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Zen is a liberation from time

“Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.” Alan W. Watts

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves,

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton

Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one.

“Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one. If you have anything to say, anything you feel nobody has ever said before, you have got to feel it so desperately that you will find some way to say it that nobody has ever found before, so that the thing you have to say and the way of saying it blend as one matter—as indissolubly as if they were conceived together.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a letter to his daughter Scottie (1936)

Happiness

“No one’s happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy. -Ayn Rand”

The best

Good things come to those who believe

Better things come to those who are patient

The best things come to those who don’t give up.

Art

“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” Stella Adler

Forgiveness

Forgiveness doesn’t change the darkness that happened but it does brighten your future.

simplicity

There is beauty in simplicity.

Good question

Opportunity

To live this life to its fullest

To live this life to its fullest, to be completely involved in our existence means to continually start over again. It is the decision to experience each moment as completely new and fresh which leads us to a life of intellectual and personnel struggle by choice. To live the examined life is to be willing to die over and over again.

Destiny

Destiny, said William Jennings, is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. Our destiny is up to us. Circumstances doesn’t have a damn thing to do with it, we do. We have that power.

G.K. Chesterton

“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” G.K. Chesterton

Here is the secret to the meaning of life.

Here is the secret to the meaning of life. The secret is that life has no meaning, not on it’s own anyway. You and I however, we have born with a meaning, with a purpose which we are required to apply to this life. The answer to the question is you and I.

Why is life worth living?

"Why is life worth living? It’s a very good question. There are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. For me, I would say Groucho Marx, to name one thing. And Willie Mays and the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony and Louis Armstrong, recording of Potato Head Blues. Swedish movies, naturally; Sentimental Education by Flaubert. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne. The crabs at Sam Wo’s, Tracy’s face." Woody Allen

Groucho

Willie Mays

The 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony

Louis Armstrong, Potato Head Blues.

Swedish movies

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34828/34828-h/34828-h.htm

Those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne.

Tracy's face

You

Gallery

Happy snow

The educational system in one image.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend the rest of its life thinking it’s an idiot.” -Albert Einstein

A people person

To my friends....

A referral point for my friends (personnel friends, meaning people I know in my personnel life) who want me to “Take a look at my stuff.” For years I’ve said sure, I’ll look at it, meaning edit it. But I have always forewarned them that I take the processes seriously and I won’t pull any punches and not to get angry with me. They always, always, always assure me that they want to a professional edit and that I shouldn’t pull any punches just because we’re friends. Then I edit their work and they get angry at me. So here’s what we’re going to do. If you want me to give my opinion on your writing or edit your work, the charge is $50.00 an hour with a four hour minimum. That should stop most of you from asking me to look at your work and while preserving our friendship.

Why this blog is here.

I am largely self-educated, and this blog is continuation of that education. I have an MFA, but that doesn’t have much to do with an education, not the kind I’m talking about. An advanced degree means I am able to follow instruction.

Never ending self-education means I adore knowledge and enlightenment of both the ordinary and the odd and that’s what this blog is about. It is by me, written for my benefit. You are more than welcomed to drop by as often and for as long as your heart desires.

John William Tuohy

I was born and raised in Connecticut and now live in rural West Virginia with my wife, Mary, and my dog Eli.

I hold an AA and MA in literature and an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. I spent most of my career as a political consultant and hated every living second of it.

I am produced and award-winning playwright. (Cyberdate, The Hannigans of Beverly, etc.)

I am the author of 12 books on traditional organized crime, an autobiography (No Time to Say Goodbye) two books of short stories (Short Stories from a Small Town, Washington Behind the Monuments) a novella (Imago Summer, 1971) and several books on Connecticut history. I proud to be the historian of Ansonia Connecticut. I sit on the board of Mt. St. John's School.

I occasionally and reluctantly work as an editor but only when I need money to travel.

I am an accomplished amateur photographer, a frustrated painter and not a half-bad gardener and I cook. I collect coins, stamps and political memorabilia. I love film so much that I built a large theater in my home. (I also wrote "On the Waterfront: the Making of a Great Amercian film")

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