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“There is no easy way from the earth to the stars” Seneca

Tag: resilience

Is the glass dark? Or is it just perhaps a little smudged..

AsideFebruary 10, 2023February 9, 2023 Athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

The world tilts up The world tilts down The world spins, taking me with it and how could I ever think I could make everything still even for a minute When the clock keeps ticking *Our body chemistry controls so much of what and how we think. I was reminded of this last night, when […]

Anti Fragile

AsideJanuary 25, 2021January 24, 2021 AthousandbitsofpaperLeave a comment

The most resilient life forms in the world Are among the smallest most fragile beings They cast webs of gossamer fine particles Again and again Morning dew sparkles on a dream just spun And I am reminded as I run Spiders Work tirelessly Repeating Repairing holes Rewriting Rewiring And casting their creations forward They greet […]

Swimming lessons

AsideJanuary 6, 2021January 3, 2021 Athousandbitsofpaper7 Comments

At first The words Were ants Easy to dismiss As they marched across the surface of my mind Dogma in every step I tried to cross over them Difficult When they loop beneath eyelids The onset of shingles Vaguely itching But not yet full blown hives The discomfort grew Which is when I realised What […]

The shape of females

AsideJanuary 3, 2021January 1, 2021 Athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

I used to love circles As shapes They pleased me Curving endlessly Unstoppable in their resolution to resolve Everything Revolving Around and around The line eternally looping back on itself Which is of course I see now A tragedy Instead I choose triangles Sharply they soar Even turned upside down Or inside out There is […]

Wildflowers

AsideSeptember 27, 2020September 25, 2020 Athousandbitsofpaper11 Comments

And the wildflowers are Mother Nature’s way of giving back to the ones who stayed *photo the Hilux dash loaded with wildflowers we were collecting happily from the paddock. It’s been a very rough decade long drought for those in far south west Queensland. It takes resilience and faith to stick out the dry periods. […]

The Marathon Monks of Tendai

AsideJuly 8, 2020July 7, 2020 Athousandbitsofpaper5 Comments

I heard mention of the marathon monks of Tendai in a book I was reading last week-end and made a mental note to look them up A few days later and that mental post it fluttered down Reading today about the running monks here and their do or die challenge made me realise how easy […]

The song of the ants

AsideJuly 4, 2020August 3, 2020 Athousandbitsofpaper22 Comments

She said that she was hanging by a thread Find yourself a tree I said Some dirt Sit awhile Close your eyes And listen for the song of the ants Lifting several times their body weight They come Plying bitten off leaves The seeds of grass and flowers Working together Their communities are powerful They […]

Do not engage the Parrot in Conversation

AsideDecember 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

Eagle lifting Thoughts sifting Foot connecting One after the other Mind drifting Hearing sentences Running through my head What he said She said Barbs that stick like burrs As consciousness whirls Memories dredging What does this mean? What did that? Nothing particularly matters Once you understand It’s all just words Habits People’s verbal vomits Things […]

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