Seven older gentlemen of various political persuasions gather in the courtyard under the squawking birds to politely discuss and examine, in regulated heartbeat, the current issues and events of the week.
They also like to talk about their high-school classmates, both living & dead, unknown to others outside of Los Gatos. It’s an exclusive club.
Although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling.
Thomas Merton
The facts: in the USA, crocodiles are at the southern tip of Florida. Any other type of crocodilian in any other state is certainly an alligator.
Everything is condensed into one single moment. It decides our life.
FRANZ KAFKA
Be Aware of Your Routines
Then Break Them
Affirmation mode requires saying something positive, whereas an affirmation format produces a positive affirmation no matter what you put in the blanks.
Fill in the blanks with a negative expression:
I love everything about ______________________.
e.g., I love everything about “waiting for answers”.
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone’s
hard-earned pay
You and me, Sunday driving
Not arriving, on our way back homeWe’re on our way home
Two of Us by The Beatles, Let It Be (1970)
We’re going home”
Nothing unusual this morning – unlike last month when the shirtless urban wanderer, Kiltman, appeared here.
Or more recently when the bookstore featured a new cat.
Sunday Farmers Market – Campbell, California