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[Res Ipsa]

What??? Did I miss something?

I think he means there are games afoot and you're not playing your part very well.

Or, rather, playing her part extremely well…

[Jersey Girl]

Hey, I have a mantra:

Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself,
And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss, and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
And despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

Remember The Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself.
If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you -
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan.
And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart in the bedeepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot,
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.
Give up!

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

Ok, it needs some work.
And I kinda stole it.

Damn you, National Lampoon and your copyright law.

I almost POSTED Desiderata! I kid you not! I swear on my cat, I did!

[Res Ipsa]

I believe you. I wish you had.

I was gonna go with the litany against fear in Honor of the new Dune movie. But the other was just too good.

I usually use the closing of the Blessing Way.

[Jersey Girl]

I believe you. I wish you had.

I was gonna go with the litany against fear in Honor of the new Dune movie. But the other was just too good.

I usually use the closing of the Blessing Way.

When I swear on my cat, you know it's true. He's all I have left.

Please post the closing of the Blessing Way when you have time. I'd like to read it.

[Jersey Girl]

Listen To The Mustn'ts
by Shel Silverstein

Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT'S
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be


^^^Resilient child content.

[Lem]

What??? Did I miss something?

I think he means there are games afoot and you're not playing your part very well.

well of course! He's playing his part perfectly though. Did you notice?

[Res Ipsa]

I believe you. I wish you had.

I was gonna go with the litany against fear in Honor of the new Dune movie. But the other was just too good.

I usually use the closing of the Blessing Way.

When I swear on my cat, you know it's true. He's all I have left.

Please post the closing of the Blessing Way when you have time. I'd like to read it.

There are several translations posted on the web. I can’t speak to the authenticity of any given version, but this is one I like:

n beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
It has become beauty again
Hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa doo
Shideigi hózhóogo naasháa doo
T’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa doo
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.
In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful…

I think a more literal translation would use the term blessed instead of beauty and would recite the name of various gods giving the blessing, but I’m not sure.

If I recall correctly, In Navajo, walking is closely identified with doing. To say “what are you doing” you literally say “what are you walking around about?” So, I think all the walking can be read more generally as doing.

It reminds me of places where I have walked literally surrounded by beauty and that the beauty is always around me if I remember to see it.