On repeat on my playlist, “Quran Recitation” from the album “Look Deeper” by Chillum.
From the book: Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson.
“I’ve realized that all great men are not good men. So I’m trying . . . to become good.”
“You want greatness for self-gratification, but you want goodness from a human perspective. . . . In actuality, they can’t coexist. You have to pick a side.”
From the book “Stones from the River A Novel: By URSULA HEGI.
pg 382; “Funny almost, the way it gave you a strange power to let others look down on you, to let them bask in their illusion that they were better than you. That illusion was a gift . . ., simply by being a gift that turned some of them ugly and others defenseless and therefore useful.”
February 14, 2021 (Val's day). 8.05 pm, lotus position on the top bunk.
The Mother bird, part eagle, part vulture, part human, carried me high above on its wingspan and said, “But if you develop the habit of learning how to let go and rise above things even while you live in the midst of them, then you’ve developed the proper habits. The skills you need are going to protect you in all circumstances. Look ahead, it’s still a long road ahead.”