Making The Recent Past Better Than The Past Past.

(Last night, I had a brush with the Past)

"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort."

- Gaston Bachelard


The past is now part of me, good or bad.
And I would not forsake my past, just because it is sad.

- Ghostwise

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The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

- Wendell Berry


We cannot escape our past, we can only redefine it by making the recent past sweeter than the past past.

-Ghostwise

The Blues Ain't Notheing But A Good Man Feeling Bad.

(Today I'm feeling the blues so I listen to the blues.)

The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

- Jimmy Rushing


Rich people don't feel the blues. They can feel sad but they don't feel the blues.

- Ghostwise

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“The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad”

- Leon Redbone


I like that - for the thought makes me feel better.

- Ghostwise

At Five, Your Son Is Your Master.

“Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up”

- Anonymous

And it is all because of you.

- Ghostwise

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“Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice”

- Anonymous


He follows - good or bad,
Whether he loves or hates,
He follows - good or bad.

- Ghostwise