Tuesday, July 8, 2014

When man interferes with the Tao...

Fucking people. Mostly me. Each day is a reminder how inept I am at communicating, be it love or.... no. Mostly love. I cannot express my love in a way that is understood.

I have to keep my mouth shut because everything is taken the wrong way by the ones I love.

Fuck it. I'll edit with headphones tonight.

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Monday, July 7, 2014

I Don't Play With Fire Nearly Enough

I saw this license plate in the Wendy's drive-thru while I was picking up lunch.

This got me to thinking about Dudeism and the path I'm on. Seeing this on a Pathfinder would have been some kind of irony. It was a Jeep.

I went to a funeral for a friend last week. I'm not in a funk, or maybe I am, but I have been mired in introspection since then.

She was a lovely woman. Caring. Compassionate. A Dudeist if I ever met one. She's gone now. Her pain and suffering are over. Now there's a void.

I guess the best way for me to fill that void is to step up. To be more caring. To be more compassionate. To be a better Dudeist.
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a·bide
əˈbīd/
verb
verb: abide; 3rd person present: abides; past tense: abided; past participle: abided; gerund or present participle: abiding
  1. 1.
    accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).
    "I said I would abide by their decision"
    synonyms:comply with, obeyobservefollow, keep to, hold to, conform to,adhere to, stick to, stand by, act in accordance with, upholdheed,accept, go along with, acknowledgerespect, defer to More
    antonyms:floutdisobey
  2. 2.
    informal
    be unable to tolerate (someone or something).
    "if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline"
    synonyms:toleratebearstand, put up with, enduretakecountenanceMore
    antonyms:enjoyrelish
  3. 3.
    (of a feeling or a memory) continue without fading or being lost.
    synonyms:continueremainsurvivelastpersiststay, live on More
    antonyms:fadedisappear
    • archaic
      live; dwell.

    • Thinking about this, really breaking it down, abide is pretty prefect as a word. It's the whole Yoda "do or do not" all wrapped up in a single word. 1) accept. 2) be unable to tolerate. 3) continue without fading or being lost.

    • Whoa.