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 . . .

this journey

How do we choose to travel?
What is reliable in the rain?
What is our ultimate destination,
for this time, this journey, or
this day?
We move at the speed of life.
Depending on traffic, others
may chose to follow your path,
but not your direction.

© 2021 j.g. lewis

this season

A little cold, little wet,

a little tired and yet

I am here. Still,

full of wonder.

The morning chill leaves

little to the imagination

and much less

to hope for.

Expected, perhaps, as it

always is, this time, this

season is only what

we ask of it.

11/21/2024                                                                                                                    j.g.l.

Mondays are just young Fridays

The answers are far less certain

than even last week, to all those

perennial questions or solutions

you might seek.

 

What do you believe, or 

what do you believe in?

 

Come Monday, you have fewer 

questions than you had last week.

For a while there are less doubts

in what you believe. 

 

Whom do you believe in,

and who believes in you?

 

11/18/2024                                                                                                          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
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.

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reminders

Posted on October 17, 2023 by j.g.lewis Leave a comment

My therapist reminded me, yesterday, of a phrase she had used before and one I had heard a long time ago. 
   They were wonderful words that I had forgotten, somehow, caught up in all I have been doing, or in things I have been trying to understand or attempting to accomplish. 
   It is a simple phrase I need to remember more often: We are human beings, not human doings. 
   Our goal, above all else, should be to simply be without thinking, or overburdening ourselves with all we are trying to be . . . even all we are trying to understand. 
   Instead, we often get caught up in all we are doing, and most of us try to do so much or are involved in too much. 
   It becomes too much. 
   We are all human. 
   I was reminded later in the day of something I had written to myself a long while back. It is something I need to remind myself of more often: You are only human; so is everybody else. 

10/17/2023                                                                                                   j.g.l.

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