“My daily practice is to wake and immediately bring my attention to this thought: “I am one day closer to my death. So how will I live this day? How will I greet those I meet? How will I bring soul to each moment? I do not want to waste this day.”
― Francis Weller
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
― Philip K. Dick
A restless night which wasn’t helped by the dog wanting to share the bed. And then there’s work. Off up road as they used to say. That’ll be my lot today. Still, it could be worse.
“The only way to get change is not through the courts or — heaven forbid — the politicians, but through a change of human consciousness and through a change of heart. Only through the arts — music, poetry, dance, painting, writing — “can we really reach each other,”
― Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony
Back home from day #2 in an office (I have two legal jobs so it’s not the same as earlier this week). I don’t mind going in but it’s so different to what I remember of working for a law firm. I’m not complaining but merely making an observation.