Tuesday, April 08, 2008

"Rather be dead than cool."



"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."



"If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got."



"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."


"Don't expect me to cry for all the reasons you had to die."

February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Sign the petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/477616584

“We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be.. the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer.. which is, in reality no more than a reflexed image of ourself."
~ Farely Mowat

"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be out shouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
~ L. David Mech

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Warning! This video is short but it made me vomit.



"Perhaps it was the eyes of the wolf, measured, calm, knowing.
Perhaps it was the intense sense of family.
After all, wolves mate for life, are loyal partners, create hunting communities
and demonstrate affectionate patience in pup rearing.
Perhaps it was the rigid hierarchy of the packs.
Each wolf had a place in the whole and yet retained his individual personality.
Perhaps it was their great, romping, ridiculous sense of fun.
Perhaps it was some celestial link with the winter night skies
that prompted the wolf to lay his song on the icy air.
For the native people who lived with the wolves,
and the wolves once ranged from the Arctic to the sub-tropics,
there was much to learn from them.
Is it any wonder that the myths of many tribes characterize the wolves
not as killers but as teachers?"
~ Unknown



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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

awakening

I just watched Into The Wild last night. Finally. It was inspiring. Awakening. See, the thing is, the thing that keeps me here, that keeps me surrounded by things that feel empty and unnecessary, the thing that makes me different than these people that inspire me, is fear. Not the fear of eating the wrong leaf or root or berry but the fear of realizing how incomplete people, myself included to a ridiculous degree, make their lives by filling it with things. But an even bigger fear for me is not having the people I love the most there with me. I'm not sure that's necessarily a fear... I mean, I love these people. I would feel so alone without them. I don't know how a decision to leave that could be made. That's scary, man, to be awakened to the fact that you are a completely dependent person. What kind of strength and courage does it take to just walk away? All I know is that its the kind I don't have.

Some memorable quotes:

"Cause, you know what I don't understand? I don't understand why people, why every fucking person is so bad to each other so fucking often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum."

"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. "

"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed."

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."



Maybe you think Chris McCandless was a crazy person. That he was insane beyond comprehensible measure. Maybe you're right. Or just maybe you're completely wrong.

"Rather than love, than money, than fame... give me truth." - Henry David Thoreau

I've wanted to blog about Shaun Ellis since we watched "A Man Among Wolves" but I haven't. This seems a fitting post to mention him. I think it probably goes without saying but I'll say it anyway. This man is a hero to me.


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Healing thoughts, good vibes and prayers

My father-in-law is going in for surgery today at noon. I am requesting and welcoming all the positive thoughts you can spare. Thank you.