AOM Meditations: 101618

Rice Threshing by Thomas Hart Benton

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“I always secretly looked forward to nothing going as planned. That way, I wasn't limited by my imagination. That way, anything can, and always did, happen.” 

~Nigel Davis

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“Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else - above all, a travel bureau - arrange everything before-hand?” 

~Richard Aldington

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“Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He's made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, "Let's go do that together.” 

~Bob Goff

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“To err is to wander 

And wandering 

Is the way we discover the world 

And lost in thought

Is the way we discover ourselves. 

Being right might be gratifying 

But in the end it is static - a mere statement. 

Being wrong is hard and humbling 

And sometimes even dangerous 

But in the end it is a journey and a story. 

Who really wants to stay at home and be right 

When you can don your armor,

Spring up on your steed,

And go forth to explore the world .

True 

You might get lost along the way,

Get stranded in a swamp,

Have a scare at the edge of a cliff.

Thieves might steal your gold,

Brigands might imprison you in a cave,

Sorcerers might turn you into a toad.

But what of what?

To fuck up is to find adventure: 

It is in the spirit that this book is written.”

~Kathryn Schulz

(Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error)

AOM Meditations: 101518

Across the Curve of the Road (1939) by Thomas Hart Benton

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“Who am I? 

I am not nothing but this moment in the flow of life. 

This flow of life is not in my control; 

it is the life of the universe itself. 

The life of the universe flows in me 

and I just flow with this life 

and that is myself.” 

~Kiyozawa Manshi

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“Peace is life. Love is life. No river holds a grudge against a rock in its path. No leaf refuses to blow in the breeze. No plant denies water or sunshine. We, as human beings, have the gift of self-awareness, but this gift quickly turns to self-destruction if we do not learn to use it. We must learn to turn our minds towards the peace and love that we are flowing within at any given moment. This is the key to serenity. This is The Love Mindset.” 

~Vironika Tugaleva

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“Chaos brings movement to whatever is stagnant in your life. Stagnation leads to apathy, numbness, illness, suffering, etc. Be grateful for the situations in your life that may seem chaotic in the present moment, and realize that, in the greater scheme of things, chaos is Spirit giving you an opportunity… or possibly pushing you to move, grow, and be in the flow.” 

~Alaric Hutchinson