Contemplating Change Gifts

"On second thought, could I honestly handle this big of a lifestyle change?"

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

Humans...What is their purpose?

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

"Why bother?"

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

Zenemies.

"The overthinker"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Rodin's Thinker.

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

The Thinker?

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

'I can change! I swear!'

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

I'm getting old, I spotted a couple of brown hairs among the punk.

"Just accept it, Frank. You're a bald eagle."

'I believe you're thinking of leaving us, Brother?'

James Baldwin

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

'At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer.'

Soren Kierkegaard

"I used to be a young crazy rebel like you you know."

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

The Deep Thinker