheist, I became a PhD in biblical contradictions. My brain is faster than my mouth—I was just brutal and got lost in myself. I still read, but there is one of the most important passages in the Garden of Eden about Adam: we are at one with nature, at one with God, will never age, will never die, and all our dreams come true the instant we have them. We humans went from a state of innocence and bliss to the present human condition of knowledge of sin, misery, and death. There's the "tree of life" and the forbidden "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" at its center, with the single command not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And it is strange how the book has the end in the beginning or the beginning of the end right there, and we still fight each other over what the Bible says, right? I hope this gives a little credibility to why I made this algorithm and give it away for free. If you want it, it's yours—take it or leave it, your choice. I did not just put random words together by luck. You know I have tried it out and fine-tuned it with my whole heart! // Peace
I give them $5 and wish them well. They may buy food, booze or dope and what's it to me? just gave them a small token of our shared humanity that will help them thru their day no matter how they choose to use or abuse it! They are grateful to have it and I am gratified at being able to give them something.
I just printed a hard copy to place in my office where it can readily be seen and perused! Last night I shared the algorithm you assembled with trusted persons.
Hey now Hans. I practice most of these exercises every day, but unconsciously! Going forward I am going to adopt a new discipline of following the same mental patterns deliberately. Consciously!
Every day is Xmas here ain't it?
Yes, maybe! No, but seriously, if you are not ready to laugh at your own infallibility and dare to admit that yes, I make mistakes, I take myself too seriously sometimes, and I have even knowingly chosen wrong and felt proud of my hubris and lost face in public spectacularly and stood there in my own shame and put sin on a scale—"I am not as much a sinner as that person, so this much means I am better or less a sinner"—and not realize everybody makes mistakes all the time, it becomes so much harder to admit that I fucked up.
Sorry if I always blend in music lyrics, but I love music and this song is always in the back of my mind... As Chumbawamba's guitarist Whalley told The Guardian about their hit "Tubthumping": "I still really like 'Tubthumping.' I don't feel embarrassed by it at all. I know some bands who hate their songs being popular, but I just think, 'Get off your high horse!' The whole point of art is to have an audience."
Yes, every day is Christmas and we are always given the choice between fear and love. I choose love. I am a hopeless romantic. But hey, at least I know who I am. // Hans
Comedians larger than life are rare, and one of those was the late Greg Giraldo. This is probably one of the best jokes I ever heard, but hey, I am biased having been on both sides of the punchline of the joke. Still, it's brilliant...
"The other day this homeless guy asked me for money. I was about to give it to him and then I thought he's just going to use it on drugs or alcohol. And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on—what the hell am I to judge this poor bastard? You know what I mean? People love to judge homeless guys like, 'You give him the money, he's just going to waste it, man. He's going to waste that money.' Well, he lives in a box—what do you want him to do with it? Save it up, buy a wall unit, you know? A rug and a CD rack? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9G3iXVgNcw
I have always struggled with my faith, and as a self-proclaimed atheist, I became a PhD in biblical contradictions. My brain is faster than my mouth—I was just brutal and got lost in myself. I still read, but there is one of the most important passages in the Garden of Eden about Adam: we are at one with nature, at one with God, will never age, will never die, and all our dreams come true the instant we have them. We humans went from a state of innocence and bliss to the present human condition of knowledge of sin, misery, and death. There's the "tree of life" and the forbidden "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" at its center, with the single command not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And it is strange how the book has the end in the beginning or the beginning of the end right there, and we still fight each other over what the Bible says, right? I hope this gives a little credibility to why I made this algorithm and give it away for free. If you want it, it's yours—take it or leave it, your choice. I did not just put random words together by luck. You know I have tried it out and fine-tuned it with my whole heart! // Peace
It's always and for ever been mine and your's and whomevers' but we forget.
I have been very very close to death a number of times and the last time on 02/22/2022 changed me in the most remarkable of ways.
I am beginning to remember to be human.
I give them $5 and wish them well. They may buy food, booze or dope and what's it to me? just gave them a small token of our shared humanity that will help them thru their day no matter how they choose to use or abuse it! They are grateful to have it and I am gratified at being able to give them something.
I just printed a hard copy to place in my office where it can readily be seen and perused! Last night I shared the algorithm you assembled with trusted persons.
With joy