Mindful Philospher Gifts

Be Here Now

"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink in the wild air." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Catch tennis balls in the mouth." — Me

"Oh, great - They changed the Meaning of Life again."

'Who's this 'Art in Heaven' guy you keep talking about?'

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

Eagle (The Divine Comedy).

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

George Orwell

Passed over at the Inaugural Poetry Audition

"Try picking up a girl after you've renounced everything."

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

"Apparently, when the tide came in, a lot of castles went bust."

"Colin kept the bar fairly low."

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

'Let the record show that I suggested primordial souffl'ee.'

Go ahead and dissect me

Roger feels that there are only two inante instincts in men and women. One is satisfaction of biological needs...the other is self-actualization.

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

'Take a good look, Junior. When I was your age, I was 'Fun Size,' too.'

"Chop wood, carry water, walk dog."

"Don’t think of that tennis ball as lost. Think of it as finally free."

'I respond to stimuli, therefore I ham.'

Midlife: You Are Here.

The power of the brain

'There goes another one. Galileo, don't you have any idea what makes them do that?'

Toys from the Pre School of Hard Knocks - Stumbling Blocks.

'I don't know why Doc, but my life is really upside down...'

2 + 2 = 4. 2 x 2 = 4. Oh, I get it! It's a Zen thing!

Cars follow the sign to the mall rather than the sign to the manger.

'How did he make the world in six days?'

"Just how many ways are there to skin a cat?"

"You are responsible for editing your thoughts. I'm just here to audit them."

'Since you're a teacher, we picked this one from the Tree of Knowledge.'

"You what? Well, you darn well ought to have a guilt complex"

"It seems like only yesterday I was on the verge of getting it all together."