#mind-power

"Pain vs. Pleasure {Couplet} Pain and pleasure are nearly identical,the difference lies in their temporal perception.Pleasure feels fleeting, pain feels unending;both jolt us at the nerve's first inception."

"Memories [10w] Spend half your life creating memories,the other half, remembering."

"Seduction [10w] Italy will host the Olympics when seduction's declared a sport."

"Start with big dreams and make life worth living."

"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."

"Judgment is a negative frequency."

"Each new friend gives rise to the possibility of anything!"

"Mythbusters [10w] Snipers will assure you safety in numbers is a myth."

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Love vs. Mental Illness [10w] Love, like mental illness, comes on graduallyand then suddenly."

"All that you are is all around you."

"Epic vs. Great Poetry [10w] Epic poetry's about the extraordinary;Great poetry is about the commonplace."

"There are more triumphs than defeats with Cosmic Ordering."

"Opportunity Knocks: China When opportunity knocksthe Chinese make knock-offs."

"Vengeance, Thy Name is Woman Betrayed women aren't exactly vengeful,but they aren't exactly anything else."

"An Enirely Different Matter [10W] Four states of matter:solid, liquid, gasand ffuzzy-wuzzy."

"Enemies of My Enemies Who knew the enemies of my enemies were good dancers."

"Follow your heart. It will lead you to where you need to be."

"Hungry When you're hungry everything tastes good.Note to myself: Don't get married when you're hungry."

"You don't have to be good at something to be liked."