Passing the Time

Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark-spattered wheels and a hoarse roar of power or terror.  It's passing, yet I'm the one who's doing all the moving.  ~Martin Amis, Money

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. Mark Twain

The state of the world has me feeling sad today but am I wasting my time thinking about it?

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair. Chinese Proverb

I can change my surroundings and even my thoughts.  Can one person change the world?

Do I owe it to the world to be truly, wholly me?

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy. Anais Nin

just thinking out-loud . . .