Prickly City by Scott Stantis for January 17, 2020

  1. Albert einstein brain i6
    braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Is Stantis on vacation?

     •  Reply
  2. 1djojn
    RobinHood  about 4 years ago

    Astrophysicists  Ron Mallett may have an idea that can help.

     •  Reply
  3. Ignatz
    Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago

    “The good old days are good and gone now. That’s why they’re good — because they’re gone.” – Loudon Wainwright.

     •  Reply
  4. P1000380
    A# 466  about 4 years ago

    Ahh, yes — Romanticism: the eternal and futile longing for the glorious past that never existed in the first place.

     •  Reply
  5. Image
    Brain Pudding  about 4 years ago

    {Poem} Here and nowPosted on September 5, 2017 by Emilia Zoya-It is on the days where my illness is crippling that I need to ground myself – not getting lost in the dark swells of my mind and losing sight of the bigger picture. Perspective is powerful. —(Poet’s introduction).-——

    Let the sun shine in,

    Draw a deep breath.

    Settle yourself

    In the here

    And now.

    Yesterday’s troubles

    Are in the past.

    Tomorrow is yet to come

    So live in the now.

    .

    Feel your body

    Kick off your quilt.

    Rise and shine

    It’s a joy to be

    Alive.

    Set your intentions,

    One step at a time.

    Harness your mind,

    Quiet in meditation.

    Let the scent of frankincense,

    Connect you;

    You are one.

    .

    Elongate and spread

    Your coiled legs.

    Stand

    Tall.

    Hold your head high.

    Open yourself

    To worldly delights;

    Today will be a wonderful day,

    Even if all I do

    Is breathe –

    That is a blessing.

    I have my body,

    Able –

    Though unwell.

    This I can accept.

    Here’s to the

    Here and now.

     •  Reply
  6. E067 169 48
    Darsan54 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    We’re always looking back, saying “What if …. ?”

     •  Reply
  7. Photo
    MartinPerry1  about 4 years ago

    Believe it or not, people just want tomorrow to be just like today, and for today to be just like yesterday.

     •  Reply
  8. 1djojn
    RobinHood  about 4 years ago

    They say that these are not the best of times

    But they’re the only times I’ve ever known

    And I believe there is a time for meditation

    In cathedrals of our own

    So we’ll argue and we’ll compromise

    And realize that nothing’s ever changed

    For all our mutual experience

    Our separate conclusions are the same

    Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity

    A reason coexists with our insanity

    Though we choose between reality and madness

    It’s either sadness or euphoria

    William Martin Joel

     •  Reply
  9. E43f09f0 d9ab 4f55 b739 d75d4df15e24
    quixotic3  about 4 years ago

    The MAGA crowd never do specify when America was actually great.

     •  Reply
  10. Zombie keith
    streetbeater  about 4 years ago

    My gift to you Carmen. A meditation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY

     •  Reply
  11. Image001
    dogday Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Yeah. Unfortunately, even if we were in “then and there” and found out its reality, we STILL wouldn’t want to be in the here and now.

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Prickly City