I've been depressed this weekend. Friday night we ran the movie as usual at the theatre my wife and I run. During the second show the lamp sounded odd when I turned it on, so after the show, and after giving the lamp time to cool, I opened up...
Topics: attention, Happiness

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Imagine you're in a submarine. How do you communicate with the world around you? You have a periscope and sonar to see. Acoustical sensors to hear. You can feel things hitting your hull. You may have radar for when you're on the surface. All the..
Topics: Meditation

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shattered light from an azure sky, old snow glistens. tears trap memories while spade by muffled spade a mother's dream is laid to rest
Topics: Poetry

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new snow crunches as i walk the road. doves coo and fish flash in the pond. the morning sunlight shatters. night carries dreams of summer.
Topics: Poetry

{"title":"Tanka #11","post_url":"http:\/\/www.shardsofconsciousness.com\/tanka-11","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/shardsofconsciousness","author":"RickCockrum","date":"2009-01-15 05:19:33","summary":"new snow crunches as i walk the road. doves coo and fish flash in the pond. the morning sunlight shatters. night carries dreams of summer. "}

This morning's StoryCorp broadcast involved a lady who was involved in a severe car accident that left her paralyzed and most bones in her body broken. While in the hospital a young doctor began telling her everything she may not ever be able to do...
Topics: Beliefs, Language, Relationships, StoryCorps

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