Tag: quote
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Overwhelm, Wants, & Needs
“The Less I needed, the better I felt.” Charles Bukowski Whenever I get lost in my writing or the practice of writing, I have a couple of touchstones that I go back to. One of them is Love Is A Dog From Hell – the first book of Bukowski’s poetry that I read. So it…
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Limits of the Day
Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly. Nolan Ryan, baseball hall of famer This was not the best start to a day. The alarm went off and I didn’t want to get out of bed, so I rolled over for a couple minutes and…
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Choices
This quote is hitting me pretty hard this morning… “The world contains far more information than any single person can learn in their lifetime. The question is not whether you are ignorant, but what you choose to be ignorant about. Few topics are worth your precious time. Choose what you pay attention to with great…
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Thinking In Quotations
Since it seems that the word “responsibility” cropped up approximately 800 times in my post yesterday, I’d say it’s safe to say that it has been on my mind lately. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older or maybe it’s just the general process of trying to piece all the debris of life into some coherent…