R.W. Seeley

Palm Desert, CA 5h ago

Extraverts rarely understand introverts. Extroverts, convinced they are the norm, constantly pressure introverts to get out there and mingle, "come out of your shell, tell people about yourself, and learn to network." I don't see a solution to that other than learning to say no in an American culture that screams at you to say yes. Someone told me, "No is a complete sentence." As an introvert, I take refuge in that.

(comment in today's New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/well/family/introverts-friendship.html

The Gentle Ways of Peace and Love

 I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

by Thomas Traherne (1636 - 1674)

~ Centuries of Meditations - Enhanced Version (p. 5). Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Kindle Edition. 

Mass Confusion

 As a kid from a mixed-use Protestant/Hindu family. I went to Mass a couple of times in the 1950s with Catholic relatives. It was so easy, like going to an opera. I was in the audience watching people saying and doing things I didn't understand and when it was over everyone was happy and we went home. By the 1960s, I lost interest in all churches and never went to a modern interactive English language Mass.

God dwells within you as you

 "God dwells within you as you"; not as some privileged and better part of you, not as some extra oriental sense added on to the five we know, but as all of you: the angers, the traits of character, the tastes and preferences, the skills and also the lack of skills. God is not someone you have to learn how to become; He is you, as you. ~ Paul Zweig

Zen Enlightenment Made Easy

 

Daylight Savings Time Blues

Daylight Savings Time

does not rhyme 

with my circadian rhythms

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Epiphany

David picks up his spiritual messages

There's a new acronym for God 

Gently Observing Differences

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In Case of Emergency

My Twitter feed

Is having a heart attack

Dialing nine-one-one

A chatbot answers

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