The Purdzilla Show

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.   Vincent Van Gogh

Han:  “…I thought it was a bunch of mumbo-jumbo… The crazy thing is…it’s true…the Force, the Jedi, all of it. It’s all true.” Han Solo ( The Force Awakens )

Everyone has to deal with his or her own humanness. If we all could just tell ourselves, over and over, that the spark of the divine in us will triumph over our feet of clay - done. There'd be no need for gurus or guides. If only it were that easy. Carlos Santana

“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles…” And indeed, that IS the question: whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal. It is a choice we must all make consciously or unconsciously at one time in our lives. So few people understand this! Think of any decision you’ve ever made which had a bearing on your future: I may be wrong, but I don’t see how it could have been anything but a choice however indirect — between the two things I’ve mentioned: the floating or the swimming. Hunter S. Thompson

Rita: Do you every have déjà vu? Phil: Didn't you just ask me that? Andie MacDowell (as Rita) and  Bill Murray (as Phil Connors) in  Groundhog Day

As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal) he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path which puts no limit on his self-development), and he avoids the terror of seeing his goal wilt or lose its charm as he draws closer to it (rather than bending himself to meet the demands of that which he seeks, he has bent his goal to conform to his own abilities and desires). Hunter S. Thompson.