Joy

if it brings you joy,
and it doesn't make me unhappy,
let's do it

It's Magic

Always be yourself,

unless you can be a

magician.

Then be that.

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The strongest people

I know ask for help

when they are

in need of it.

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Hurray!

Hurray!

Once more,

it’s cataract surgery day.

(I’m hungry)

After the Cataract

All those mistakes we make?

Amazingly, no one

really notices.

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When you love someone,

there's no need to do the math.

No calculating.

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It's not a

normally

kind of day.

It's the second

cataract day

Mediocrity

It’s fine to be

whole-heartedly mediocre

at some daily tasks.

June 26

In my lifetime,

hope and despair

have been the same as

greed and anger.

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Sometimes, I’m like

an old, blind dog,

running full speed

into the darkness.

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Summer in San Diego

can be a

grand and fanciful story.

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I find beauty in

unexpected moments,

like opening prize doors.

The days after the Kitty Scan

I try to show

my spiritual self

as harmlessly as I can.

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It’s the little things

that trip me up,

take attention

from my purpose.

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When the time comes,

I’ll not be alone.

They’ll all be there

to greet me.

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Writing these seventeen’s

can be an effort,

unless I just speak truth.

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Food, medicine, clothing shelter.

It’s all that monks need.

Why not me too?

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We are all

just passing through.

Might as well do so

with joy and laughter.

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Rejoice in the day,

walk more slowly,

maybe even felling groovy.

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Contentment reaches me

when I realize

just how much

is enough.

June 8

Nobody cares

what your major was.

They want to know 

what you will do.

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When you find yourself

in a room, best assume that

you do belong there.

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Don't let people

who don't matter too much

matter too much.

Really.

Don't.

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I'm enjoying 

this stage of my life,

where I can say no,

without guilt.

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I'm happiest, 

(also most in love), 

when I bring 

everything I've got. 

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I’ll see it

when I believe it.

That’s how it is.

“It” has no shortcuts.

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No one but me is

in charge of my happiness.

I’m laughing out loud.

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No matter how uneasy

some days are,

I recall that

I chose them.

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What I picture is

what I create.

I am choosing

the best outcome.