Total Recall (2012)

Matthias: Mr. Hauser, What is it you want?
Doug Quaid: I want to help you.
Matthias: That is not the only reason you are here.
Doug Quaid: I want to remember.
Matthias: Why?
Doug Quaid: So I can be myself, be who I was.
Matthias: It is each man's quest to find out who he truly is, but the answer to that lies in the present, not in the past. As it is for all of us.
Doug Quaid: But the past tells us who we've become.
Matthias: The past is a construct of the mind. It blinds us. It fools us into believing it. But the heart wants to live in the present. Look there. You'll find your answer.

[source: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0321309/quotes]

Thursday, May 1, 2014

For B.

My last tattoo (literally and figuratively) was done by Steve at Crossroads Tattoo.  He's a wonderful human.  It reads: "Love much, Live gently, Let go gracefully" as a variation on a classic phrase attributed to Buddha.

I've been challenging myself to find my 'how to' or 'road map' in order to live the words.  I've come up with the following:

Love is using the heart instead of the mind to live from the spirit.

Gentleness comes from knowing that misery is resistance to life.

Letting go comes from not clinging to the good or the bad, but rather accepting what is and being open to possibilities.

B.
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