December 21, 2005
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Topic: The strike, and the meetup.com, and serenity now!
I ended up not taking the Long Island Rail Road home last night, but will be on it today after work. I’ve just seen some of the pictures and read the reports, and it looks like it was a friggin’ madhouse. Penn Station was overflowing with people, and their were massive waits for trains. I’m hoping to get out a bit early and maybe beat some of that rush…definately looking forward to reading more about how this is going to turn out.
Let me turn quickly to “serenity now,” the famous Seinfeld quote of Frank Costanza, his way of calming himself down.
I need calm in my life…just a little bit of calm everyday. Time alone. Time to recognize that I have time, time to think, time to simply be along, time to not worry about work, my future, or anything or anyone. Time to get a better hold of time. Time to slow down time, which tends to go quickly in a day.
I’m working on creating a daily routine that could be applied throughout my lifetime, regardless of where and when I am. A routine with built in flexibility. Along with healthy eating and exercise, I’m hoping to build in time for calm. Might have to shave a few minutes from sleeping, or simply be more efficient with my time throughout the day, but having calm time I think is something I need these days.
I went to my 2nd meet-up event last night, for the NYC travelers group. It’s possibly the most ideal way to meet people, and have a good night of socializing. The topic of travel certainly came up, but that’s essentially the ice breaker that allowed 10-or-so strangers to just start having free-flowing conversations. They have meet-ups for all sorts of things, and I’m hoping to start making that part of my monthly routine.
I feel like being a bit creative now…so bear w/ me here, as I end this post with some stream of conscious-type writing:
Life is good
and not good
Life is
It is envigorating
and dull
it is
Life is intense
and overwhelming
and calm
this life
This life is lonely
and boring
and life is
life is not these things
Life is full of entertainment
and people
and community
life is
It is technology
and nautre
Sleep and awake
What is life?
It is not life
It is
It is now
and yesturday
and odds are tomorrow it will be as well
It hurts
and stings
this life
and terrorizes my heart
and our hearts
Life is what we try to escape
and life what we try to embrace
Because life is
life is
life is
Life is beauty
and creativity
and spontaneous
This life
It is nothing
Nothing we can control
Nothing that matters
It is life
It is what is written
and not
spoken
heard
and muted
seen
and covered
blind from our eyes
Life
Life is
Life are these words
and dark
beyond our comprehension
To life, to life
L’Chaim
L’Chaim, L’Chaim
To life
Comments (2)
serenity now, insanity later
boston has a meetup.com group….i used to go to some of the events way back but found it was a lot of 30+ people and it wasn’t really my thing…maybe one day when im older and move to a new city…
Time for calm. Yes, indeed – great that you’re discovering that at a young age. Saves so much wear and tear over the years. And the what’s it all about alfie poem is neat too.