Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Experiences for which there are no words get along fine without them.

Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story.

If you want to set your life in order consider it already done.

Altruist: a person who wants to help people more than they want to be helped.

Put on a red nose and baggy pants when the circus is in town.

A blind man sees with his cane, like all the rest of us.

I like both: unicorns and horses.

When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live.

Everything is real when it happens and a dream afterwards.

Reasons are invented, not found.

Let every breeze draw you out of yourself.

Gravity is true for matter but not for the spirit.

One must plant a seed and let "it" speak.

No river could flow if it had to know its destination first.

You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much.

White sand, white foam, blue water. It's not a fantasy, it's real.

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  1. NP,

    What another lovely group of aphorisms! I so enjoy your writing. My favorites this time are:

    When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live. (I have always leapt in life--even when I should not have. I don't regret any of it any more though--and I would have leapt again).


    Reasons are invented, not found. (Ain't that the truth!).

    One must plant a seed and let "it" speak. (I love this also--this is what I do when I go into the prisons and talk to women about my life. I just try to plant a tiny seed and let that speak. Beautiful).

    Melinda

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  2. wow this is another beautiful post...

    Reasons are invented, not found...how true is this.

    I love your style

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  3. U are talking about reality of life. Very Nice. I wish u all the best.

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  4. "Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story"
    This is Lolita NP. Your blog warms my heart and mind. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.

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  5. as always, well done. I especially like:

    Put on a red nose and baggy pants when the circus is in town.



    it suits me :)

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  6. NP! Really thank you for sharing this! I can't wait to read the next post ^_^

    "You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much."

    I love that one! And in my case really true. Sometimes you just don't have to think that hard and you just have to let it come naturally!

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  7. Very inspiring, as usual. I think the one I like the most is "If you want to set your life in order consider it already done". Seems like a neverending task that we'd better just ignore.

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  8. Good stuff as usual.

    I like the "Reasons are invented not found."

    Inspiring!!

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  9. "No river could flow if it had to know its destination first."

    I love this. Just beautiful.

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  10. Beautiful.

    I've been waiting for another of your poems!! I to like both unicorns and horses, the imaginary and the real. Without both there is so little in life.

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  11. My favorite: You know you are on the wrong track if you're thinking too much. I takes awhile to understand this truth. It has taken me awhile to ge back to you.
    My back has prohibited me from blogging the last few days.Ihave to take medicine that makes it hard to work long at a time. I'm taking physical therapy and hope that will aleviate the need for another back operation which my heart doctor will probably not let me have because I have had three back operations in the last two years and my 73year-old 5-bypass heart won't stand the strain. So, please bear with me and I will get back as soon as I can. I had to change my carrier and internet provider, so I closed down the old Count Sneaky's Electric Notebook and opened up a new one:Count Sneaky's Journal at:countsneakysjournal.blogspot.com. It has the sme background ans slant but is a lot cleaner and easier to read.My best.

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  12. Friedrich Nietzche would be proud to have nihilist such as you as the best friend he never had...and your aphorisms makes you so "Human, all too Human."

    Thank you for your wisdom.

    Jason aka Humanbeing1940 on Blog Catelog

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  13. Last week there was a discussion thread regarding a BC member and the appropriate YouTube Video to go with them. I mistakenly put you with Mark Twain and I should have ( and did think of it the time too)put you with Will Rogers! Definitely Will Rogers!

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  14. Lovely! My favorites:

    If you want to set your life in order consider it already done.

    and

    I like both: unicorns and horses.

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  15. You know you are in wrong track when you think so much,,, heheheh sounds familiar hehehe similar to "there is no right nor wrong, thinking makes it so"

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  16. Hi Nothing Profound,

    "I like both: unicorns and horses" me, too!

    "If you want to set your life in order..." heh-heh

    "One must plant a seed..." yes, yes, yes

    All great, as usual!

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  17. I'm going to try leave a comment again. It's an honor to be your friend and read your aphorisms. Numbers 2, 4, 7 and 13 are my favorites this time.

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  18. Profound truisms. So very insightful and rich... Thank you....

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  19. "Behind every mssk there is a face and behind that is a story."

    Sums it up well for me. I am now realizing the "me" behind the mask, and through my words and images I am dedicated to telling my story.

    Just came in from a 12-step program meeting. Counting my day one step at a time and being grateful. Heard a "quip" I hadn't heard before:

    "At the center of Sin and the center of Pride, is "I". I have to move from "me" to "we" to truly survive."

    I am paraphrasing but I needed to write it down.

    Thank you.

