Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

[Ruffhowse]

Life...is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while, there's a peanut butter cup, or an english toffee, but they're gone too fast, and the taste is...fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. And if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left is an empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers.
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Or...

life is really an interesting dream, one in which we are the leading characters. We make choices as we star in our own personal drama, endure hardships, rise to heights of triumphs of insight, creativity, and passion, sink to depths of despair. The wise person knows and understands this dream-drama is just that, and tries their best to Remember with each breath.

And when we awake, we see the face of the Beloved, and joy and happiness is ours.

-musings of a non-smoker on an early rainy Monday morning.

[spooked]

2. beautiful

yes, this is a precious existence we have here on earth. Each life is worthy of dignity. And yet so many suffer needlessly.

[mark11727]

3. One of the better X-Files episodes, IMHO.

[xchrom]

4. ''teeth-shattering nuts''

:)

[seabeyond]

5. i got a box of sees candies for christmas

and has been a wonderful treat of surprise, what delicious and creative flavor will i get. after putting kids to bed after a hetic and chaotic day of excitement and play, i sit back in rest to reflect what a beautiful life i have with a toast of a sees candy to end my day

each small bite i let sit in my mouth and i allow the delicious chocolate to melt and embrace the bursts of flavors

ah, it is all in how you see things my friend