A Mindful Life

And therefore I must share them.
I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.
–Richard Diran
I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming.
–Mitch Hedberg

I shot an arrow into the air, and it stuck.
–Graffito
It’s been a lovely, warm sunny day. This afternoon [...]

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
–Oscar Wilde

This observation was included in an article about adult discomfort with a crying child who won’t be comforted, and what to do for the child. The answer: just stay near. The excerpt articulates what I struggle with when my child cries.
“The inconsolable state of grief, or what feels like an intolerable level of loss or [...]

Everything flows from your own heart.
–Fa-Yen

You’re asking the wrong questions. If you want to make the world a better place, tell funnier jokes!
–Woody Allen

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
–John Kenneth Galbraith

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
–Unknown

This meme has been making the rounds. I’m not certain how I feel about the relevance of posting three sentences from a nearby book (and skipping the five preceding sentences), but what the heck.
I’ve been tagged by The Friendly Humanist for a new blog meme. Here are the rules:

Pick up the book nearest you with [...]

I’ve always enjoyed Dave Barry’s humor. I also think it’s important to take politics with a dash of laughter, and especially to be able to laugh at one’s own politics.
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
–Dave Barry

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
–Dorothy Nevill