When My Mind Is Still...: What MORE could you ask for?

Sunday, March 15, 2009

What MORE could you ask for?

While searching on Amazon for a gift idea, this caught my attention. A toothpick holder! Of the Voodoo Variety.

So I had to read the reviews... just to see who buys this stuff and why.

This one excited me.

Greatest toothpick holder ever!, September 30, 2008

By	Rabid Sofa Pillow (Brownstown, IN) - See all my reviews

For years I thought that the penguin toothpick dispenser was the best way to store your toothpicks, but it pales in comparison to this little guy. Everyone that sees him has made a comment, and my cat is afraid of it so she finally stays off the counter! What more could you ask for?

Oh, do you think it would really work? I am so desperate.

1 comment:

Marlo said...: that's hillarious, I'm just surprised your cats are still... lets say... alive?!! I think they are evolving, they are way too smart for their own good. I'd love to see a voodu toothpick holder in your country kitchen though!!; March 16, 2009 at 11:37 AM

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When My Mind is Still

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I remember things too easily forgotten:
The purity of early love,
The maturity of unselfish love that asks --
desires -- nothing but another's good,
The idealism that has persisted through all the tempest of life.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can find a quiet assurance, an inner peace, in the core of my being.
It can face the doubt, the loneliness, the anxiety,
Can accept these harsh realities and can even grow
Because of these challenges to my essential being.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can sense my basic humanity,
And then I know that all men and women are my brothers and sisters.
Nothing but my own fear and distrust can separate me from the love of friends.
If I can trust others, accept them, enjoy them,
Then my life shall surely be richer and more full.
If I can accept others, this will help them to be more truly themselves,
And they will be more able to accept me.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I know how much life has given me:
The history of the race, friends and family,
The opportunity to work, the chance to build myself.
Then wells within me the urge to live more abundantly,
With greater trust and joy,
With more profound seriousness and earnest service,
And yet more calmly at the heart of life.

-Paul Beattie