I was thinking it was worth the risk if it meant forever with my faery girlfriend.
I believe people are afraid to be still because we're used to being stimulated.
Love isn't love until you give it away.
Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.
I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.
I've changed a lot but I'm still Smitty. Hopefully I'm more mature and I'm a little wiser, and I plan on by the grace of God finishing well, and I'm more passionate than I ever have been in my life.
This Is Your Time, This Is Your Dance. Live Every Moment, Leave Nothing To Chance. Swim In The Sea. Drink Of The Deep, Embrace The Mystery Of All You Could Be. What if Tomorrow? And What If Today? Faced With The Question, Oh What Would You Say?
I like to make movies I like to watch.
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.
The question is not, "Do you want to go to heaven?" The question is, "Do you want God?"
I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.