A copy of Power, Freedom, and Grace by Deepak Chopra; an uncirculated 1947 Lincoln cent; and my Beretta Jetfire.

Chopra is one of my spiritual mentors; I collect coins and 1947 is my DOB; the Beretta is my everyday carry.

   

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  Yup.  Hit the big six-oh today.  I am as old as the transistor, the independent state of India, the Taft-Hartley Act, the Spruce Goose, and integration in major-league baseball.  Thing is, I don’t feel that old.  My physical disabilities are more due to genetic defects, old injuries and chronic illness than age –okay, except for the cataracts–not many teenagers running around with opaque corneas.

But jeez–sixty.  That does sound bloody antique, so I tried to think of an accurate way to minimize it.  Sixty = two to the sixth power, minus four.  Nah, that sounds even worse.  How about “three score”?  That has a nice Lincolnesque ring to it, but it brings to mind “three score and ten,” the Biblical lifespan.  I have lots more than one lousy decade left, I’m sure.

Then I remembered what George Carlin said–so now I’m not sixty at all–only “16 Celsius.”

Happy birthday, sweet sixteen!

Nothng  “makes” me happy–when I choose to be happy, I am.

If anything outside yourself makes you happy, you are addicted to it.

   

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Stupid question, actually.

God created science (and scientists and everything else); priests created religion.

   

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Certainly not, since lying and misrepresentation is rampant.
   

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Most of the time–despite living wiht pain, poverty, and disability on a dailt basis–I am radiantly happy.

I revel in being alive, I take joy in watching the changing seasons and the mountains and the local wildlife (moose, magpies, ravens, eagles, whatever), I cherish my interactions with other beings, whether they be people on the street, a spider in my car, or one of my household cats.

Truth is, one does not need any “thing” in order to be happy.  If one requires anything outside of oneself to be happy, one is addicted to it.  I prefer being inner-directed.

   

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Since I have no idea what that is, I have no opinion?  A group of defendants?  A new car?  A musical act?  A movie?

I’m ignorant and apathetic–don’t know, don’t care.

   

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“Seek first the kingdom of heaven; all else will be added to you.” — Jesus
   

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I am a luminous being of energy and light–just like everyone else, most of whom, sadly, do not realize it.

   

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The first season of SNL.

   

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