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Sunday, November 30, 2008 ( 11:00 AM ) shut up christine this is possibly my most favorite book dedication of all time: TO LEON WERTH I ask the children who may read this book to forgive me for dedicating it to a grown up. My first and most serious reason is that he is the best friend I have in the world. My second reason is that this grown-up understands everything, even books for children. And my third reason is that he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, then I want to dedicate this book to the little boy whom this grown-up once was. All grown-ups were children once, although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication: To Leon Werth, when he was a Little Boy A. De S.E, 1944; The Little Prince #Friday, November 21, 2008 ( 11:51 AM ) shut up christine Be deeply watchful of how thoughts arise out of nothing and pass away into nothing. Exercise the mind in a fearless way, not thinking about things but with silent awareness. When we can settle back into the moment realizing that past and future are simply thoughts in the present, then we are freeing ourselves from the bondage of time. There is NOTHING to hold onto, NOTHING to grasp at, because it is all changing in the moment. When there are strong painful feelings in the body the tendency is such that the mind and body tense in reaction to pain. When we find ourselves tensing because of pain, examine the quality of unpleasantness carefully, the quality of painfulness. Become mindful of that feeling and the mind will naturally come to a state of balance. When the mind is silent, relaxed, and attentive, pain is experienced not as a solid mass but as a flow arising and vanishing moment to moment. There is a kind of monkey trap used in Asia. A coconut is hollowed out and attached by a rope to a tree or stake in the ground. At the bottom of the coconut a small slit is made and some sweet food is placed inside. The hole on the bottom of the coconut is just big enough for the monkey to slide in his open hand, but does not allow for a closed fist to pass out. The monkey smells the sweets, reaches in with his hand to grasp the food and is then unable to withdraw it. The clenched fist won't pass through the opening. When the hunters come, the monkey becomes frantic but cannot get away. There is no one keeping that monkey captive, except the force of its own attachment. All that it has to do is to open the hand. But so strong is the force of greed in the mind that it is a rare monkey which can let go. It is the desires and clinging in our minds which keep us trapped. All we need to do is to open our hands, let go of our selves, our attachment, and be free. -The Experience of Insight, Joseph Goldstein # Wednesday, November 19, 2008 ( 12:56 AM ) shut up christine why are trivial things so painful tonight i said goodbye to seema, she leaves for india on sunday. she asked if i wanted to send anything to ahmedabad i only wanted to give him one thing, a letter, but i didn't finish writing it it wouldn't have fit into her suitcase all the things i wanted to say ironically, hundreds of pages of nothing just how are you and what are you doing today words i take for granted. on an entirely different note. i am watching a story on CNN about the plight of polar bears and i hate how this makes me miss someone i used to know who had a polar bear pillowcase that i used to sleep on why do we do things like this # Friday, November 14, 2008 ( 12:58 PM ) shut up christine 
i am Thee Worst Maid of Honor in the History of the Universe Since the Beginning of Time.
barf! Monday, November 10, 2008 ( 10:21 PM ) shut up christine guidance. maybe my brain didn't develop correctly, but i cannot comprehend, i cannot grasp the concept of cardinal directions. N E S W, WTF. when i'm driving, 94% of my brain is dedicated solely to avoid hitting pedestrians; i don't have the mental capacity to figure out which direction i am traveling in if i exit the 605 S, then make three left turns and a right. i don't get it. anyway, i'm not sure who did this, but an anonymous person gifted me a GPS. dude. i am blessed to have friends who help me find my way when i am lost, literally, and in every aspect of my life. # Tuesday, November 04, 2008 ( 11:59 AM ) shut up christine a friend wrote this to me. i'm not judging them and i hope you won't either. we are all entitled to our own. you are completely free to disagree with me, and i appreciate your perspective. being open & listening to other ideas can only broaden my own understanding. Dear Christine, I do not want to sound harsh. But because I care for you and because I am commanded to tell the truth according to the Scripture in love, I will therefore go ahead and say, clearly you are being “blinded” by “sin” and Satan. The God you worship is not from the Bible. Yes you are right that God is love, but God is also a wrathful and angry God to those who pervert His justice (Romans 1; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Matthew 7; Romans 3:10-18; Deuteronomy 12:31; Ezekiel 18:4, 20; Isaiah 1:4-6; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Proverbs 28:13). Clearly this is what you are doing now, perverting His justice by condoning sin to reign in this world. Many of the ideas you have about God are taken out of context and must be repented of soon. If you want truth, start with Scripture, not yourself. This is what is called inductive reasoning that will lead you no where. Many of philosophers who performed deductive reasoning failed in their explanation against the Bible. Start with the Bible. That is deductive reasoning. Starting with yourself as the origin of truth is blasphemous and will get you no where. I guarantee it. It is as if you are chasing after the wind. I urge you Christine to repent from your sinfulness and place your trust in Jesus Christ. God must be preeminent above all things; that includes the government and your unbiblical ideas about God. The fact that you are still breathing right now is a testament of God’s providential mercy towards you. Dear Christine, I urge you once more to please ask God to open your eyes to the truth. I do not want you to go to hell. Please feel free to talk to me. I would love to talk to you about the true God of the Holy Bible. It would be my pleasure to talk to you more about what the Bible says how one should live. Take care my friend. Turn to God and flee from the Wrath to come (John 3) because all the good works you do is meaningless to God if you do not have a clear understanding of how God works (Isaiah 64:6). p.s. I stand by it. I am voting no on prop 8. I believe marriage is a fundamental right, regardless of how you feel about religion. YOU do not have to accept same sex marriage, YOUR place of worship doesn't have to recognize it. That is the beauty of this country; YOU can believe whatever you want. But the Government cannot eliminate this right. The Government cannot take that choice from someone else. there must be a separation between church and state # |
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my sister and aldrich are so effing adorable i'm gonna kill myself. she is gorgeous, no? life is unfair.
