March 2012
2 posts
Leap Day
Today is a day that, in a way, should not exist. It speaks to the subjectivity and arbitrary nature of time. This is a day where things are not the same. And in this I feel like there should be some major meaning. Some gesture. Some life-altering consequence of this day that is exactly like all others, except that some years it is not there. It is an arbitrary event and I wish I could...
February 2012
14 posts
I Would Make A Better Buddhist Than I Do A...
This is a simple statement of fact. If I were to base my belief system purely on logic and my own ability to comprehend and implement, I would be a Buddhist in a heartbeat. I so want to eliminate desire in my life. I do believe that all life is suffering. Our desires and attachments are things that cause us pain. All of this makes perfect sense to me.
But there is something more. He who has...
Fun
And I know I can be more clever And I know I can be more strong But I’m waiting for the day You’ll come back and say “Hey, maybe I should change my mind”
I drink a lot I’m not sure if that’s new….
Words
There is such power in words. I know this seems basic, but I think the more correct word is foundational (see what I did there?) They give meaning to things. They let us express and create. For someone like me, whose mind is made up of grand things, but possesses no power to draw or play music, words become the only release.
There is an old quote that people seem to love: “Preach the...
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands. Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the...
Beauty in Freedom
I tend to be drawn to the water. It has been this way for all my life. I grew up on Lake Michigan, and many nights I would venture out and walk down the pier alone to go sit by the water. At MSU I have repeatedly found little places by the Red Cedar to sit and write. I go for walks by the pond next to my condo. Even in Turkey I spent most nights down on the rocks by the river.
I think that...
Just Some Manly Sayings
A true warrior is the last to pick up his weapon, and the first to put it down. Fight reluctantly, and save your strength for respect and compassion.
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a MAN, I put away childish things.”- Apostle Paul 1st Corinthians 13:11
“Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and...
We were born to be troubadours We’d run and sing, we’d cry out loud Laughter, mirth, and praise would ring From hill to valley, North and South, The beats of horse and heart would count our time And our words were proud. We’ve grown silent, and stagnant Unmoving and strained with scratched throats And charred earth on every side. Fear felled our faith and chaos quelled our love. We were born to...
Childish Gambino
This is on a bus back from camp. I’m thirteen and so are you. Before I left for camp I imagined it would be me and three or four other dudes I hadn’t met yet, running around all summer, getting into trouble. It turned out it would be me and just one girl. That’s you. And we’re still at camp as long as we’re on the bus and not at the pickup point where our parents would be waiting for us....
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed...
One Manly Man
When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. And the LORD...
