Comments on: Patrick Swayze wisdom http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/17/patrick-swayze-wisdom/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: phyllisdiehl http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/17/patrick-swayze-wisdom/#comment-2372 phyllisdiehl Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:37:23 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=687#comment-2372 all the words in this blog remind me this old saying. money does not give you happiness. i just heard a sermon about happiness. and things do not make you happy, its relationships that really warm your heart, give you laughter, give you comfort and sharing......hooray for relationships. all the words in this blog remind me this old saying. money does not give you happiness.

i just heard a sermon about happiness. and things do not make you happy, its relationships that really warm your heart, give you laughter, give you comfort and sharing……hooray for relationships.

]]> By: Jolly ROger http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/17/patrick-swayze-wisdom/#comment-2358 Jolly ROger Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:24:17 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=687#comment-2358 Abso-(expletive)lutely!! I've struggled YEARS, trying to be NORMAL. It's Sysiphean endeavor. It is my goal to "pare down," life to it's essentials. It's like a sculptor looking at a massive piece of marble, and knowing that somewhere inside that, is "ME." Chipping away the B.S. and baggage is a difficult and painful process, and when you finish, you may only have a heart-size rock, with perfectly smooth edges. But there you are. "The status quo has got to go!" might be a forward thinking mantra. I consider everything humans do as having a negative ecological consequence. The dilemma is where to draw the line of what is consciously acceptable to each one of us. From the plastic housing of the computer you are using right now, to the $100 Keens or Teva's, everything is a sequence of obtaining and processing materials, transporting it back and forth, Building a mall to sell it in, driving to the store. bla bla bla you get the idea. It is only by careful consideration that any of that should be normal. Burning Man is an excellent exercise in re-thinking normal. A trip to a 3rd world country is also. Places where our discards become valuable commodities. Take an exercise in Status Quo. A moratorium on doing, getting, buying, wanting, anything; 24 hours. Once a month. Sing, meditate, write. give. The status quo has got to go. Abso-(expletive)lutely!! I’ve struggled YEARS, trying to be NORMAL. It’s Sysiphean endeavor. It is my goal to “pare down,” life to it’s essentials. It’s like a sculptor looking at a massive piece of marble, and knowing that somewhere inside that, is “ME.” Chipping away the B.S. and baggage is a difficult and painful process, and when you finish, you may only have a heart-size rock, with perfectly smooth edges. But there you are.
“The status quo has got to go!” might be a forward thinking mantra.

I consider everything humans do as having a negative ecological consequence. The dilemma is where to draw the line of what is consciously acceptable to each one of us. From the plastic housing of the computer you are using right now, to the $100 Keens or Teva’s, everything is a sequence of obtaining and processing materials, transporting it back and forth, Building a mall to sell it in, driving to the store. bla bla bla you get the idea. It is only by careful consideration that any of that should be normal.

Burning Man is an excellent exercise in re-thinking normal. A trip to a 3rd world country is also. Places where our discards become valuable commodities.

Take an exercise in Status Quo. A moratorium on doing, getting, buying, wanting, anything; 24 hours. Once a month. Sing, meditate, write. give.

The status quo has got to go.

]]> By: phyllisdiehl http://taoofchange.com/2009/09/17/patrick-swayze-wisdom/#comment-2352 phyllisdiehl Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:18:23 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=687#comment-2352 i apprciate your article today. something to think about i apprciate your article today. something to think about

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