gift horse

Schizophrenia is the best thing
      that ever happened to me.
I know a lot of people with the diagnosis
        don't feel that way,
but the experience changed me,
         for the better.
I was so arrogant, so narcissistic,
        so self-involved, and it humbled me.

     -milt greek

political crystalization

"This is the real revolution."

     -spoken in Cairo by MOHAMMED AITMEN november 2011

reason does the cosmic reel with faith

it is not my job
to fix christianity
or to prop it up

it is enough
to sit in the presence
of God

   - i think i know who wrote this
       but i'm not saying

at least someone has looked at the problem or the cogs are wearing down

The fundamental issue is
that
 law schools
are producing people who
 are not capable
 of being counselors.
 They are lawyers
in the sense that
they have law degrees,
but they aren't ready
to
 be
 a
 provider
of
services."

-jeffrey carr

reminiscence

i began this blog innocently enough
it has become a place of larger ideas
 larger quotes
but still much the same
in the beginning i had no intention of attracting
responses
it was more my desire to merely string thoughts from
various sources
together in a random way
and insert at times some of my own
minimal reflections
i also made room for variation
detractions from any norm
in that way i thought even a short story might be a quote
on de gustibus
or a long poem

as it stands it is a forum for checking in
for some people
but i intend to keep at this
as a means of addressing thoughts i have
and insights from other writers and thinkers
and poets

i remain open to suggestions

as each post is merely a suggestion

jh

prayer of st. gertrude

Eternal Father, I offer Thee
 the most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ,
in union with the Masses said throughout the world today,
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,
 for sinners everywhere,
 for sinners in the Universal Church,
for those in my own home and within my family.  Amen.

how is it that this splendid woman
was never formally canonized how
how is it that she was ignored
untill 1677 when pope clement XII decided
to include her in a list of saints
which was her form of being canonized
she didn't even have to go through scrutiny
a pope said it it was never argued
so it must be thus and so

i  suspect there was considerable trepidation
surrounding the writings and legends of this woman
perhaps it wasn't known what to do
she defied everything
and stood out as a disturbing witness
naked in faith
one willing to express love of Christ
in the most unsettling terms
the rest of us blush


yeah
it's like that

try this on

the illusion of something referred to as
an economy has held people spellbound for much too long
who came up with the idea that if you stuff enough
inane information in someone's face they will
identify with it sooner or later
and live with the impression that they are part of something

the reason economics continues as a discipline
refers to the principle that humans are inclined to
bedazzlement...they love being wowed
they love spectacle they love hyped-up pretensions of the real thing

the only salvation for the american economy is a return to complete barterdom
screw the pretense of money
for the next ten years let us merely barter