#transient life

[somebody-elses-problem]

Most of the homeless friends I’ve had were veterans and/or abuse survivors. I’ve known a few who were born into homelessness, and a few who fed their wanderlust above all other needs. (Those last tended to be the exception. So many incessant travelers have safety nets, which is not an issue here and now.) There is an grand illusion that society will support those in need, and the people who have the clearest perspective of the truth are the ones who are ostracized, disenfranchised, and dehumanized the most.

[astridrkolbiarnardottir]

PCSing in the SCA

We live a very transient life. One full of constant re-certifications and warrants. New customs, new hierarchy, new friends. Some will complain about being held back by the moving. We’ve moved once a year since 2011. We haven’t let it be a hindrance . You move on and to different places and different positions. There is so much out there to be done and tried. Why let a little thing like moving end your path? Yes, I desperately miss some of my SCA people. But, I will see them again. Your game is what you make of it. If you depend on others, then, perhaps, you should rethink how you are playing. It seems to me some are so bent on recognition they lose the fun.

[bermudianabroad]

I've sent out 32 emails about flats and precisely 3 people have got in touch to say I'm too late. The rest are silent. Been a whole weekend... starting to wonder if emails aren't getting through :/  

[mellowechho]

on this weeks edition of what bedroom am i in now; nathaniel, my farm trailer in eugene, oregon complete with geisha pillowcase and vase of purple flowers

[alongthetao]

Day Fifteen: Transient Life

All men are mortal.

This is an unerring truth in the world. Many times, we do not feel like we are ageing and changing. It happens so gradually that it escapes our notice. But we cannot escape it, or control it. Growing, learning, evolving; all move forward along their own path, at their own pace. We cannot escape this truth: Man is not ageless. 

None of us know when it will be our time to die. We may have another 100 years on the earth, or 1 second. Every breath could be our last. We can not know who of us will survive till tomorrow, the day after, or the year after.

This seems like very morbid and depressing thinking, for followers of the Tao, but it has its purpose: to make us see that each moment is precious. We must live in each moment as it comes, never worrying for the future or fretting over the past. In order to reach true enlightenment we must accept our own mortality. Only then can we begin to live in the present. Take joy in every day, every breath; for we only have so many. 

What are you doing in this moment?

[pussypocalypse]

Countdown 'Til I'm Back in the Chi

I'm really excited to be going back home (Illinois). 

[wendymoto]

Visit Original Link

This is Amazing!!

Transient Life (Romei)

[feelfreetoquote]

Everything goes. I am working very hard at not thinking about how everything goes.

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

The woman nails repetition, time and time again.