windsong reflections: September 2010

... i just don't seem to have very much to say lately ... depression? mania? does it really matter why? it just is.

i'm still here.

why i write this blog

it is my past. it is an expression of me. it is my reality as i describe it.

gratitude for my many blessings. one-sided dialogue and rants of my life as a bipolar. the never-ending quest for acceptance and understanding which leads to peace. everything from the mundane to semi-philosophical.

sometimes I complain and sometimes i don't. sometimes, I'm just plain silly. sometimes i'm a smart ass and other times i can be an ass. or maybe just look like an ass.

sometimes i surprise even myself.

the older i get, the less i understand. growing old doesn't frighten me. growing ignorant does. It is amazing how old one can be and realize they have no idea who they are. It is frightening when it happens to you.

i have many, many more questions than i have answers.

i nurture an underground stream of optimism and hope that moves silently like a ghost throughout my soul.

i am human. i am far from perfect. but this is who i am and this is what i've got to work with.

oh ... and my Mom says I think too much ...
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Om Shanti Om
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admirable and truthful quotes

"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it." --Mary Engelbreit

"All of my life I have pursued my purpose. It danced before me in a fog, lacking distinct form or shape. When I stopped searching, once I became quiet; purpose revealed itself to me. Just breathe." -- Karen Hill

"When religion grows in age, faith turns into dogma, and experience is replaced by book-knowledge, virtue by adherence to rules, devotion by ritual, meditation by metaphysical speculation. The time is then ripe for a rediscovery of truth and a fresh attempt to give it expression in life." --Lama Govinda

"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." --Ray Bradbury

"As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying." --Stephen Fry

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. -- Bernard Meltzer

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. -- Gerry Spence

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. -- Ray Bradbury

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. -- Mason Cooley

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. -- Erasmus

You may say I'm a DREAMER but I'm not the only one. -- John Lennon

It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Fredrick Douglas

Choose to be optimistic...it feels better! - His Holiness, XIV Dalai Lama

If we were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. -- Edward O Wilson

Pray as though it all depends on God. Work as though it all depends on you. -- St. Augustine

To teach is to learn. -- japanese proverb

bumper stickers, t-shirt slogans, and other quips i enjoyed

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes!

Tree Hugging Dirt Worshipper

Touch the Earth Gently

Oh, no-not another learning experience!

Lord, help me to be the person my cat thinks I am.

Not all who wander are lost

Lord, help me be the person my psychiatrist medicates me to be.

Change how you see, not how you look

We are defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.

The activist is not the one who says the river is dirty, but the one who cleans it up.

Faith is a journey--not a guilt trip.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

Don't assume I share your prejudices

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Everything war can do, peace can do better

Good questions outrank easy answers

Question reality

God Bless the Whole World -- No Exceptions

What about a maximum wage?

Don't believe everything you think

Religion is for people afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who have been there.

Sorry I missed church. I've been busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian.

Don't get even. Get odd.

Remember who you wanted to be

Ask your doctor if medical advice from a commercial is right for you.

Bipartisanship: I'll hug your elephant if you'll kiss my ass

Zen Buddhism. Don't even think about it

Begin Within

Those who live without expectations shall never be disappointed.

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Journey Inward

windsong reflections

Saturday, September 4, 2010

it's interesting ...

fellow travelers

admirable and truthful quotes

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To friends, family, and caregivers of people with mental illness

bumper stickers, t-shirt slogans, and other quips i enjoyed