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, obey, observe, follow, keep to, hold to, conform to,adhere to, stick to, stand by, act in accordance with, uphold, heed,accept, go along with, acknowledge, respect, defer to More

   antonyms:

   flout, disobey

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:

   tolerate, bear, stand, put up with, endure, take, countenance; More

   antonyms:

   enjoy, relish

3. 3.

   (of a feeling or a memory) continue without fading or being lost.

   synonyms:

   continue, remain, survive, last, persist, stay, live on More

   antonyms:

   fade, disappear

   • 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.

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   • Whoa.