Ram Dass tells a story about a man rowing on a lake high in the mountains in fog so thick you can’t see your fingers unless you hold them right in front of your eyes. While he is rowing, he runs into something, probably another boat. He starts yelling loudly, “Watch where you’re going. Can’t [...]
*It is noted I did NOT write this story. I’ve heard many variations, nevertheless it is still a great story.
A very religious man who had followed God’s commandments his whole life found himself living in a house on the banks of a river that was rising. It was raining hard and all predictions were for [...]
I walked alone upon a road beside a hill
Where I saw an open grave lying still
All alone beneath a tree, when I came near
The darkness grew, took my sight, left the fear
For there, right there, in front of me
There was my name, inscribed on stone,
beneath the tree.
Unsure, I tripped, I grasped for land
I grabbed [...]
When you’re the oldest child of immigrant parents, you plow the path as if you were a John Deere. They think it’s 1930 Poland or Romania. In reality it’s 1960 Phoenix, Arizona USA. They say “no” a lot! Because life costs too much, they have four children to raise, and few financial resources. You have [...]
September 1979, during my first week at Airesearch in Torrance, CA my new boss Brent asked me about the ACES II F-16 ejection seat contracts I was administering. I looked back at him with blank eyes. “What product are you selling? How does it work? Have you seen it or touched it? What’s a [...]
It matters not
who did
what to whom
or why…
It matters only
how we get
from there
to here
and when.
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1. This is it!
2. There are no hidden meanings.
3. You can’t get there from here, and besides there’s no place else to go.
4. We are all already dying, and we will be dead for a long time.
5. Nothing lasts.
6. There is no way of getting all you want.
7. You can’t have anything unless you let go of it.
8. You only [...]
