being human – three good words

No rush

Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

More postcards and personal letters. More in-person visits. More long conversations. More hours where “unreachable” is real.

More typewriters, Xerox, fax machines. More quiet evenings and comfortable silences, more of the Old World that disappeared.

No more computers? Time would slow down immediately.

#throwback

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

We are on our 687th unprecedented mega-event and 539th historical moment. Perspective is so last century.* #dailysnark

*Daily Affirmations, if wanted:

•Be kind, but be ready to fight.

• Don’t tolerate bullshit. Not even your own.

• Take time to enjoy the planet. Earth is beautiful.

• Build community, no matter how small.

• Life is wild. Sometimes, you’ll be down, confused, afraid. That’s human.

• You gotta fight for your right to party. And time to sit back and unwind.

And there is a moment
And for a second it all makes sense
And then it slips
And you end up chasing that something-or-other all your life

there is no crime in compassion
no weakness in genuine
gentleness
though one must use one’s head
(pearls before swine and all that).

many stop short of acts of kindness
for fear of appearing
ridiculous.

that is a pity.

so many are lost in loneliness
because loving deeds are left undone
kind words left unsaid
and letters written
then tossed aside
left for dead.

this is a pity.

we must love to live
a life worth living
love is like oxygen.

so be ridiculous –
every now and then
be your absolute
self
the one we’re taught to
hide and deny

that part that is
our inner child:
surprisingly insightful
innocently tender and kind.