The only way out is through.

— Robert Frost

Can anyone be anything but a rebel in a conventional world like this?

— Jack Kerouac

• Sick Time, Only SickOctober 16, 2026
  This is the correct Zen sickness: sick time, only sick. No choice, no checking, not dependent, only sick. Then sick is not sick. This is high-class practice and… Read more: Sick Time, Only Sick
• It’s Time, She’ll SayOctober 15, 2026
  It’s Time, she’ll say, False prophet, that seeks flesh and gnaws the bone. — Ekphrasis: Her Expression by Yiannis Doukas, translated by A. E. Stallings
• I Am Too Alone In The World, And Yet Not Alone EnoughOctober 14, 2026
  Only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn’t exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will… Read more: I Am Too Alone In The World, And Yet Not Alone Enough
• When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone Of Your PastOctober 13, 2026
  When you rise, kiss the tombstone of your past and step barefoot into the garden of the future, the garden of infinitely forking paths — Maria Popova from… Read more: When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone Of Your Past
• But I Have My LifeOctober 11, 2026
  But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there. — Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake I wish… Read more: But I Have My Life
• Never Feel Guilty For Starting AgainOctober 9, 2026
  Never feel guilty for starting again. — Rupi Kaur from The Sun and Her Flowers 
• The Impeded Stream Is The One That SingsOctober 8, 2026
  It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work and that when we no longer know which way… Read more: The Impeded Stream Is The One That Sings
• You Only Got So Many DaysOctober 7, 2026
  You only got so many days. Don’t think about death; when you’re ready, death will think about you. Go out tonight with your friends… — D. A. Powell… Read more: You Only Got So Many Days
• It’s All About My Own DeathOctober 6, 2026
  It’s all about my own “death” Everything is visible I don’t want to see it.  — Aase Berg from poem Feminist Depression 
• The Creative Process Is A Process Of SurrenderOctober 5, 2026
  The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. ― Julia Cameron The creative adult is the child who survived. ― Ursula Leguin Creativity doesn’t wait for that… Read more: The Creative Process Is A Process Of Surrender
• The Individual Can Stop Being What Others Want And Become Who He Truly IsOctober 4, 2026
  By honestly confronting the characteristics of our personalities that have gone off course — habits, identifications, manias, vices; narcissistic, antisocial, schizoid, and paranoid disorders; personal delusions, crazy ideas,… Read more: The Individual Can Stop Being What Others Want And Become Who He Truly Is
• You Need To Grab Whatever Chance You Have Of Happiness Where You Find ItOctober 3, 2026
  But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people… Read more: You Need To Grab Whatever Chance You Have Of Happiness Where You Find It
• Once Upon A Time, Is How Stories BeginOctober 2, 2026
  Once upon a time, is how stories begin… — N’Zuri Za Austin Read to live the life you want. Embrace every page and start over again. — Shaa… Read more: Once Upon A Time, Is How Stories Begin
• Everybody Goes Home In OctoberOctober 1, 2026
  The bus roared on. I was going home in October. Everybody goes home in October. —Jack Kerouac