Life Contemplation Gifts

Metaphors.

"What is this endless series of meaningless experiences trying to teach me?"

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

Death is just a side-effect of living.

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

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

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

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

"The overthinker"

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

Zenemies.

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

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

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

"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!"

"Nicole’s parents celebrated her curious mind, even in those moments when it really depressed them."

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

"I'm 59 and they say I'm middle aged. Just how many people do you know who are 118?"

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!"

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

"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."

"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?"

Desk at the Horizon

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

Soren Kierkegaard

'I'm at the age when everything Mother Nature gave Father Time is taking away...'

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."

"Behold my perfect window of existence, when I'm neither trying to wake up nor falling asleep."

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

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

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

"Just think of it, Charles – yesterday I was a caterpillar, and tomorrow I'll be dead."

'There are limits to this seriousness, sir!'