I was wondering and wrote about it
This is wrongly attributed to Ghandi, and I got it from the Linus crowd.
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First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.
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As of September 2019, Andrew Yang is in stage two. You may be interested in his biography information on Wikipedia.
Let’s check back in on him in January.
I’m waiting for tonight and we’ll make a fire and sit outside enjoying the summer sounds
Me, yesterday
In the nights, in August
we have the sounds of crickets
telling us the temperature they say
In the morning, while still dark it is silent
they, the crickets, have gone to sleep
I’ve tried to stay up and listen for them to sleep
going silent bit by bit
but I can’t
they are there when I sleep and gone when I awake
even early, at 3:00
when do they stop, and go to sleep
Forgotten a bunch of it? The question does not apply to those under 40. For the rest of us, with lots of things to remember, how’s the memory going?
I was going through my photo collection. There was a collection of what we got on the farm share. There was a time when I photographed t-shirts because I could limit myself to black, beer t-shirts and I had too many. Of course, there’s a collection of photos for each trip, Mexico, Bali, Beijing, La Manga and Barcelona, and another to Buenos Aries and Bogota. There was a collection of photos for FredFest and feet and just wandering around.
I started to create a personal history of just photography. And then there’s looking at the images. Who has enough wall space to hang up all the memories?
When I get done with that, or done enough, I’ll work on another history. Like my scar collection. Or my bicycling. Or my whatever I can make a list of. So I can remember.
Fight or Flight, That’s the recognized responses to “perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.” How was freeze left out of the discussion?
You’re familiar with “deer in the headlights”? Maybe you’ve seen one. Perhaps you’ve seen another animal, a rabbit maybe, frozen, waiting. A flight may follow, but freeze comes first.
Perhaps, also, you’ve seen people in high-stress situations just curl up. They follow the path of no-action as a response to the harmful event or perceived threat.
Why this doesn’t get more recognition and attention is a mystery to me.
This is not a question I ask myself.
Should I Kill Myself or Have a Cup of Coffee?
The Stoics and Existentialists Agree On The Answer.
Philosophically bent people do ask the question. The Daily Stoic has more. The essay originally appeared at Institute of Art and Ideas‘ website.
I enjoy coffee daily.