learning to surf

A new sunrise, new hope. The blessing of first light comes in soft and easy over the bottom rim of the black sky, real pretty, and it gives you the feeling that this day will have some goodness to it. Of course, that’s all in your head. Whatever goodness is to be, or isn’t to be, comes from what you do, not what you see. Still, it is lovely, and there is some hope for goodness to be found in beauty. Perhaps it’s best just to enjoy the sunrise as it comes to you.

James Lee Jobe 

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Kieth Jarrett, Summertime 

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When you can love yourself as you are, it becomes easier to love the others who are around you, and when you learn how to forgive yourself, you also know how to forgive others. Love and forgiveness go hand in hand in hand.

There are moments, not days, just moments, when I can forgive myself and love myself, and in those moments I am whole, complete, and not the mere shell of a man who has loved a son and buried him. 

 

But the moments pass.

James Lee Jobe 

Enjoy every sandwich.

Warren Zevon 

I don’t need money or fame, and I have no use for a flashy car. My 1995 Volvo is fine. I wear old clothes and my house is rather time-worn. Not a problem. The one thing I do need is myself, I need to keep myself. To be fully me, James. And that will do.

James Lee Jobe

The only entity in the universe that knows what you are is you. And no one can tell you. No one can tell you.

Brad Warner 

Respect the earth, respect the beings that live here. Make your strongest effort to do what’s right in this life, be a positive force to everything around you. No past, no future; just what you can do, the choices you can make right now. And that is a life.

James Lee Jobe 

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James