the men are here to set up my tombstone

There are those times in the darkness 

When I lose awareness of my body 

And I wonder if I am the universe 

Or if the universe is me. 

Am I endless? Timeless? 

What changes will the next day bring? 

And then, like everyone, 

I wait for the light to return.

Then comes the daylight.

james lee jobe 

"As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency." 

-- Caroline Kennedy

One Night ZZ Hill Sang at the Club Tupelo, a poem by Angela Jackson 

Sonny Rollins & McCoy Tyner - In A Sentimental Mood

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The heatwave washed over us as quickly as bad news,

And it hung on to the world with both claws.

110 degrees one day, 112 the next, and so on. 

So we sat and sweated.

We watched the clock as if time would help us;

We saw the seconds slip out of the clock

And drip onto the hot floor.

This second was for the world,

The next second was for the temperature of our lives.

Time and heat were the blankets that covered us.

And we didn't need a blanket.

james lee jobe

"Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding."

— Dainin Katagiri

The Splendid Body, a poem by Rebecca Lindenberg

Ah, look - the men are here to set up my tombstone, 

But there is something in their way; it's my life.

Oh, sluggard; move! Just let them get on with it.

james lee jobe

Anything is possible, which could seem overwhelming in some way. But the only relationship we can have—and which we can develop through a meditative practice—is we actually get more awake, more clear, more cognizant of the fact that anything can happen at any moment.

--Martin Aylward

"Sometimes the scandal isn't what law was broken, but what the law allows." 

-- Edward Snowden

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james