Tag: fate

THE BUS OF LIFE

Fandango’s Provocative Question #157 Looking at my life, how much of it is formed by things outside my control versus things that are within your control? Please elaborate to the extent you feel comfortable. We do not control our lives. If we are lucky, we may not experience much bad stuff. If we are less lucky, life can become … Continue reading THE BUS OF LIFE

KARMA

Fandango’s Provocative Question #89 I think we need to start with a definition because Karma means different things to different people and faiths, including people of no particular faith. The dictionary says: Karma: In Hinduism and Buddhism, the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in … Continue reading KARMA

TIMING, TIME TRAVEL, AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

I am fascinated with the concepts of time travel, parallel universes and the Butterfly Effect. Fortunately for me, there are several TV shows today that deal with these things. One is Timeless and another is The Flash. The Flash is a Marvel comic based series in which the hero can run so fast that he … Continue reading TIMING, TIME TRAVEL, AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

GAME OF LIFE AND THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING – Marilyn Armstrong

I pick these up from Melanie B Cee at: sparksfromacombustiblemind - EMBERS FROM SOMEONE DOGGEDLY TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL She gets them elsewhere so I'll pass it upward and she can pass it forward or backward. Whichever. Chainmail has never worked well for me. This is an interesting bunch of questions. I … Continue reading GAME OF LIFE AND THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING – Marilyn Armstrong

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

I am fascinated with the concepts of time travel, parallel universes and the Butterfly Effect. Fortunately for me, there are several TV shows today that deal with these things. One is Timeless and another is The Flash. The Flash is a Marvel comic based series in which the hero can run so fast that he … Continue reading THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

TIME TRAVEL, PARALLEL UNIVERSES & THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

I am fascinated with the concepts of time travel, parallel universes and the Butterfly Effect. Fortunately for me, there are several TV shows today that deal with these things. One is Timeless and another is The Flash. The Flash is a Marvel comic based series in which the hero can run so fast that he … Continue reading TIME TRAVEL, PARALLEL UNIVERSES & THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY

My Karma Ran Over My Dogma

Somehow, despite all the weird and awful things that happen along the way, we end up where we belong. Destiny always takes us to the right road, even as we mourn for what could have been. This was too beautiful not to share.

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My Karma Ran Over My Dogma

IMG_0472 This picture was taken two sunsets ago from the porch of the beach house I’ve rented in La Manzanilla, Mexico. Not a bit of color editing has been done.

She felt the small disk glance off the steering wheel and land on her lap as they jolted over the rutted dirt road. She picked it off her leg before it was jostled off and onto the gray carpet covered with dirt, gravel and slips of paper containing quickly-scribbled lines of inspiration for future poems.  Quickly, she glanced at the words printed on its front. “My karma ran over my dogma.” What did it mean, this button she now stabbed back into the sun flap over the steering wheel of her dusty van?

She had thought it hilarious when she saw it pinned to the poetry sweater of the stranger at the reading at the L.A. coffee shop almost twenty years…

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ON THE BUS

Call it fate, Karma, destiny, or Murphy's Law. It's all one thing. No project goes exactly as planned. No vacation is perfect. Some part of the meal won't be ready when dinner is served. Guests come early, stay late or leave too soon. Or not soon enough. Complications, delays, bumps in the road are the companions to everything we do. We cope. Like, … Continue reading ON THE BUS

BEING HERE AND NOW

Oedipus defeats the Sphinx by correctly guessing the answer to the following riddle: As babies, we crawl on hands and feet, using four legs. When we grow up, we stand. Thus, as adults, we stride through life upright, on two legs.  In old age, we are bent over, so in the evening of our lives, we walk with the … Continue reading BEING HERE AND NOW

UPDATE! ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DELAY

There are two classic ways to jinx yourself: Announce what you will never, ever do. Ask "What else could possibly go wrong?" Of all the things I said I would never do, I never moved back home. Given the nature of my relationship with my father, this should be no surprise. My mother died more … Continue reading UPDATE! ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DELAY