“No fate but what we make,” is a favourite quote of mine. It comes from Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), a favourite movie of mine. I like almost any movie that has a nuclear explosion in it. They fascinate me. They’re beautiful in their destruction. I like the quote because it inspires me. Much of that movie inspired me, in fact, though my life has … Continue reading No Fate.
I’ve not been a “go with the flow” kind of person for most of my life, for all that I can be impulsive. I plan the days and weeks though not in a goal and growth-oriented kind of day. This is about making sure I know what to do with my time. I was about making sure that my life was one of order and … Continue reading A More Bohemian Next Act.
I have some resentments. Some are old ones I take out and air periodically and some are new, a result of day to day living. I don’t like having them. Resenting things makes me feel small and petty and with the old ones, vindictive; when I revisit them, I often wish ill upon the targets of my ire.
I don’t like having bad feelings. Their emergence, however, is an inevitable consequence of life. How we deal with them is where the work needs to happen…
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From Famine to Feast. 