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  20. There is just one problem...I don't like clowns...so then that would be very awkward of me to put on a red nose and baggy pants when the circus is in town... :) Frightful little things...those clowns are! :)

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  21. Sometimes I feel myself like the Altruist:-)
    I love your aphorisms very much.
    Thank you for invitation.
    Genrietta

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  22. These are awesome! I'm sorry to have been away so long but life settles and I find time again. Hugs and thanks for visiting. :) I'm excited to read more of you.
    Susan.

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  23. I love the one defining altruism. My father put it in less poetic words: "I f you want to have a soft heart, prepare to have a hard a**e...". That proved true to me as well. Aways enjoy popping here :-)

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  24. Simple, playful and provoking.

    In regards to how frequently you post, the saying 'it's quality not quantity' certainly rings true with you!

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  25. This is so good and in many cases so true thought provoking for me this morning.

    Dorothy from grammology
    grammology.com

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  26. Reasons are invinted, not found.......that one is my favorite

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  27. I've printed these out to inspire me as I edit photos. Perhaps a marriage of your words and my images will result.
    Layla AKA The Boomer Muse

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  28. I love taking these all in ....... and then doing it again.

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  29. I always enjoy reading your posts!

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  30. What a great set of thought provoking aforisms again. I especially love the one that says that 'experiences get along fine without the words' and the one to 'let the seed speak for itself'.

    At this moment my feelings toward 'words' and 'thoughts' are paradoxical to say the least. Indeed they often can not expres the real 'experience' or 'meaning' but they are very helpful in understanding things.

    And I am glad that people like you are capable of using words in a way that speak directly to your 'soul' (as I have no other word for calling it) that do not need any logic to be 'true'.

    Today on Twitter I saw another one in the same line that really clicked: 'Silence just said something. Don't lose it in translation'.

    Big danger! Well, to me at least.

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  31. This one is my favorite:
    'When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live". How true! having read this, I feel inspired and motivated to do more and take a step forward, or as you said, maybe actually leap!

    Thanks for sharing this, its a beautiful post!

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  32. cool as ever dude, i like this especially -

    You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much.

    Shut up brain! cheers for the post.

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  33. Again, I enjoy reading your post! As I read I feel as if the line, "No river could flow if it had to know its destination first" captures the nature of how you may write. There's a lovely flow to it indeed.

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  34. When in doubt... Leap!

    So true:) I live that truth... I'm a model for taking chances and seeing what's next. You're brilliant as usual!

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  35. "Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story."

    - i agree with this! because in every person lies a question and in every answer lies the truth! and yes marty! i am only 12. turning 13 on march of next year! can we be friends?

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  36. Words to live by, indeed.
    Thank you for the insights.

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  37. Awesome post!!! You are truly a wise man, dude. I hope you don't mind if I tweak some of your aphorisms...

    Experiences for which there are no words should be as good as sex.

    Behind every mask there is a face with a big pimple.

    If you want to set your life in order consider Oprah.

    Altruist: a person who wants to help people learn how to help themselves.

    Put on a red nose and baggy pants then enter politics.

    A blind man sees with his cane; an idiot declares war.

    Keep it going Marty!!

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  38. This blog has found a wonderful niche. Enjoying all of your posts very much. And,I like both Horses and Unicorns, too : )

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  39. "No river could flow if it had to know its destination first."

    fabulous and very strong to grasp the reader , i just love all your posts they are all unique and have something that makes them different from each other but the soul of all is same and that is N.P!

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  40. smiles...I love also..unicorns..and horses..
    nice posts.

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  41. "Experiences for which there are no words get along fine without them.

    Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story."

    Spent some of my high school years as an American in Asia. These two really speak to the Chinese culture of Taoism where some things cannot be spoken but only experienced. The other is about how many "faces" people present like the public face vs. the private as there are about 12 levels of "faces" that the Chinese culture teaches.

    Thanks for a great post, enjoyed it immensely since quotes, proverbs, sayings and parables are the core of a thinking society! Well done!

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  42. I really love and relate to this quote:

    "When in doubt leap. One needs a little courage to live."

    I would even go so far as to say that courage is essential to not only live, but to live FULLY.

    I love quotes and enjoyed this.
    Thank you.
    Robin Easton - Naked in Eden

    PS sorry it say "earth" I'm having trouble with my Google account.

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  43. I enjoy reading the comments as much as your posts! Really great!

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  44. Love the good and easy vibe that radiates from this site. Observation: I have also noticed that it seems to attract a "certain kind" of people. Mostly, the kind I like.

    ~Nards

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  45. It was a great news for me that NP has presented new quotes, like so many others I am also a fan of Marty's so deep thoughts.

    I would also like to list my favourites and they are:
    "Experiences for wich there are no words get along fine without them."

    "Gravity is true for matter but not for the spirit."


    Thank you so much Marty, you are really a wonderful thinker.

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  46. This one right here does it for me. Very well said.

    Let every breeze draw you out of yourself.

