Jim McDonald

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So Much Noise

Can you be alone and quiet, without music playing, or TV on?  Can you simply sit and be still in silence, with YOU?  Are you walking around unconscious, asleep? It seems that everywhere I go there is “human” noise, intentional and unintentional, of some kind covering up the peace of quiet. One day: Bank – music playing from small radio on the counter.  Advertisement broadcasting on two TV screens with sound.  Two people in line talking on cell phones and yes, one at the counter talking on cell while doing transactions. Restaurant for lunch – music playing through overhead sound…

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“Live Each Day As If IT Were Your Last” Really?

“Live each day as if it were you last.“ It sounds wonderful doesn’t it. What would today look like if i truly lived it as if it were my last? Would I get out of bed?  I might just stay a while – not out of depression but because it’s so peaceful, so safe, so genuine with being. Would I waste the time required to shower and shave?  Would I brush my teeth?  If I were a woman, would I bother with makeup? And what about clothes?  Would I care? Would I go to work? Would I be concerned at…

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