Both sides of my brain were shut down when I wrote this

I was sitting on my couch tonight thinking about driving. How effortless it has become (so much so that I got a speeding ticket…yet again), how I don’t consciously get in my car and think
“well shit, now what do I do?”
I just do it.
This was not always the case.
I distinclty remember pulling out of the [...]

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Rumi makes sweet love with his words

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.

Still treat each guest honorably,
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, [...]

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