Far from having a “bucket list”, I now understand that the proper conduct of the second half of life is to approach something like what the Tibetan Buddhists call tukdam, to do less and less, but only to sit and meditate, and to breathe once every century or so, so that by the time you actually … Continue reading The Good Life Closes Out Bad Possibilities
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Zuihitsu, 2022-10
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. When dealing with enemies, the goal must not be diagnosis, but defeat. All observation is drenched in theory. The problem with rowing your … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-10
Zuihitsu, 2022-09
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Make a decision. The one true religion, survival. True creation requires sacrifice. Always be moving. The idea they one should do whatever it … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-09
Zuihitsu, 2022-08
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Something doesn’t have to last forever for it to be successful. Perfect happiness is the privilege of deciding when things end.—Sarah Manguso If … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-08
Zuihitsu, 2022-07
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. You do not need to be related to relate. Stop seeing life as a canvas to fill and see it as marble to … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-07
Zuihitsu, 2022-06
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Cocaine is a drug for the lonely.Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.—Alan WattsThere's … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-06
Zuihitsu: 2022-05
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Architecture is what you do with the potential of life. —Sir Peter CookSpecialization tends to shut off the wide-band tuning searches and thus … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-05
Zuihitsu: 2022-04
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. 1. I tell you: one must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.—Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche2. Build, test, and … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-04
Zuihitsu: 2022-03
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. 1. Distrust turns quickly to dislike.2. The difference between saying something to or about someone is the latter is always gossip.3. Children don't … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-03
Zuihitsu: 2022-02
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file.1. Learn to forgive quickly.2. When can you walk on thin ice? Two weeks after you have seen the first ice fisherman out there.3. … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-02
Zuihitsu: 2022-01
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. 1. You need to play it poorly before you get anywhere good.2. Higher variance in key.3. Caring more is the first step to … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2022-01
Zuihitsu: 2021-12
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here's this month's installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Patience is also a form of action.–Auguste RodinDo I need to insert myself into this conversation?The grass is always greener on the side … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-12
Zuihitsu: 2021-11
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. 1. Give the conversational ball back.2. Stories from yourself and trusted people are almost the only kind of evidence that’s real.3. The secret of life is to do something you care about.4. Listening means willing to be changed. 5. Brevity is achieved by … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-11
Live Long & Prosper
"Behavioral scientists have spent a lot of time studying what makes us happy (and what doesn’t). We know happiness can predict health and longevity, and happiness scales can be used to measure social progress and the success of public policies. But happiness isn’t something that just happens to you. Everyone has the power to make … Continue reading Live Long & Prosper
