Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.

Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Anais Nin.

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Anais Nin.

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

That which happens in life is not as important as how you accept it. Walter Brueggeman -Unknown.

That which happens in life is not as important as how you accept it. Walter Brueggeman -Unknown.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

A pot clashes with its lid
In someones hurried kitchen
A telephone boils off the hook.
Outside, a car door
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A pot clashes with its lid
In someones hurried kitchen
A telephone boils off the hook.
Outside, a car door
An airplane pulls a drag of cloud.
muffled thunder.

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.