Deeper Thoughts & Inner Weirdom 2

[FringeChief68]

When I was young, I had to wait for the neighbor to get off the phone. So I could call a girl.

It's always good to wait till the girl is off the phone with her boyfriend to call her

 

[FringeChief68]

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

I don't know if this is the right place for this or if people are even open for it, but I've been meaning to send some of my writings out into the world. It feels really vulnerable, but heck, how bad can the judgements of strangers on the internet be... *starts to sweat profusely*

I've been taking quotes that I find inspiring and sorta riffing on them, reflecting on what it means to me or the way I see them in the context of my life. I don't consider myself religious per se, but I do see existence as something greater than myself. Something I have great respect for and often feel humbled by. As do I have the intention of becoming a better human, even if it's just 1%, every day. The poetry of the 13th century Persian Sufi poet Rumi just seems to get deeper as I grow. The more layers I peel off of my persona (the walls I've built to protect myself in the past), the more layers I can find in his words.


“Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again, come, come.”
~Rumi

Great Spirit only knows how many times I’ve broken my vow.
In the face of fear, in nihilistic despair, in the face of feeling lost in this ‘godforsaken world’.
The word ‘godforsaken’ implies that one is forsaken by God, yet the only one who can make the distinction between self and all is the ego. See, who’s the culprit now?
I have left you so many times, but I keep finding my way back.
You keep calling me: “Come home. Please… come home. You don’t have to wander.
There is no need for being lost. Only for surrender, because what you are is Love.”
So if I should break my vow a thousand times again, I will make my vow a thousand times plus one.

Was that about goats?

 

[bask]

Was that about goats?

No, quotes. I know it's phonetically similar, but it's not the same.

Quotes about the men who stare at goats.

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

No, quotes. I know it's phonetically similar, but it's not the same.

Quotes about the men who stare at goats.

ahhh... now, that explains it.
welcome aboard!

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

he should totally go for it!
he'd make it, pretty sure.

 

[FringeChief68]

he should totally go for it!
he'd make it, pretty sure.

 

[gnees]

Was that about goats?

??

 

[bask]

Guess I really missed the mark on what this thread is about.

 

[gnees]

Guess I really missed the mark on what this thread is about.

 

[Train2]

No problem - you were just focused on the "deep thoughts" part.
The rest of us mostly run "weird".

Guess I really missed the mark on what this thread is about.

Edit - LOL, my kitteh just reached up and bopped that guy in the face.

 

[Train2]

Also, yes - my kitteh spends some time on my desk.
Like just last week, I got a new laptop. Here he is, testing to make sure it works properly.

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

??

Let's burn it in effigy,
and sacrifice it, to the Mod Gods!

 

[gnees]

Let's burn it in effigy,
and sacrificce it to the Mod Gods!

I'm with ya!!!

Hope someone here is old enough to know the photo.

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

I'm with ya!!!

Hope someone here is old enough to know the photo.

Nope, but Google does!

 

[gnees]

Nope, but Google does!

Listen to the album. It's a great one....

Youngster.

 

[gnees]

Star Star is a good one.

 

[Kn0ttYFive]

Listen to the album. It's a great one....

Youngster.

I tried, not my kind of tunes.

 

[ENAUD]

I tried, not my kind of tunes.

 

[Train2]

Can't think of a great present for someone?
Might have to rush shipment from Fasttech...

Neck Support Power Nap Head Pillow Travel Ostrich Pillow