So I started feeding a stray cat on my porch. Sweet orange boy, very polite. Two weeks in, a lady knocked on my door and asked if I'd seen her cat. Showed me a picture. It was MY orange boy. Turns out he lives four houses down and has a full government name: Emperor Fluffington III. She wasn't mad though. She said he's been coming home absolutely STUFFED and she couldn't figure out where he was eating. We got to talking. Turns out Emperor Fluffington is running a full scam operation hitting up six different houses on our street. He has a different name at each house. We created a Facebook group to coordinate. He's been put on a diet. He's furious about it.
There is no need for meta glasses. There is no need to record all the time. There is no need to be online all the time. there is no need to record adult strangers without their consent or children. It’s dangerous and it’s invasive for the sake of being invasive.
I keep on revisiting this. You might not realize the depth of what he said. In urdu poetry, there is a concept where poets view God as a lonely being, so lonely that He created free willed humans for company. Loneliness is a Godly trait & whoever enters its realm meets God there
A rule that will lower your anxiety:
Don't replay conversations you can't change, and don't pre-live ones that haven't happened. Focus on the next right action. Most stress comes from living everywhere except the present.
Listened to Reasonable Doubt front to back yesterday. The arrogance, the total self belief in every line, from the very first song is what's largely missing in hip-hop today especially from debut artists.
no one can take away the fairytale life you made for yourself, fill everyday with whimsy and love, do what makes your heart happy, be so kind and grateful