mind

"We move between two darknesses."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Oxford, England Haiku City shrouded in fogand within the blinding mist we found each other."

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Too Much Information You must empty your mind of garbage to let new garbage in."

"Love on Fire [10w] A man in love cannot see fire or smell smoke."

"Jesus [10w] "Sorry to keep you hanging,but it's just our nature."

"A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature."

"To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance."

"Credo of a Substitute Teacher I'm a 'sugar free' substitute teacher.I speak frankly and never gave any of my studentsa single word of encouragement.Why should I? Even after 10 years the school hasn't given me a pension, health insurance or paid sick leave.So fuck 'em.Fuck 'em all."

"[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature."

"Tangled [10w] Love becomes a tangle of roots submerged in common soil."

"I will never claim to know what you are thinking. I only hope I am on your mind."

"Me vs. Me Only the practice of empathy and gratitudecan make the opaque ego transparent to receivethe loving light emanating from your soul.Hate and selfishness will always leave you'in the shadow."

"Missed Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Adolescence spent upon a cross,regrettably is childhood's loss."

"Mind of a loving heart is the fountain of knowledge."

"Magic is a science.Miracle is the work.Mind is a laboratory."

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation."