She has everything that money can buy,
except the ability to look you in the eye
’cause she knows she lives a golden lie.
Life’s gifts are free and to all apply
and no wealth can bribe the right to die.
“No one is wealthier than the person who can afford to give away priceless smiles.”
Dartwill Aquila
Fear is here. It’s everywhere.
The following is an excerpt from the unpublished book Jess (the sister of Jesus visiting today’s world):
– Most people are frightened, worried, about most things.
– I don’t see it, said Joseph. (Jess’ new lover) What frightens them?
– They’re worried – frightened – about what they look like, don’t look like and are going to look like. They worry about what they say, what they’ve said and what they should say. They worry about what they do, what they’ve done, what they need to do and what they won’t get done. They’re frightened of other people, their bosses, their colleagues, their friends and lovers – not to mention strangers and foreigners. They fear the future, disease and aging. They’re afraid of what they don’t know and afraid of what they are going to find out. They’re afraid of what they eat, how much they drink, their kids, their parents… What frightens them most comes in the form of contradictions to their well-established dogmas. They are not frightened all the time and they are not frightened about everything at the same time, but believe me, most people are frightened and worried most of the time. Life frightens them. They don’t know how to love it.
“Death is feared most by those who haven’t lived.”
Dartwill Aquila
Basically I’m down to earth,
but I’m feeling rather divided lately
even though I have sweet thoughts
about a well-spiced potato gratin
and a glass of red wine.
“You’re never alone if you are friends with your imagination.”
Dartwill Aquila
A living wall and two dead plants.
The master of the house has no pants.
The lady talks, he hears rants.
Nietzsche’s walls were weaker than Kant’s
but it matters not to the human ants
whose walls say freedom and doors shout can’ts.
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Nietzsche
“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy,
but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”
Kant
“Uncertainty demands curiosity not surrender.”
Dartwill Aquila
Here are five women of our times.
Strong women, intelligent, brave, talented, articulate.
They are role models, heroes.
How many have you heard of? What do you know about them?
There are more. Many more. But these aren’t the women served to the public through the media. Why is that? Why are these admirable and highly interesting women of so little interest?
Why are so many celebrities with so little to celebrate brought to our attention instead?
I say no more. Google them, and share their adventure.
Birgitta Jonsdottir – Iceland
Alenka Bratusek – Slovenia
Arundhati Roy – India
Alice Walker – USA
Sibel Edmonds – USA (Persia)
“The men who fear women are life’s chief cowards.”
Dartwill Aquila
When walking on a ceiling
try not to lose your head.
“Many are tired of school, but no one tires of learning.”
Dartwill Aquila
When the time comes I will support a mighty ship
and allow its travelers to plant their feet on solid ground.
I will remain beside you, wave them welcome
and give them a promise of fruit framed in beauty.
“We are the meaning of life.
Each one of us a phrase in the great tale of adventure.”
Dartwill Aquila
Kittal smiles.
The smile, like Mona Lisa’s, has a mysterious charm.
It seems to hum a cosmic tune,
tell secrets too pure to be denied,
make promises packed in sun drops…
whisper obvious, unnoticed truths.
This type of smile comes when life plants its lips
unexpectedly
on the back of your neck
to tell you that it loves you
causing warmth to flow like spiced honey
into the treasure of your soul.
“To learn about life
learn about nature.”
Dartwill Aquila
She stands at a podium, but says nothing.
Not with words in any case.
A lion is poised obediently at her feet –
just in case.
She stares right ahead
curious
about what life has in store.
She gives not a thought about how people look at her
or what they think of her.
She’s a monument of confidence,
greatful for the gift of life
and determined to be worthy of the gift.
She’s a lady.
“We are always naked in the face of life and need not apologize to anyone.”
Dartwill Aquila
Fiction loves tough guys, these super heroes with muscles of steel and the reflexes of a mongoose. Real life heroes are of another caliber. Catherine of Alexandria was as tough as they come.
She was an 18-year-old beauty from one of the leading families in Alexandria in the year 303 when The Great (and last) Persecution of Christians started. She was well-educated, had a pleasant manner and held a star status for converting people to Christianity. The people who knew her claimed that the devil didn’t dare meet her for fear that she would convert him.
She was singled out because of her popularity, arrested (as the equivalent of a terrorist), beaten, tortured, raped and eventually killed. She could have been released had she recognized the authority of Rome and the emperor. She couldn’t. ”Only God has authority over people,” she claimed. ”We are all equals.”
She never gave up trying to win her tormentors to embrace God and recognize the dignity of all people. Because of her, and many like her, the Christians eventually defeated the Roman Empire and forced it to call off the persecutions.
Saint Catherine was one of the most popular saints during the Middle Ages, second only to Mary, and can be found in many churches. She’s so tough, she still sheds light after 1700 years.
See: Captain Kate
“Moral muscles can’t be cut with steel.”
Dartwill Aquila
System Humanity 