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  47. I always enjoy reading what the more intelligent (nothing profound) have to say. Enjoy your day!!

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  48. You have a brilliant mind. Every aphorism can bring out a realization or remind something significant in life, or define life itself. Everything is profound in your posts!

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  49. "When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live." - hmmm, I'm doing good just to take a step usually!

    "Everything is real when it happens and a dream afterwards." - what a beautiful description of nostalgia!

    "You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much." I must always be on the wrong track then! :)

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  50. My pick: "Put on a red nose and baggy pants when the circus is in town."


    Marty, one line of few words has all the power. Every!

    It is always pleasure to read you!

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  51. Lots of good, thought provoking quotes here! Pardon while I rummage through pockets for a couple cents to throw in....

    *You know you've hit bottom when things get worse faster than you can lower your standards. (Unknown)

    *It is not clear that intelligence has any long term survival value. (Stephen Hawking)

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  52. "A blind man sees with his cane, like all the rest of us."

    That is perhaps the truest thing I have read in a long time. Thanks for prodding my mind and sending more thoughts a-swirling, nothing!

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  53. I like these ones, and maybe will try to "remember" them :-):

    "When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live."

    "One must plant a seed and let "it" speak."

    I am in a busy time at present, so I cannot check your page frequently, but surely do not forget at all...It's always nice to read your writing as usual...

    Best wishes to you!

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  54. Indeed: Behind every mask, there is a face that have a story :) Keep it up :D ~ Hicham

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  55. Great stuff...particularly the experiences one and the reasons one...

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  56. Well, as usual another great post full of wisdom! At the moment, the following clicked me the most:"No river could flow if it had to know its destination first."

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  57. NP: Your handle is such a falsehood. You are a truly profound and intimate thinker. I intend to visit yor sight often. You words are inspiring.

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  58. I am happy for you and the times you are experiencing.

    :-)

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  59. Reasons are invented, not found.


    This is my favorite ! But they are all good! You are great at coming up with them.. it's a joy reading! :)

    Take care and much love,
    Ingrid

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  60. Marty your amazing!! I love your aphorisms. "Everything is real when it happens and a dream afterwards." My friend and I recently had a conversation about this very particular thought..

    It is true how much of a dream things feel after the fact. You know they happened, but at the same time it feels like it was just a passing thought.

    Life is an amazing thing...

    Great thought provoking aphorisms..

    Also, I would like to thank you for your kindness and beautiful words of encouragment. I am blessed by your friendship. Thank you
    Blessings
    Rev Deb

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  61. When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live.

    You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much.

    These two are my favourite.

    They remind me of one of my own favourites:

    Feel the fear and do it anyway.

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  62. Excellent words of wisdom - it all come down to attitude! I especially like this "if you want to set your life in order consider it already done"

    Great stuff! Thanks

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  63. I love reading you, and your take on politics which I got from your comment to Mal. A dose of your words is like a fresh breeze that ventilates my mind. I'm coming back for more.

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  64. as great as ever! keep em coming :D

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  65. 'when in doubt, leap'

    Though this line may seem antagonistic at first, I get the meaning that lies behind it. Too much worry, anxiety and dwellings keep us frozen in thought.

    Leap by following your insticts. Thank you for your words of wisdom. They speak clearly to me :)

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  66. Good stuff. You seem to have a good grip on both head and heart--a great place to be and a good combo to share with the world.

    Many blessings and thanks for connecting with me.

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  67. I look forward to more of your posts...you have a wonderful way of sharing such eloquent thoughts.
    Have a beautiful day...
    Nancy

    gulfgal-nancysworld.blogspot.com

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  68. do you write these or collect them? they are simply awesome. can i share them with my friends? would you like me to use your blog address in that case?

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  69. Hi Marty,

    Finally I got here! It has been a while. =P

    I am glad to read your peaceful contemplating since I don't participate into BC discussions. As always I like your style and grace in words and life view. =)

    I really like the last aphorism (it is real!) and the one about river & destination. =)

    Ekaterina

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  70. These aphorisms aren’t half bad! It’s the brief, condensed twists of linguistic spaghetti like these “poetic snippets of wisdom” that does the job in the end: to fill-out the vacant spaces within one’s appetites and desires. Now, please be so kind as to go to: http://swamiraj.wordpress.com/ , where you may, or may not, be suitably enlightened for your subsequent choice of efforts…

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  71. That is really inspirational.Makes you think! I like "Gravity is true for matter but not for the spirit" the most~

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  72. Excellent!
    I have several favorites, but my MOST favorite is:


    You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much.

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  73. Great writing! I felt a lot of emotion coming out of your words.

