Luke 21:34-36 (New International Version)
34"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." Sacred Space, November 29, 2008
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"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themseleves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest. Difficult tasks are a priviledge to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs: He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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Dissipation. Mental distraction, amusement, diversion. The easier road to travel. Even laughter can fill the bill. On a day when emotional and mental spiral down takes center stage, it is natural to seek a distraction to distance and numb reality. Sometimes, it's a survival strategy to hoist oneself out of bed and begin the day - the same day, over and over. Perhaps something will spark enthusiasm once posture change has occurred and a different eye view is seen. Reconnection with the present, not past nor future...
34"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." Sacred Space, November 29, 2008
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"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themseleves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest. Difficult tasks are a priviledge to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs: He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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Dissipation. Mental distraction, amusement, diversion. The easier road to travel. Even laughter can fill the bill. On a day when emotional and mental spiral down takes center stage, it is natural to seek a distraction to distance and numb reality. Sometimes, it's a survival strategy to hoist oneself out of bed and begin the day - the same day, over and over. Perhaps something will spark enthusiasm once posture change has occurred and a different eye view is seen. Reconnection with the present, not past nor future...
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