Gently @ MindSay 
Howdy Howdy all!
Well I haven't been feeling like myself lately. I dont know why, maybe school withdrawls or something. I wanted to go camping at the end of this month in hopes of recharging my battery. On the plus side I spoke with one of my professors this morning and he actually told me that I earned a 95 on my research paper on Dianetics. SWEET! I knew I would earn an A in his class as I did all of my 3 classes this semester.
Anyway I wanted to go camping over the memorial day weekend but alas everything is booked. Oh well, No matter, I plan to do something outside no matter the weather in order to clear my head. Any Suggestions? I better start kicking around some ideas huh? I just feel kinda blah ya know???? Anyway I have decided to medicate myself with a lot of recreational reading, the next book on the list is one a fellow mindsayer let me borrow earlier this year, "Comanches" by T.R. Fehrenbach. Should be a good and informative read. Thanks bro! Don't worry, I won't sully the pages with ink.
Poetry time....here goes.....
Speak Gently
Speak gently! -- It is better far
To rule by love, than fear --
Speak gently -- let not harsh words mar
The good we might do here!
Speak gently! -- Love doth whisper low
The vows that true hearts bind;
And gently Friendship's accents flow;
Affection's voice is kind.
Speak gently to the little child!
Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild: --
It may not long remain.
Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear --
Pass through this life as best they may,
'T is full of anxious care!
Speak gently to the aged one,
Grieve not the care-worn heart;
The sands of life are nearly run,
Let such in peace depart!
Speak gently, kindly, to the poor;
Let no harsh tone be heard;
They have enough they must endure,
Without an unkind word!
Speak gently to the erring -- know,
They may have toiled in vain;
Perchance unkindness made them so;
Oh, win them back again!
Speak gently! -- He who gave his life
To bend man's stubborn will,
When elements were in fierce strife,
Said to them, "Peace, be still."
Speak gently! -- 't is a little thing
Dropped in the heart's deep well;
The good, the joy, which it may bring,
Eternity shall tell. --David Bates
Goddess Bless
Howdy Howdy all! Now I know you were all looking for vacation entry 3 but that has been put on hold for a St. Patricks Day Salute. so without further ado.....HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY! I will not be going out for a drink but will instead will tie one on at home with the roomies and the bestest bud the Cocoa Goddes. I hope you all are having a great day and please keep ChitownFreak25 in your thoughts and prayers. I cant begin to know what she must have gone through but I do know that feeling alone is no small thing. Please reach out to someone, anyone if you feel like you are sinking. We are a bit of a family here on Mindsay and we should help one another when we can. How about some poetry...here goes....
This poem is by one of my absolute favorite writers, His post-modernist writings are so compelling that they speak to a whole other self. This poem was originally written in German and later translated.
Neither
to and fro in shadow from inner to outer shadow
from impenetrable self to impenetrable unself
by way of neither
as between two lit refuges whose doors once
neared gently close, once away turned from
gently part again
beckoned back and forth and turned away
heedless of the way, intent on the one gleam
or the other
unheard footfalls only sound
till at last halt for good, absent for good
from self and other
then no sound
then gently light unfading on that unheeded
neither
unspeakable home--Samuel Beckett
Goddess Bless