Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.
Henry MillerRead
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing every moment as precious.
Henry Miller suggests that those who possess the ability to see the significance and beauty in every moment can experience life more richly. It highlights the idea that awareness and appreciation are key to a fulfilling life, as every moment can hold inherent value if one chooses to acknowledge it.
In practice
During a motivational speech about mindfulness.
Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.
I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through, huge, fleshy-like luminous beasts, as though I were swimming behind them in the electric effluvia of her incandescent vision.
The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.
Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my thoughts, have me for your companion, confidant, and information bureau? What do you take me for? Am I an entertainer on salary, required every evening to play an intellectual farce under your stupid noses? Am I a slave, bought and paid for, to crawl on my belly in front of you idlers and lay at your feet all that I do and all that I know?
We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.
To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.
Not just any talk is conversation; not any talk raises consciousness. Good conversation has an edge: it opens your eyes to something, quickens your ears. And good conversation reverberates: it keeps on talking in your mind later in the day; the next day, you find yourself still conversing with what was said. That reverberation afterward is the very raising of consciousness; your mind's been moved. You are at another level with your reflections.
Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.
Sometimes, so much of the difficulty is the question of 'What am I going to write about?' because the world is so vast.
Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.
Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.
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