My voice is in the key of Zen Gonzo. It is where the idea of extraordinarily perfect Zen recklessly collides with totally undisciplined Gonzo journalism. It is an in the moment kind of self-expression, easily interrupted by most anything at all. Hunter S. Thompson coined and embodied this Gonzo style of writing. Actually, when you think about it, that is how our minds work anyway. We live in a constant state of change and everything is disrupted on a moment-to-moment basis. At this point, my quickly put together plan is to talk to you whenever I feel like and share some stories. While they will all be true, or as true as my ever changing perspective will allow, they will always be as sincere and honest as I can possibly be at that precise moment when it falls out of my mind through my fingers and on to the imaginary page of your mind.
Why do Jewish husbands die before their wives? They want to.” Jackie MasonAll of us should treat everyone like they are one of us. The human beings in Gaza are our parents, our brothers, our sisters, our children.
”So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” ― Dr. Seuss
“People often ask me if I'm ‘passing the torch'. I'm keeping my torch, thank you very much and I'm using it to light the torches of others.” Gloria Steinem 1934-2026
“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be always be in my heart.” Gandhi
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Plato
“Let my people go.” Charlton Heston aka MosesA different way of looking at global warming for sure.
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” Aldous Huxley
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." Albert Einstein
“War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.”George Orwell 1984
”Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.” Big Al Einstein
”History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.” Clarence Darrow
”The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Socrates
This was a hard story to tell. It's about anxiety and my journey with it. I think you will find it worth listening to.
I AM LIVING IN A COUNTRY TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR TO ME.
”Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born." Albert Einstein
”The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.”Albert Camus
”True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.” Dalai Lama
It is me, writing one story, from start to finish, without a break.
“The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world … [gets] destroyed.”HANNAH ARENDT
”It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.“ Charles Darwin
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” The BuddhaI
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
” I offer my voice, but it is merely a whisper. You know what? I don't give a shit.” Me
”Let me help beings be free so that they can live with peaceful and loving hearts amidst it all.” The Buddha
“O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side!” William Shakespeare
"Fear is the only thing that binds people on earth; release the fear and know the peace.” The Buddha
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Carl Sagan
“There is no experience of death, only the fear of it.” Albert Camus
“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them” Albert Einstein
”You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain
“I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope” Dalai LamaI WROTE AND RECORDED THIS FOR US,
“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Hey, hey, Wood Guthrie, I wrote you a songAbout a funny old world that's a-coming alongSeems sick and it's hungry, it's tired and it's tornIt looks like it's a-dying and it's hardly been born” Bob Dylan
I have written a letter to you and hope have time to listen. Thank you
”Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough." Groucho Marx
“To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.” Hulk Hogan
“If we can listen we shall hear.” Henry David Thoreau, January 26, 1841
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
“Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.” Tracy Morgan
”This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou
“If only we could see each other [as we really are] There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed… I suppose the big problem would be then that we would fall down and worship each other.” Thomas Merton
“Therefore, with my two hands joined, I appeal to you the reader to ensure that you make the rest of your life as meaningful as possible. Do this by engaging in spiritual practice if you can. As I hope I have made clear, there is nothing mysterious about this. It consists in nothing more than acting out of concern for others.”The Dalai Lama
“Discovering your voice is a lifelong journey.” Leonard Bernstein
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell
“Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.” — Buddha
"By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it." George Burns (1896-1996)
“Be happy. It really annoys negative people.” Ricky Gervais
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” Buddha
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