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"We're here and this is now" Vimes understood this to mean in less exalted copper speak, that you have to do
 the job that is in front of you." - Terry Pratchett - The Night Watch
The warrior navigates with a moral and emotional compass. Surrendering outcome, directing or attempts to
 understand... In a peace that passes all understanding
Maiia: Years ago I was blessed by an old woman giving me the biggest smile through a joyfilled busted-up face. The warrior spirit transcends. The warrior spirit is immense, and the warrior spirit will deliver justice, where ever and how ever possible.
Sept 09 - Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.
Very often this means simple acts of generosity of spirit. They cost nothing but suspension of mind, of thinking, judging, assuming, disconnecting and discriminating.
Doing what one can where you are with what you have -can be a moment of compassion. Directed by a worn but warm heart
In suspending tendency to judge
and assume we set ourselves and each other free
This strong soul, this old woman, this friend, this warrior sitting on the kerb but not in the gutter has a way of illuminating truth. And this experience occurs time and time again.
"A peace not of consequences but an individual peace for every human being on the face of this earth. People want to stop wars, conflicts, but nobody addresses the individual —from where peace has to begin." P.Rawat
Psycholinguistics Linguistics VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY Pride - Peacock
I'm reminded here of Uncle Michael Cockatoo singing Mop & the Drop Outs evergreen- Brisbane Blacks. "They know they've done no worng But the pressure from society is strong."
As Paul Green puts it - "Back to the shallow end of the pool - for Me"
A yacht parked here in Cairns at one stage...- "Mea Culpa" (My Culpability/guilt)
...what a strange name for - the baby-boomer generation's success/prosperity, surely a matter of pride on many levels- NZ boat-building craftsmanship, the successful pursuit of dreams... inspiring things...
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