“The path of least resistance is rarely the path of wisdom.”
~ Tim Cook
School of Love
Nizar Qabbani
Your love taught me how to grieve,
And for centuries I needed a woman to make me grieve,
I needed a woman
To make me cry on her shoulders like a bird,
I needed a woman to collect my pieces like broken glass.
Oh my lady, your love taught me the worst of my habits,
It taught me how to drink coffee a thousand times every night,
It taught me how to visit doctors and ask soothsayers,
It taught me to go out to scan the streets,
To seek your face in the rain and in the lights,
To chase your shadow in the faces of strangers,
To hunt your aura even in the newspapers!
Your love showed me the sadness city,
Which I have never entered ere you,
I have never known that the tear is humane,
And the human without tears is just a memory!
Your love taught me
How to draw your face on the walls with chalk like kids,
It taught me how love can change the map of times,
It taught me that when I love,
The earth stands still!
Your love showed me what hallucination is,
It taught me how to love you in every little thing,
In the bare, autumn trees,
In the falling, yellow leafs,
In the rain,
In every cafeteria in which we drank our black coffee,
My lady, your love taught me to sleep in nameless hotels,
And to sit by nameless shores,
It taught me to weep without tears,
Your love taught me how to grieve,
And for centuries I needed a woman to make me grieve,
I needed a woman
To make me cry on her shoulders like a bird,
I needed a woman to collect my pieces like broken glass,
Joe: “I bet a guy at work five dollars he’d die by drowning.”
Pete: “You did?”
Joe: “Yah. It was a depressing, yet satisfying victory.”
Salmon skin is generally safe for people to eat. However, other factors — such as individual health or where you get your salmon from — may affect whether or not you should eat salmon skin. … he skin of a salmon contains the highest concentration of omega-3 fatty acids on the fish. There’s strong evidence that these fatty acids can reduce triglyceride levels and decrease your chances of heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic. …
It’s also important to pay attention to where your salmon comes from. The most contaminated fish is farmed from the Atlantic Ocean. Wild-caught salmon from the Atlantic is slightly less contaminated. If your salmon was caught in the Atlantic Ocean, it might be best to avoid eating its skin. The best kind of salmon skin to cook and eat would come from a wild-caught Pacific salmon.
“Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
~ Chris Bradford
How and where we spend our time is a good indicator of what we value. Is what and where you spend your time on what you treasure most in your life? Is it time to reconcile how you spend your time with what you value most?
You’ll never find happiness trying to please others. Walk your path, wherever it goes. Maybe you’ll be wildly successful. Maybe you’ll be an amazing failure. In the end, you will know that it was your path, not someone else’s path.
A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It’s what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir. And yet it’s also the first thing every writer learns to sidestep, to disguise, as though this nerve were a deep and shameful secret that needs to be swathed in many sheaths. Some don’t even know they’ve screened this nerve from their own gaze, let alone another’s. Some crudely mistake confession for introspection. Others, more cunning perhaps, open tempting shortcuts and roundabout passageways, the better to mislead everyone. Some can’t tell whether they’re writing to strip or hide that secret nerve.
I frequently hear people complaining about life. It’s as if they believe that life should be a nice ride on a warm summer’s day. If it were, we’d never grow. We’d never learn. We’d never become stronger and more resilient. What are the possibilities in your life? How can you learn, grow, become more resilient from what you are currently experiencing. Complaining doesn’t help. Possibility thinking may change your life.
I received the second dose of the Moderna vaccine. I read a number of stories of the adverse side effects. A friend received her second dose a day before me and reported fatigue and off and on chills. I asked her when her symptoms started. She reported about 20 hours after receiving the second shot. When I returned home from receiving the second dose I began drinking copious amounts of water (note: I’m not on meds and I rarely take any pain killers). I hoped the water might temper the side effects. I kept waking during the night checking for symptoms (bad decision, I ended up with a poor night’s sleep). My only side effect has been a sore arm. I didn’t let that stop me from doing pushups and several over weight bearing exercises. Bottom line: after taking with several friends who received either Moderna or Pfizer, get the vaccine, don’t be afraid of the side effects.
