Ala-"Maxims and Arrows." (Or also, possible tweets)

“If you take one step towards God, he runs to you.” – Pi, p. 61. Suffice it to say, as well, that opium is addictive.


While in transit, or while being shuttled, audio books transport you to somewhere else.


The devil known as dull conformity is often mistaken as righteousness and linear thinking.


Ordinariness is a temptation. As in “The Last Temptation of Christ.”


I may have been at fault in restricting myself to the familiar options and winning my own familiar battles. In truth I caved in to my own fears, or at the very least hid myself in a shell of convenience.


The first few pages of Sabbath's Theater by P. Roth: a more cerebral soft porn.


Process Philosophy. The Law of Transformation. Dr. Manhattan. Heraclitus. Buddhism. Change.


Maybe half or even three quarters of my life is over, who the fuck knows? Thus far, and most especially recently, it’s been a good life. And by all means, I’d repeat every little bit of it. Especially now that I’ve learned to live it with more humility, appreciating the salient details, thankfully receiving what I have as a wonderful blessing, and peacefully settling with what I do not own.


And everything I do now, I can do with so much resilience. And I think all the whining waned. My writing voice sounds calmer.