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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...

Our 2 hour marriage

 I was 36, had not aged

She was splendid in her thoughts

 which ran from her mind

and through her eyes 

like silent, cool blue fires

Burdens were shared

Things I could not

Feel 

She honored them again

with her supple mind

And made them visible

Again and Again

She begged to be heard

With those desperate eyes

And I listened

We were married,

And

divorced

in those two hours

at the noodle restaurant

Divorced by the eyes of others...

Because this thing

could not survive 

In an age of the unreal

or in our present form

or with others

looking on

I'm unsure which

but with their roles

pressing into us

cutting into us like

border wires

Philosopher's guilt

Our shame

Our destiny

Our bond




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