Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all

j.g. lewis

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a daily breath...

A thought du jour, my daily breath includes collected and conceived observations, questions of life, fortune cookie philosophies, reminders, messages of peace and simplicity, unsolicited advice, inspirations, quotes and words that got me thinking. They may get you thinking too . . .

acts of clarity

Slow down: even with the ideas that come to quicky. Take the time to acknowledge the feelings that arrive, as they arrive.

 

Write it down. How else will you remember what you were thinking?

 

Print neatly. You hardly understand the thoughts at the time, why make it more difficult to comprehend weeks or years from now?

 

Follow your own logic; only you need to truly make sense of what is happening, or all that has happened.

 

Pay attention to the lessons of the past. Be mindful that not all are worth repeating.

 

Clarity. Make corrections as you go. Flaws become more difficult to correct the longer you live with them.

 

11/14/2024                                                                                                                  j.g.l.

November 11

cloud songs

             We exist, at times silently,

               comfortable in our invisibility.

 

                 Unnoticeably so.

 

             Unexplained. 

 

           We so know, or learn, when

                      it is time to speak up.

 

11/08/2024                                                                                                j.g.l.

I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.

j.g. lewis
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Mondays are just young Fridays

Posted on February 3, 2020 by j.g.lewis Leave a comment

Okay, so last week didn’t go as planned. You knew what you had to do, and it didn’t get done; there were simply too many things that got in the way. What, with all those demands at work and all those distractions you never factored into the equation (distractions are always like that), there just wasn’t the time or the energy, or mental bandwidth, to do what you wanted to do.
  That’s all right, why let the past play such a big role in the present? Past performance doesn’t have to be an indication of future progress.
  This is a brand new week and you’ve now got another seven days to keep moving forward. Of course, you’ve even got more time than that, but isn’t it easier planning or working towards your goal in smaller, manageable increments?
  Go week-by-week, even day-to-day. Focus on doing things your own way.
  You know you can.
  You’re amazing; you are, look at what made it through in the last week alone. Not everybody can do all that, and many people don’t even bother trying.
  But you did, and you made a great start, so keep moving forward.
  Everything will get done because you know you can make it happen.
  You are amazing.
  Remember that today, and every day.

02/03/2020                                     j.g.l.

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