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Scrambled cities: If you're not gonna do the work(on your soul), then you might as well work til you die

 There are two tiers in normal life. Those who are survive and those who thrive.  But nothing is a mistake in life: Nothing comes by chance. You have to prepare for it.  If you thought life was about making money and beating out the Jones's, you've lost already.  Life is: Desire for connection. All unhealthy competition is isolating. We live in an isolated-enough world already. This connection comes from a surprising place: Self-acceptance. A lot of us need to go back to the classroom. A lot of us need to take a silent breather and check in with what we need. This takes serious work. It's the real work. It relies on respect for others and self-respect.  A lot of people in the self-help community try to push the self aside: Manning up is the only side of it they see. But there are certain non-negotiables in this life. Certain things we can't cheat ourselves out of. We are not a piece of meat being acted on.    However, this is where God comes in. Some o...
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I am learning to appreciate the small things in life again

This afternoon I was down.

And I really do mean down. I had no will to carry on; could find nothing of value. No principles to set me on the forward path. I was despicably, incorrigibly down. There was nothing you could say to me that would turn my mind away from my phlegmatic doldrums. If you had said to me; "Ana Lilou is here to see you", I would have remarked: "What does she want to do with me?"

A little background on Ana Lilou. Ana is a writer. She's also one of the most beautiful women I've seen in my life. But don't get your hopes up. I only saw her on Facebook. 

All the nymphets in the world can't save me when I'm in a despicable state like that. 

The key to authentic living is to get away from technology. I was filling up every gap of this emotional dam I'm in with technology; left right and center. I wasn't interested in getting to know my real emotions. 

So what did it take to come right, you ask? A bit of down time, a bit of time away from technology.  A bit of time appreciating the really little things in life. And by little, I mean the subtle fragrances of cabbage in a stir fry. I mean the things that exist outside the orbit humanity has created for itself. I mean the little nuances that I had forgotten about. 

My mother remarked on how amazing the difference between a walnut and a macadamia was. It's something I wouldn't care for before. If I wasn't in this sudden phase of appreciating subtleties again, I would not have given this observation the time of day. 

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