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27 Saturday Jul 2019

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My latest axiom: When in doubt, do the moral thing.

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simple (a quote from Alan Watts)

30 Wednesday Jul 2014

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alan watts, grace, happiness, illusion, play, quotation, serenity, simplicity, transience, truth, wisdom, zen

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”  ―Alan Watts

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25 Wednesday Jun 2014

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balance, choice, freedom, less, loss, love, metaphor, mijn imkertje, serenity, simplicity, surrender, tweet, zen

The joy of less: if I choose the narrow bed, any blanket will be wide enough to cover it.Image

All that mad charisma doesn’t hurt, either… (video link)

08 Saturday Mar 2014

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illusion, love, play, Russell Brand, simplicity, truth, zen

How funny to see how nervous people get when you’re simply being a person, telling the truth.

Russell Brand on MSNBC: http://youtu.be/ADJhErmJuoQ  via @YouTube

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