"Even after all this time the Sun never says to the Earth 'you owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky."
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hafiz.
"Even after all this time the Sun never says to the Earth 'you owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky."
Sunday, March 6, 2011
"Society, You're A Crazy Breed. I Hope You're Not Lonely Without Me."
"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness an just be happy"
My fortune as a result of last night's craving for some Chinese seems to speak multitudes of my life's current circumstance. Since the disastrious domino effect of about a month ago, I seem to have regained some balance in mindset. I'm somehow managing to survive my 19 hours of classes this semester and all the obstacles it seems to have been throwing out at me, all the long nights of no sleep and disappointments that were added to the mix. Things have been pretty nice of late though. These days it seems as if i'm continually inspired, continually appreciative, continually motivated by my typically highly erratic ideals. I've been regaining my footing, I've met someone that makes me happier than I've been in a long time, I'm rerealizing just how fortunate I am to have the friends and family that I have, and there's the anticipation of the next week spent outdoors. In about an hour I head out to the New River Gorge in West Virgina to spend the week rafting, camping, and climbing. Water levels of the New are supposedly 13x normal, it's dumping snow outside as I type suggesting quite a cold night ahead, and there's the possibility of rain that could hinder the climbing later on, but my eagerness to get outside seems to have only been strengthened. I think I've finally paused from my pursuit of happiness, to finally just be happy.
My fortune as a result of last night's craving for some Chinese seems to speak multitudes of my life's current circumstance. Since the disastrious domino effect of about a month ago, I seem to have regained some balance in mindset. I'm somehow managing to survive my 19 hours of classes this semester and all the obstacles it seems to have been throwing out at me, all the long nights of no sleep and disappointments that were added to the mix. Things have been pretty nice of late though. These days it seems as if i'm continually inspired, continually appreciative, continually motivated by my typically highly erratic ideals. I've been regaining my footing, I've met someone that makes me happier than I've been in a long time, I'm rerealizing just how fortunate I am to have the friends and family that I have, and there's the anticipation of the next week spent outdoors. In about an hour I head out to the New River Gorge in West Virgina to spend the week rafting, camping, and climbing. Water levels of the New are supposedly 13x normal, it's dumping snow outside as I type suggesting quite a cold night ahead, and there's the possibility of rain that could hinder the climbing later on, but my eagerness to get outside seems to have only been strengthened. I think I've finally paused from my pursuit of happiness, to finally just be happy.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"The Stacks Are Your Load."
There are few things better than dimmed lights, rain, Bon Iver, and overwhelming contentment.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Do The Evolution.
What I learned in geology today...
1. My professor quite frequently refers to Charles Darwin as "Chuck".
2. There's research that our appendix, commonly known as the supposed definition of a vestigial orgain, might actually be of importance afterall...oops.
3. Geologists are one of the only ones that put time on the y-axis. It looks weirder than it sounds.
4. Embryology is kind of gross.
5. Embryologically, we're closer to starfish than cockroaches...what a relief...
Yes, today was productive.
1. My professor quite frequently refers to Charles Darwin as "Chuck".
2. There's research that our appendix, commonly known as the supposed definition of a vestigial orgain, might actually be of importance afterall...oops.
3. Geologists are one of the only ones that put time on the y-axis. It looks weirder than it sounds.
4. Embryology is kind of gross.
5. Embryologically, we're closer to starfish than cockroaches...what a relief...
Yes, today was productive.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
How Do You Expect Me To Respond To This.
I wonder what would happen if people expressed every feeling that they had every moment that they had them.
Friday, February 4, 2011
"Promise What You Will...Time Will Take It All And It Will, You'll See."
I seem to be in a near constant battle royal of sorts with expectations and life.
You want to know why I've never been much of a planner? For anyone that knows me, they know it can't stem from indolence. It's because life doesn't care if you've made plans in advance, it's going to do whatever it wants to do whether in line with your expectations or not, as the past few weeks has clearly shown me.
The problem that most people run into is what to do when life does intervene and all notions of control seem to be wrecked. It seems that no matter what preparations one makes, they are are essentially null and void in the grand scheme of things, when compared to life's largely unknown intentions. That's where people are wrong though. Hell, that's where I'm usually wrong.
It's in those impromptu decisions made at the crux of crumbling plans in which one has the most control. I think those are the moments that truly define people and what they will get out of life. Flexibility is grossly underrated. Paired with, as cliche as it sounds, a positive outlook flexibility can pretty much solve any of life's hurdles. I don't know how many times I have to prove this to myself to actually heed my own advice.
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
-Bruce Lee
You want to know why I've never been much of a planner? For anyone that knows me, they know it can't stem from indolence. It's because life doesn't care if you've made plans in advance, it's going to do whatever it wants to do whether in line with your expectations or not, as the past few weeks has clearly shown me.
The problem that most people run into is what to do when life does intervene and all notions of control seem to be wrecked. It seems that no matter what preparations one makes, they are are essentially null and void in the grand scheme of things, when compared to life's largely unknown intentions. That's where people are wrong though. Hell, that's where I'm usually wrong.
It's in those impromptu decisions made at the crux of crumbling plans in which one has the most control. I think those are the moments that truly define people and what they will get out of life. Flexibility is grossly underrated. Paired with, as cliche as it sounds, a positive outlook flexibility can pretty much solve any of life's hurdles. I don't know how many times I have to prove this to myself to actually heed my own advice.
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
-Bruce Lee
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