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Heheh. Glad you liked my stupid poem. Yours wasn't half bad either. ^_^ Isn't Chuang-tzu a mind phuck? I find it a bit more accessible than the Tao-te-ching so perhaps it's a good introduction to the concepts that are explained more esoterically in poetic form. Let me tell you that stuff has given me the means to save my own life on more than one occasion.

She's like a big sister than a mother. She even brings all her prospective boyfriends over to see if I approve. We won't even go into how much a nut my father is! I think I need therapy. lol

that's just great - now I'm mush and can't function - see what I mean?

i have always found a certain joy of life in the winter. the increased darkness offers so much more potential then the constrained reality of daylight. the cold makes me aware of every part of my body, sharpens my senses, and makes me feel more alive. snow coats the world and for a little while gilds the world and makes it a place of faerie tale beauty and wonder. the Unseelie hold sway over the courts and their sly mechinations encourage us to seek out compainionship around the warmth of a fire, or a coffee cup.
as for offices, i have found that after a certain amount of time, the institutional white and rounded corners of my office cause me to hallucinate and allow me to escape from the drab lifeless place to somewhere much more fulfilling in my head. muses are hard to find... but if you do find one would you be willing to share? too many stories and not enough time to tell them all.

As for being stuck in an office - I have to clarify: I've made it my own home, so I am surrounded by a good flowing chi (my partner and I made sure we designed the space keeping everything in compliance with Fung Shui).
I just don't like being inside all day - I need to get out and soak up the sun's rays like today. 68 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Think I'll go for a walk......

Have you ever read Chuang Tzu? In case you haven't, he was a taoist philosopher who came later than the mythical Lao Tzu and unlike the old master, his existence as a real person has been verified. Anyhoo, He had a very down to earth approach to the way. His writings show such a sparkling, dry with that I found myself laughing out loud as I read. It's much less esoteric than the Tao Te Ching and helped me gain a lot of insight into the meaning of some of the more obscure passages in there. "You may know the entire world without even looking out the window." That right there is it in a nutshell and it's the source of my pain right now. Thanks for your concern I'm feeling a little better today but it may take some time to resolve this. Seems I've forced a confrontation with myself and I have to choose what I am to be. Le *Siiiiigh* I find diet Mountain Dew is a good dietary source of the essential nutrient caffeine. Maybe I'll see you around?

It's a little known fact that Dr. Pepper has caffeine in it. That's probably why it works s'dern well. Yep Chuang-tzu is amazing! I love his stuff. Trumpet is my poison of choice.

the problem with hallmark is that they destroyed the common mans attempts to be romantic by making it cliche. i find that whatever suits your mood when you write it is best. poetry is about expression really, not about form.