Jem

Experiment With Plant Medicine. Read Old Books.

Yucca AZ. Iphone6s

Disconnect regularly from the digital madness that has so many of us spiritually benumbed.

Unplug and get outside,

get healthy,

get out of debt,

learn a craft or a skill,

romp like a madman in nature,

Find solace in the silence of the infinite,

slow down,

Experiment with plant medicine,

read old books, deeply,

and learn to grow stronger with less.

— Erik Rittenberry

  • There Is No Victory In The Mind But Desperate Valor
    There is no victory in the mind, but desperate valor, shattering the four walls, disintegrating human love, until the iron-lidded mysterious eye (lowered carefully with the frail body under churchyard gardens) stares upward, luminous, inevitable, piercing solar magnitudes on a fine morning. — Horace Gregory From poem Interior: The Suburbs 
  • It’s Not The Shattering Itself That Breaks You
    The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly. It’s not the shattering itself that breaks you—it’s the silence that follows, the quiet space where you realize there’s nothing left to salvage. And in that moment, you know that you’ll… Read more: It’s Not The Shattering Itself That Breaks You
  • I Am Not The Whiskey You Want
    You cannot travel the road until you yourself become the road. — Alan Watts I am not the whiskey you want. I am the water you need. — Rupi Kaur from poem Milk and Honey
  • Life Is Too Short To Wake Up With Regrets
    Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely… Read more: Life Is Too Short To Wake Up With Regrets
  • Make Love Your Lodestar
    want to be happy? live the impossible life make love your lodestar for a life that’s more than dandelion wishes you must take action — Jason McBride from haiku on Medium