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Killer Queen

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She keeps Moet et Chandon. In her pretty cabinet. ‘Let them eat cake’ she says. Just like Marie Antoinette. A built-in remedy. For Kruschev and Kennedy. At anytime an invitation. You can’t decline. Caviar and cigarettes. Well versed in etiquette. Extraordinarily nice.

She’s a Killer Queen. Gunpowder, gelatine. Dynamite with a laser beam. Guaranteed to blow your mind. Anytime.

Recommended at the price. Insatiable an appetite. Wanna try? 

To avoid complications. She never kept the same address. In conversation. She spoke just like a baroness. Met a man from China. Went down to Geisha Minah. Then again incidentally. If you’re that way inclined. Perfume came naturally from Paris. For cars she couldn’t care less. Fastidious and precise.

Drop of a hat she’s as willing as. Playful as a pussy cat. Then momentarily out of action. Temporarily out of gas. To absolutely drive you wild, wild. She’s all out to get you.

Recommended at the price. Insatiable an appetite. Wanna try? You wanna try.

Perfectly Imperfect 

We have all heard that no two snowflakes are alike. Each snowflake takes the perfect form for the maximum efficiency and effectiveness for its journey. And while the universal force of gravity gives them a shared destination, the expansive space in the air gives each snowflake the opportunity to take their own path. They are on the same journey, but each takes a different path. 

Along this gravity-driven journey, some snowflakes collide and damage each other, some collide and join together, some are influenced by wind… there are so many transitions and changes that take place along the journey of the snowflake. But, no matter what the transition, the snowflake always finds itself perfectly shaped for its journey. 

I find parallels in nature to be a beautiful reflection of grand orchestration. One of these parallels is of snowflakes and us. We, too, are all headed in the same direction. We are being driven by a universal force to the same destination. We are all individuals taking different journeys and along our journey, we sometimes bump into each other, we cross paths, we become altered… we take different physical forms. But at all times we too are 100% perfectly imperfect. At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. I’m not perfect for your journey and you’re not perfect for my journey, but I’m perfect for my journey and you’re perfect for your journey. We’re heading to the same place, we’re taking different routes, but we’re both exactly perfect the way we are. 

Think of what understanding this great orchestration could mean for relationships. Imagine interacting with others knowing that they too each share this parallel with the snowflake. Like you, they are headed to the same place and no matter what they may appear like to you, they have taken the perfect form for their journey. How strong our relationships would be if we could see and respect that we are all perfectly imperfect for our journey.


― Steve MaraboliLife, the Truth, and Being Free

Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.

― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild