Quitting Contemplation Club Mugs

'Sir! Elsworth's away from his desk again!'

'Don't just sit there thinking. Meditate.'

"Nature speaks to me of God’s presence, yet God is a total stranger to the restless world of men." "Why the #!@* is there no signal?!"

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

Man falls off perch

"Boy, I wish I had brought some magazines..."

"I like to keep my option open."

"My chronic condition has been pestering me every single day for the past six months. I'm a lifelong quitter so its persistence is troubling me."

'I think I've got it.'

"Oh good, there's nothing on."

Computer with moon screensaver

'There's something about being locked up with a 500lb gorilla, highly allergic to cigarette smoke, that works every time.'

'Make up your mind! Are you mulling or musing?'

'This looks good. It's a six-hour special on how society is becoming too sedentary.'

Sidney comes to the end of life's motorway

"My mind is especially empty today."

Middle-Of-Life Choices

"Just my luck to marry the only man in town with the mind-body problem."

The Patch.

'The Question'

"Have you given any thought to what you want to think about when you grow up?"

"You expect a few bumps in a new relationship but Meghan and I have hit Mt. Denali."

"I want to learn to live in the moment... just not this moment. some other moment. Like a moment on the beach."

Praying

"The sun is setting earlier today."

"I couldn't sleep so consider your job offer withdrawn."

'It's a nicotine patch: I'm trying to quit smoking...'

The Bookstore. Going out of business sale. Words failed me.

"No more tryin' to chase 'em down for me! From now on, I'm a stop or I'll shoot cop!"

"Last cigarette? Sorry we don't encourage smoking."

Monk

'This mattress feels lumpy, but then again, that could be me.'

"Let me give you a fake e-mail address as well—just to drive home the point."