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  74. I love your style! Complimenti, Lisa

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  75. Hello, I really like your poem, life is a difficult way, you must try to be simple if you have that choice (sometimes we havent that choice), a little of fantasy is good in life like you say about unicorns, no matters if you are thinking in real world for must of the time. Let be yourself like the river, like the seed, the world is a strange place and many times without sense, live and breath, dream and keep walking with that dreams. A hug.

    Mario.

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  76. "You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much." Hell yeah!

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  77. Have you read the Truth of Masks by Oscar Wilde?

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  78. With Google help, I read these pills of wisdom, compliments ...Very profound.
    Thanks for the visit, :-) with sympathy, Lisa

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  79. When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live.

    Then one must need to leap of faith hehehe Soren Kierkegaard

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  80. I am waiting for more pearls of wisdom from you, NP.

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  81. Hi Nothingprofound! I thought I'd stop by and read some of your wonderful lines of wisdom for I so need them today. It's been hectic so I need soothing words. I thought I'd share this little quote with you which I have on my main website. I love it and it makes me smile. So I hope it will make you smile too. :)

    The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
    -Robert Louis Stevenson

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  82. i really enjoy reading your blog.

    "You know you're on the wrong track if you're thinking too much." --- :D

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  83. good list - the first one got me thinking right away. waiting for the next list - thanks

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  84. I wrote something once about daring to be brave, about how sometimes that can be it's own reward (& astonish those around you so greatly that it just might work, after all.) Nice blog--keep up the good work. :)

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  85. wise words as usual with hidden meaning

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  86. Beautiful as usual!!!

    My favorites this time:

    "Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story."
    and
    "I like both:unicorns and horses."

    Your words are a delight for the soul.

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  87. Thank you for the beautiful aphorisms, although this particular one:

    "Reasons are invented, not found."

    May or may not be true depending upon what you mean by a reason.

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  88. I enjoyed reading your blog for the first time. My favorite -"Gravity is true for matter but not for the spirit. Recently my spirit began to soar as I created music, added to a video of my artwork and uploaded to YouTube. It was a leap of faith, a big change for me in my quiet world.

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  89. Another great set of words of wisdom! thanks for sharing!

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  90. Ok this made my day. Absolute favorite line
    Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story.

    This is so very true. The old me thought masks were necessary to protect yourself but me today thinks that people wear masks to hide from the realness of the world and project a false self that they think others want.

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  91. Interesting poetry, I enjoy listening to different types of poetry this is what makes us enjoy various types of content.

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  92. I like unicorns!

    I also try to never over-think things because when I do I always end up doing the wrong thing.

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  93. Nice to read someone take something it would take me 15 words to express, do it in 9!!
    "One must plant a seed and let "It" speak"

    I will be coming back to glean more of your intriguing writings.
    Best to you!

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  94. That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing yourself.

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  95. What a marvelous blog!!! Love all the great vibes here. :D

    Have a super day!
    JJ

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  96. That one "behaind avery mask..." is perfect.

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  97. yes, reasons are invented.. as are most assumed concepts in "reality" as seen through human consciousness perspective.
    In Buddhism we call this "Sangkhara"

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  98. Hi great literary work. Keep it up.

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  99. Behind every mask there is a face and behind that a story.

    Excellent. This line is so real in everyday life.


    A blind man sees with his cane, like all the rest of us.

    The cane I wonder... with a very dirty mind. ;-)

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  100. A lot of wisdom.
    I must admit however that I've never looked good in a red nose. ha!


    I would add only one note from my personal stash.

    Galoshes were made so that you can jump into rain puddles.
    Never forget to jump in the puddles.

    xxx
    T

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  101. Pretty thoughts. I liked your comment on the BC thread, as well, about posting without concern for traffic. I invite you to visit my blog, too, when you get a moment.
    ~Donna

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  102. I loved it! SPecially this line, "When in doubt, leap. One needs a little courage to live." It's true. It means a lot to someone who has a life like mine.

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  103. I like this one the best: One must plant a seed and let "it" speak.... :)

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  104. good posts..
    loved reading the blog entries

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  105. Great post!!! This is my favorite:
    One must plant a seed and let "it" speak. I want to plant a forest. :D

    Cheers! JJ

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  106. I like: If you want to set your life in order consider it already done.

    And I agree!

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  107. These are stunning and very profound. Hard to choose a favourite, but one that I will think about and which I am feeling so much is:

    Everything is real when it happens and a dream afterwards.

    henry

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  108. What a lovely find today. I am especially cheered by:

    If you want to set your life in order consider it already done.

    Wonderful. Now I can get on to other things...

    I have bookmarked your blog...

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  109. it's not a tantalizing obsession.. I was only kidding.
    LOL..
    thanks for taking your precious time to visit my blog.

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  110. As usual nothing less than excellent, and as usual I will have to return a few times to fully appreciate them all.

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  111. There are some words that I didn't know the meaning of it.

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