a nasty affliction

You know what I don't get? People who have this set nasty attitude towards others who happen to be really attractive, or really talented in a certain area. you know those types who automatically hate someone because they are more attractive than they are, or because they can sing or dance better than they can? That is just really lame. Maybe career-wise at times it's good to know what you're up against, but in reality that person is not at all responsible for how your life is turning out. Unchecked resentment is a nasty affliction which will wear away at your soul and hinder your progress. Accept and embrace your limits- everyone has them! Be happy with who you are and grateful for what you've accomplished so far. Focus on being the best YOU that you can be and everything else will fall into place.

harbor of my mind

You may not come here anymore with your hard and abusive thoughts, with your plague ships of thoughts, with your slave ships of thougts - all these will be turned away.  Likewise, any thoughts that are filled with angry or starving exiles, with malcontents and pamphleteers, mutineers and violent assassins, desperate prostitutes, pimps and seditious stowaways - you may not come here anymore, either. 
Cannibalistic thoughts, for obvious reasons, will no longer be received.  Even missionaries will be screened carefully, for sincerity.  This is a peaceful harbor, the entryway to a fine and proud island that is only now beginning to cultivate tranquility.  If you can abide by these new laws, my dear thoughts, then you are welcome in my mind - otherwise, I shall turn you all back toward the sea from whence you can.
That is my mission and it will never end.

One of my favorite passages from Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Why...

...do you get in trouble for blocking an exit when you're standing in the doorway? In case of an emergency, wouldn't you run out, too, therefore NOT blocking the exit? 

Why does someone convicted of stealing do more time than someone convicted of assault and battery or attempted murder?

Why does the cat have to lay right in front of, or on the keyboard when I'm on the computer?

Why is there that little space inside strawberries, as if it was meant for a pit, and then the seeds are on the outside?

Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?

Why are people allowed to put naked statues outside but we can't run outside naked?

Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but its ok to use a handicapped toilet?

Why are there black lines on a basketball?

Does it really count in court when an atheist is sworn in under oath using a Bible?

Why do people, such as S.W.A.T or Seals wear the bulletproof vests where you can see them? Wouldn’t people aim for their head or crotch?

Why can't we sneeze with our eyes open?

Why did Superman wear his briefs on the outside of his tights?

Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

   

psychic

I consider myself a pretty reasonable person.  I am somewhat of a skeptic- scientific minded if you will - and like to have proof of things people claim to be true... because frankly, people talk bull all the time.  However, there have been times where things have happened that I just can't explain.. and if I were to tell others about it, they'd think I was losing my sanity.  Somewhere deep down I've always felt as if there was something more to life that we can visually see or mentally comprehend.. a sort of undercurrent of energy and signals.  I tend to pick up on people's energy quickly, especially if I know them well.  There have been times in my life in which I've just known things before they happened... like once before my sister and mom headed out to the store I told them not to go because something will happen.  I just understood that it wasn't safe for me to go with them.  They came back shortly after and announced they were in a minor accident. Some days before Sept. 11 I had a dream of a plane crashing into a tall building and a city full of explosions and smoke.  I figured I had been watching too many "Independence Day" type movies and just had a crazy nightmare.  Needless to say I had major deja-vu when I watched the events unfold on the morning of Sept. 11.  The day my grandma passed away I was at an internet cafe and had a strong urge to go back to the apartment because I felt something was wrong.. when I got there, my parents were gone and left a note saying they had to go to the town my mom's relatives are in and that they would explain later.  I knew someone had passed away.  When I got a call from them a little while later, I found out it was my grandmother.  There are times I've walked over to the phone and waited a minute or so for it to ring, because I knew someone was going to call me.  It all wouldn't be so strange to me if it was never confirmed... but on the rare occasions these things happen, they are always confirmed.  Why, though? Why do I tend to sense things before they happen?  Is it because I am somewhat in tune with some emotional undercurrent where we are all connected, and subconsciously communicate?  Is this a unique ability or something most everyone has experienced?

Lately I've been having some very vivid and interesting dreams so I've started reading some books by Sylvia Browne.  Honestly I feel a bit relieved... and some things in her book really resonated with me.  Maybe the microwave and phone beeping on their own isn't just my imagination... or being woken up between 3am and 6am lots of mornings from someone touching or saying something to me isn't my imagination either.  Although I can't say I really believe in ghosts or spirits, I can't really say they don't exist either.  I have never had the experience of actually seeing anything of the sort as some say they can.  I am tempted, as suggested by Sylvia in her book, to leave an audiotape recording at night and see if I pick up any voices or sounds.  Why not see if I can get some of my own actual proof that there is life after death when there are many others out there so certain of it?  A part of me is a bit scared of what I might find... another part just wants a legitimate answer.