The Day You Fell in Love

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”-Dalai Lama XIV

I have a friend I call Melvin.

I don’t know his real name, but Melvin seems to fit.

He wears a name tag, but I’ve never got close enough to read it.

Melvin works at the Publix supermarket in West Palm Beach, a few

I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on—and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone.

| Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason

You are Going to Embarrass Yourself.

So relax.

And enjoy it.

I actually don't buy in to the "if your product doesn't embarrass your team, you've launched too late" idea.

I'm much more accustomed to the accidental, un-intentional embarrassment that inevitably arises EVEN when you've waited to work out the kinks - and double check the details.

It matter

They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always

Gary Oldman said “There’s a saying, isn’t there, that we have one foot in the past, one foot in the future, and we piss on today. We are not in the moment.”

27 Reasons Real Writers Don't Write Listicles on Substack

1. Writing on Substack isn’t about clout. Unlike all of those other places we no longer hang out online, Substack authors (and artists) don’t write for likes, follows, fans, subscribers and sales. Like the Buddha taught us long ago, there is no ego in art, nor an I in team. (there is of course,

"Buster was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I was so stressed out being the champ, my hair was falling out. I was stressed out, but l was playing it out like I was a hard guy...scared to death little kid and you've got the whole sport on your back. Everyone is trying to get your money they're trying to sue you. "Whew! Relief! It ha

The Chinese symbol for crisis 危机 is composed of two elements: one signifies danger and the other opportunity.

5 Legit Rules I Made Up About Wine for People Sick of People (Just in Time for Memorial Day)

(hint…..while I do come from a family of doctors - I’m the dumb one - and this is not medical advice)

1. Wine makes an excellent friend - quiet, elegant and will make you feel better about yourself in about an hour.

2. If your Memorial Day wine stash costs more t

“Only art penetrates … the seeming realities of this world. There is another reality, the genuine one, which we lose sight of. This other reality is always sending us hints, which without art, we can’t receive.” - Saul Bellow