thoughtlets

This should be a real word: thoughtlets.
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Everything that can be described or measured, exists on a spectrum. From the least to the most. So for accuracy's sake, a description of any thing really ought to be measured against a universal spectrum: where does this particular thing stand on the spectrum between the most ______ in the world and the least ______ in the world?
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Otherwise, we're just condemned to wallow and stumble forever in the swamp of relativity. i am relatively well-to-do compared with, say, a slum-dweller in the Philippines, but compared to the multi-billionaires who travel around on personal jets, well, obviously i won't be hanging out with them by their backyard pools any time soon. So when i give a description of myself and my bank account, obviously the adjective i use depends very much on which section of the spectrum i'm looking at. The most objective description would look at entire spectrum. (Ok, actually and obviously, in this case, the most objective description would be to just give a number. But there are many other cases when there is no quantitative measurement available. That's when we're stuck with having to use words.)
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This applies to so many other things. Words are such a terribly unreliable, inaccurate, deceptive description of reality.
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
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Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
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Amen.
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(Reinhold Niebuhr)
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There are some people -- few and far between -- who just radiate peace. Just step into their presence and you sense a deep serenity, a calm which is neither complacency nor naiveté.  i want to be like that when i grow up.
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