Flashbacks

Here you are, not a veteran of any war or a witness of any grisly murder, yet your mind is full of flashbacks that only drastic actions would restore the tranquility. What you have here is a simple case of delayed cry for justice. There's nothing you could do right now but to live long and wait . Meanwhile work out, mentally and physically.

Beyond the quite ugly, jangly ruckuses involving a monkey and a less-than-real artist, most of the folks didn't know anything about you. Not that you really wanted them to know about you. You have lived for love and art. Now you are struggling to live with truth and reality. You have a tendency to imbue a search for peace and tranquility with a faux mysticism. You make it sound like nobody has heard of mysticism until you come along. What you have presented to us as mysticism is nothing more than an inarticulate expression of the wonder of human existence. What you should do is to transcend and transform your time and your life, and not to ape somebody else's words and deeds. You must find your own voice. You must not rehash what others have said. To live well and in peace is an art. So you must be an artist about life as well as about words. You don't go through life as if you were giving an operatic performance. You should go about your business in silence and diligence.

The more you think of the circumstances that gave rise to the ruckuses, the more you realize certain animals must be condemned and stayed away from for they are carriers of disease, literally and metaphorically.

The freaking and ignorant coward opened his mouth again. He nauseated you to no end. This time, however, you just went behind the bush and puked your guts out and turned your back on him and resumed your journey. Silence is strength. Love is the cure. Understanding is the first step. You understand what turns on an animal like him. You understand that it is no use to talk to a selfish, stubborn, ignorant coward like him. You only talk to those who care about and respect knowledge and truth.