Who Are We?

April 23, 2015Scott ShermanQuotes

We ain’t what we want to be, and we ain’t what we’re gonna be, but we ain’t what we wuz. :: Old Mountain Proverb Read more

As If It Could Be Explained

April 22, 2015Scott ShermanUncategorized

What Does 10 Years of Meditation Teach You? Read more

On Those Rare Occasions, …

April 22, 2015Scott ShermanQuotes

I’ve done the research, and I hate to tell you, but everybody dies—lovers, joggers, vegetarians and nonsmokers. I’m telling you this so that some of you who jog at 5 A.M. and eat vegetables will occasionally sleep late and have an ice-cream cone. :: Bernie S. Siegel, M.D Read more

Word of the Day

April 22, 2015Scott ShermanUncategorized

acrimonious (ˌækrɪˈməʊnɪəs) adj 1. characterized by bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper, etc ˌacriˈmoniously adv ˌacriˈmoniousness n Read more

The Path

April 12, 2015Scott ShermanEmily Bronte, Poetry

When days of Beauty deck the earth Or stormy nights descend How well my spirit knows the path On which it ought to wend It seeks the consecrated spot Beloved in childhood’s years The space between is all forgot Its suffering and its tears. Emily Bronte Read more

You Who

April 10, 2015Scott ShermanDickinson, Poetry

I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – Too? Then there’s a pair of us? Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! Read more

Tao Te Ching

April 1, 2015Scott ShermanUncategorized

When all the world recognizes beauty as beauty, this in itself is ugliness. When all the world recognizes good as good, this in itself is evil. Indeed, the hidden and the manifest give birth to each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short exhibit each other. High and low set measure to […] Read more

Alone in my Room

April 1, 2015Scott ShermanPoetry, Rumi

Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you. Rumi Read more

Help, I’m Alive

March 30, 2015Scott ShermanMusic

I tremble They’re gonna eat me alive If I stumble They’re gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Help I’m alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be soft Tough to be tender Come take my pulse the pace is on a […] Read more

Silent Song

March 29, 2015Scott ShermanUncategorized

Noise Is a cruel ruler Who is always imposing Curfews, While Stillness and quiet Break open the vintage Bottles, Awake the real Band :: Hafiz Read more

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