DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Cherokee Trail
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PROMPT: Inspired
Those who reached the escape velocity necessary to truly write their own stories: e.g. Drukpa Kunley, Diogenes the Cynic, Hánshān, Ikkyū, Socrates, and the various Avadhuta.
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Mid-stream Tree [Senryū]
Tree that sits mid-stream
is not your average tree.
Stillness amid flow?
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DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Lake
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PROMPT: Successful
Adjust your definition of success until you’re there. It is, after all, a completely subjective term.
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Summer Lake [Haiku]
invisible bugs
ripple the lake surface;
from here, it’s mirror.
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DAILY PHOTO: The Well-worn Path
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PROMPT: First Time
Daily writing prompt
What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?
I would not be the same person. It would not be the same book.
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DAILY PHOTO: Log-Loving Creatures of Mysore Zoo
PROMPT: Happiness
That it’s a worthy object of pursuit, as if it is a stable state. I think both the Taoists and the Buddhists have instructive views on the matter. In Taoism, the Yang contains the seed of Yin and one flows inexorably into the other. In this view, the rock bottom worst life has to offer is a time to rejoice because the light will follow. Whereas, when one thinks life is the best it can get, a fall will come. As for Buddhism, our happiness may reflect an illusion that we’ve momentarily achieved our desires, when desires are inherently great white whales. Aim for contentment. Experience happiness when it comes.
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