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Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack

George Carlin Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHIN...

I think of you, when I see the sun's shimmer Gleaming from the sea. I think of you, when the moon's glimmer Is reflected in the springs. I see you, when on the distant road The dust rises, In deep night, when on the narrow bridge The traveler trembles. I hear you, when with a dull roar The wave surges In the quiet grove I often go to listen When all is silent I am with you, however far away you may be, You are next to me! The sun is setting, soon the stars will shine upon me If only you were here! Poem of Goethe in German, translated to English by Hyde Flippo

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one-ton truck refused to start. in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss. While I drove him home, he sat Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for s ure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children... So I j...

Elvis Presley

On Feb 2, 2008 6:10 PM, trung nguyen wrote: FYI A nice conversation. k If there is no [two], then there is no [one]; [one is inconceiveable if there is no [two] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lalith Ranatunga Date: Feb 2, 2008 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [Triplegem] noble truth Hi Leo, The first Noble truth is Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering,death is suffering, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness and distress are suffering. Union with what is displeasing is suffering, separation from what is pleasing is suffering, not getting what one wants is suffering. In short, the five aggregates of grasping are suffering. Buddha did not use the term 'life'. Buddha also said that 'Whatever is felt is included in suffering' That has been stated by Buddha with reference to the impermanence of formations. Yes, there is pleasurable feeling but it is also included in suffering as it is impermanent. With metta, Lalith On Feb 2, 2008 3:17 PM, Leo wrote: Hi...

Do you need me? I am there You cannot see me, yet I am the light you see by You cannot hear me, yet I speak through your voice You cannot feel me, yet I am the power at work in your hands. I am at work, though you do not understand my ways I am at work, though you do not understand my works I am not strange visions. I am not mysteries. Only in absolute stillness, beyoung self, can you know Me as I am, and then but as a feeling and a faith. Yet I am here. Yet I am hear. Yet I answer. When you need me, I am there Even if you deny me, I am there Even when you feel most alone, I am there Even in your fears, I am there Even in your pain, I am there I am there when you pray and when you do not pray I am in you and you are in me Only in your mind can you feel separate from me, for only on your mind are the mists of "yours" and "mine" Yet only with yur mind can you know me and experience me. Empty your heart of empty fears. When you get yourself out of the way, I am there. ...