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Aw, @waikiki just sent me these pictures of my little "sister" @lass and I from when we were all in Norfolk shooting the last DVD with @sean and @missy and all the gang. Seems so long ago and make me miss all those amazing women. I think that was the last time I shot anything actually. I seem to have gone into hiding in that
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On longer evenings,
Light, chill and yellow,
Bathes the serene
Foreheads of houses.
A thrush sings,
Laurel-surrounded
In the deep bare garden,
Its fresh-peeled voice
Astonishing the brickwork.
It will be spring soon,
It will be spring soon —
And I, whose childhood
Is a forgotten boredom,
Feel like a child
Who comes on a scene
Of adult reconciling,
And can understand nothing
But the...
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If I was lucky enough to own a fence, I would put a sign on it saying "Dear being, please feel free to tie your bike here if that would be convenient for you. It's of no consequence to me or the fence if a bicycle is attached to it for a few hours or days or weeks and heaven knows, people need places to...
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Open the Door To Me, Oh

Oh, open the door, some pity to shew,

If love it may na be, Oh;

Tho' thou hast been false, I'll ever prove true,

Oh, open the door to me, oh.

Cauld is the blast upon my pale cheek,

But caulder thy love for me, oh:

The frost that freezes the life at my heart,

Is nought to my...
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"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, compassion."

"Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being."

"Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it."

I noticed that it was the birthday of
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“When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of colors, of words, of caresses, there are light touches, scents, sighs, cadences that arise, shroud me, carry me away, and sweep me beyond the things I see, hear, or think, The "sublime" object dissolves in the raptures of a bottomless...
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Notes on the Melody of Things

Sky is free.

Ocean is blissful.

Trees are divine.

Rocks are enlightened.

So are we.

Who is still searching ...

for what?

-- Anam Thubten Rinpoche

Hmmm. Happy Christmas xxx

I feel like I was a bit extreme in my last journal, having realised that despite my momentary crisis of emotions, life goes on. Everything else is still there, the "good" and the "bad". It definitely helps in those moments of panic to read of similar situations, to feel kindness, reassurance and take some good advice. I thank you for taking the time and effort...
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“Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception; he knows not Length, nor Breadth, nor Height, for he has had no experience of them; he has no cognizance even of the number Two; nor has he a...
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“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current...
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