Quote of the day — on happiness

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far to better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. -- Carl Jung

February 3, 2010

Coffee — a critique

Mind altering drugs are drugs are drugs are drugs. Yup, legal, illicit or otherwise. And as this man in the video points out this is not about being hard-core anti-drug or anti-coffee. It's about taking care of ourselves and not becoming DEPENDENT on artificial substances to keep us going. It took me two years to... Continue Reading →

February 3, 2010

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