Random Awesomeness

Amazement of this kind is rarely felt twice. Life quickly wears it down. ------ Gaston Bachelard ------ Simple enjoyment in every moment. Sharing beauty so fragile. So completely in the here and now. A slight deterioration along one edge. Integral to appreciation. How? ------ Flowers are lovely; Love is flower-like; Friendship is a sheltering tree; [...]

Sitting together (the key to understanding this) In the darkness (the challenge to ego and proclivity) Waiting (the unavoidable practice) For something to happen (also translated as "something to burst or break") ------ The future is dark only in that it is unknown The past is dark only in that it is unexplored The here and [...]

Ready for clearing All voices return as one Only love remains ------ Blessed... m(___)m

Flat on my back In the sand My love, right here Right here And A thousand miles away We laugh, together I dream about forever May she never, never cry Again I'm not a fool But for you My love, right now Right now How This buffoon held at bay I slip, my tether She [...]

We aren't exactly chummy, Ronald and me. Oh I don’t hate him or anything like that, it’s just that we have almost nothing in common. Well, we are nearly the same age, but that's about it. Our relationship is very simple. Ronald leaves his place open for me to use as often as I like [...]

I've seen so many of them here. Here on Oahu's "West Side". "The West Side... " A loaded moniker for sure among local people. Often declared with pride when thus self-identified. Nanakuli, Maili, Waianae... Makaha! Farrington Highway fronts them all to the end. All the way to Makua and Kaena Point. ------ I've seen them [...]

A moment of silence. Changes a trajectory. That momentum had promised to bring. Forever. I look for reasons to stay. To linger in this place. Between movement and responsibility. Above all hope. No faith. No tether. No certainty. No expectations. The food is good here, but the music kinda sucks. ------- Blessed... m(___)m

Step #1 Begin. Step #2 Realize that you have already begun. Step #3 Begin realizing that you realize. (that wonderful awareness loop) Step #4 Smile. Step #5 Step out of any "ideas" coming into your "mind" and find a way... to play. Step #6 Play some more. Step #7 Find someone you love and gaze [...]

"Sometimes people ask me, well, what is the best form of practice that I should do? And I’ll often say, the very best form of practice that you can do is that form of practice that you do, whatever that is. But practice is really important. The regularity of practice is something that really can’t [...]