Il n’est pas certain que tout soit incertain. ( It is not certain that everything is uncertain.) Blaise Pascal, Pascal’s Pensees

 

Lee Emmett, Australia

Poem

INDECISION PARALYSES indecision paralyses confusion mounts with new advisors listen to this one then to that tip, and waver then stay where-at wasting time considering choices mind is cluttered jostling noises wait for lightning revelation meanwhile suffer consternation watching waves’ foam break on shore inner turbulence grows some more endless tides of feeling low will joy return with ebb and flow?

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I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.” 

― Dante Alighieri

Indecision is a form of dependency: you are waiting for somebody to give you an answer.

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It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Marianne Moore 

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When the river’s flood is highest. Calm and sunshine then are nighest.

"British reason in English rhyme"

Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river.

Native American 

foto – the point at bellingen nov 09

A man should avoid these six evils: lust, anger, avarice pleasure, pride, and rashness, for free of these he may be happy. (Sanskrit).

I Came to buy a smile—today—But just a single smile—The smallest one upon your faceWill suit me just as well—The one that no one else would missIt shone so very small—I’m pleading at the “counter”—…

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Bunny’s Excuse. There was once a wicked old sinner Who fancied a rabbit for dinner, But the bunny he met Said: “Don’t kill me yet, For I really am still a beginner.”

My living problems also cease to be struggles.

Heaven designs to suit our trials to our strength.

Though the sun shines, leave not your cloak at home.

” The queen’s mocking laughter cut in. “This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?”

“Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty cannot be bought. Whatever bargain we make, Daughter of the Sun, must include her freedom.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

RISE TOGETHER

ADAM T NA SPEAKER

IF DRINKING DON’T KILL ME

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM

SMALL TRIBUTE FOR IZZY FOREAL BY PETER CARRUTHERS

RISE TOGETHER

ADAM T NA SPEAKER

IF DRINKING DON’T KILL ME

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM

SMALL TRIBUTE FOR IZZY FOREAL BY PETER CARRUTHERS