Thinking of how many times I’ve heard them
Those words, they appear in me now and again
Whether you’re here or some where
‘I love you,’ rings in my head
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Category Archives: Society
About the cycles of life and living with everything in between.
History made society; society makes history.
Kith and kin and clan, that’s society.
You were in love with me yesterday
“What have you done to me”
I still remember those words
“I can’t get you out of my head”
You were so in love — with me
That you wanted me like I wanted you
Was a feeling of heaven in my world
That’s someone else’s heaven now
You were in love with me yesterday
“Knowing and doing are two different things, …”
“… especially when it comes to pleasure.” An ‘o so true’ statement by Levitt and Dubner in Superfreakonomics.
It got me thinking…
Knowing and doing are two different things, especially when it comes to [a] pleasure:
Have you ever known the pleasure of pride or ignorance, or of ‘happiness’ or an addiction, etc, to prevent some one (I, for instance) from seeing/following the ‘truth?’ Likely yes, at least on television.
Knowing and doing are two different things, especially when it comes to [a] pain:
Have you ever known the pain of future responsibility or success, or of failure or ridicule, or of losing a pleasure or a happiness, etc, to prevent some one (I, for imstance) from doing the ‘truth?’
Knowing and doing are two different things, especially when ….
[Complete the statement for you, then move—on/off—as you please.]
And you might find that knowing and doing are two different things, especially when it’s not inconvenient for them to be so.
So, if I want change, it would be helpful to make it inconvenient for knowing and doing to be different.
Happy birthday old friend
To SC,
the happiness of contentment
the pleasure of peace
the joy of truth
the fulfillment of belonging, and of possession in belonging
Grateful — 2017
Sometimes we do not have the words that fully go with the feeling and associated expression. But ‘I am grateful’ is a simple summary that works very well.
I am grateful!
We went through several threats, uncertainties, buyers remorse, good choices, bad choices….
We had to recover several times, and we did.
We had opportunities come demanding a price that we paid happily although it cost us.
We made new friends, and reconnected with timeless friends.
People made our lives better; we made some other’s lives better
….
Again, I am grateful to God for the year 2017.
Cheers
Happy New year, 2018
Grateful — November 2017
When you see another rise
Maybe you played a part
Even with a cheer or a prayer
Or maybe with nothing to count
You rejoice and are glad
Glad for the good that has come out
Grateful for the success of another
You formed happiness in me
Sharing the joy in you
Gratitude grew inside
Stirred by the news
I am grateful
Happy
Joyful
Debts for which I am credited
Debt to spouse, by marriage
Debt to children, by parenthood
Debt to parents, by sonship
Debt to friends, by friendship
Debt to self, for Christ’s sake
Debt to man, for the dignity inherent in mankind
Debt to God, for the dignity inherent in God
…
Against our Sense
Progressing towards a shifting target
It looked like we were walking backwards
Things receding as we approached
The hill was within reach
A reach that simply extended
Like Sisyphean
Until we had come close enough to look so that we could see
All the while making progress against our sense.
