More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows

Rest in Peace, Maynard.

Thank you for giving a young lighting sales guy a chance (and thanks for letting me ride your unicycles in the shop, too)

He was one of the real good guys, out there.

I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once, As I ever was
RIP Toby Keith

When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:
- Do you believe in God?
And he always answered:
- I believe in the God of Spinoza.

Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.

(Spinoza) : God would say:

Stop praying.
What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.

Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.

Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. S*x is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.

Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book!
Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.

Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?

Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.

My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.

I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.
You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.

➤ I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.

So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...

Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.

Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?

I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.

Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.

What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?

The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.

- Spinoza

You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once,
You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten,
creeps up,
and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realisation hits home,
they are gone.
Again.
You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken,
so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone.
Again.
Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,
when it washes over.
Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them,
and a daily shock to the system each time they realise,
they are gone,
Again.
You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every day,
for a lifetime.
Credit - Donna Ashworth Words

Live each day to the fullest

The only thing we can absolutely control is how we respond to the world around us.

"With gratitude, Optimism is sustainable"

Find something (anything) to be grateful for....

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CySJVBLLjM9/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

If this dude can live life like this and still find something to be grateful for, then so can we. I dont know much of his past, but I do remember him from back to the future. I know theres alot going on in the world right now. And I know that we are all dealing with our own personal issues and challenges. But please take a moment and acknowledge a few things to be grateful for. #GLOBALSHIFT 🙏🏼💯

End of a nice weekend.

I hope yours was nice as well.

My heart is truly broken over the disaster in Lahaina.....its one of the most horrific and devastating natural disasters, in the history of the United States.

Ohana is family, and there is Ohana spirit which is different than blood relation - my heart is broken for the people of Hawaii and the families of the 1000 who are still missing.

This is oppressive heat!

With the humidity - it's ridiculous.

The water in the Atlantic Ocean has been in the 90s too.

Palm Beach County wilted under an excessive heat warning Tuesday, the first ever issued for the area as it was locked in a surface-to-sky sauna that National Weather Service forecasters called “astounding.” The warning, which has been in use since 1993, is triggered for Palm Beach County when the heat-index or “feels-like” temperatures are predicted to reach 113 degrees or higher for at least two hours. A triple-digit heat index was reached before 9 a.m. Tuesday. It hit 114 near noon, and mostly ranged between 105 and 113 through 4:30 p.m. tap the 🔗 in bio for more. ✍ by Kimberly Miller

The last day of this year
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It won't happen again for a thousand years!

Live like there is nothing after - be nice, be kind, and be present for those important to you.,

“I know that I have less to live than I have lived.
I feel like a child who was given a box of chocolates. He enjoys eating it, and when he sees that there is not much left, he starts to eat them with a special taste.

I have no time for endless lectures on public laws - nothing will change. And there is no desire to argue with fools who do not act according to their age. And there's no time to battle the gray. I don't attend meetings where egos are inflated and I can't stand manipulators.

I am disturbed by envious people who try to vilify the most capable to grab their positions, talents and achievements.

I have too little time to discuss headlines - my soul is in a hurry.
Too few candies left in the box.

I'm interested in human people. People who laugh at their mistakes are those who are successful, who understand their calling and don't hide from responsibility. Who defends human dignity and wants to be on the side of truth, justice, righteousness. This is what living is for.
I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch the hearts of others. Who, through the blows of fate, was able to rise and maintain the softness of the soul.

Yes, I hustle, I hustle to live with the intensity that only maturity can give. I'll eat all the candy I have left - they'll taste better than the ones I already ate.

My goal is to reach the end in harmony with myself, my loved ones and my conscience.
I thought I had two lives, but it turned out to be only one, and it needs to be lived with dignity.”

Brilliant Anthony Hopkins
and free interpretation of Mario de Andrade’s poem

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