The Inner Valley

your life is your life don't let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can't beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it. you are marvelous the gods wait to delight in you.  ******* ✍  Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; Andernach, Germany, August 16, 1920 – San Pedro, California, U.S., March 9, 1994). ◙ John George Brown *******  El Corazón que Ríe  tu vida es tu vida no dejes que sea apaleada hasta una lúgubre sumisión. estate alerta. hay salidas. hay una luz en alguna parte. puede que no sea mucha luz pero golpea a la oscuridad. estate alerta. los dioses te van a ofrece

  A Sufi from Bokhara attracted large concourses of people, and his house was always full of disciples and pilgrims. Distressed by this activity and movement, one devout student left the city almost as soon as he had entered it in search of the sage, and made his way to the hut of a more solitary contemplative in Eastern Turkestan. When the two had sat in silent contemplation for a time, the mystic raised his head, having read his visitor's mind, and said: 'When you judge by externals, by appearances only, you will gain only superficialities. You disliked the outward appearance of the Sage of Bokhara, and therefore could not reach his inner aspect.' 'On the Final Day, if you are to be judged in similar fashion - on your outward form, why not prepare your own outwardness? You are soberly dressed; bedeck yourself with beads. Your robe is plain - make it an object of remark. Decorate and display yourself. Then you might at least be credited with being consistent.'