Stream of Consciousness

"....consciousness, then, does not appear to itself as chopped up in bits ... it is nothing joined; it flows. A 'river' or a 'stream' are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described. in talking of it hereafter, lets call it the stream of thought, consciousness, or subjective life."
- William James, The Principles of Psychology
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Words. Images. Thoughts. Ideas. Generalizations. Specifics. Stream of Consciousness.
During the month of October, I am going to just watch things fall into place, or not!

A "No"....

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please,

or worse, to avoid trouble."

~Mahatma Gandhi

seeds of hope

"When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope."

~Professor Wangari Maathai

see at forty

"A person who does not see at forty the same wonder and beauty in the world

 around that she saw at ten is probably 'wasted.' "

....thirty years of his life

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."

Muhammad Ali

... never get on

"If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on."

~Lance Armstrong

....same house again.

If you carry the bricks from your past relationships to the new one 

you will build the same house again.

that little darkroom

“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.”- Michael Pritchard

chase those dreams

"When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices; 

go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams."

Every flower is to bloom

"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom." 

—Alice Walker

We read

“We read to know we are not alone.” 

- CS Lewis

20 years ago

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now." 

Old Chinese proverb

....haven't yet met

There are no strangers here; 

Only friends you haven't yet met.

- W. B. Yeats

First time

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”

Betty Smith

Walk in the rain

“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” 

Roger Miller

I might have been saved

“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it 

I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.” 

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

A mistake

“But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked.

Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.”

- John Flanagan, Erak's Ransom

... don't have to worry about....

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.” 

- Thomas Pynchon

...at the same time...

"Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company."

- Anon

...were thought to be insane...

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”  

- Friedrich Nietzsche

a cup of rain

"Unknowingly, we breathe the dust of the stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a cup of rain."

Ihab Hassan