“The best moments in our lives are never the passive, receptive, or relaxing times. No, the truly best moments of our living ever occur when a person’s body & mind are stretched to their limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something noble and difficult and good.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe even your mind … Go all the way … It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision or mockery or even isolation. And yet isolation is the gift. All the others are mere tests of your endurance; tests of how much you really want to do it. And you will do it, despite rejection and the worst of odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine … If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. When you do you will be alone with the gods, and your nights will flame with fire … DO IT. DO IT. DO IT. DO IT. All the way … All the way. Do it, and you will ride life straight to perfect laughter. This is the only Good Fight there is.” ~ Charles Bukowski

Filed under: Peace Pilgrimage #02: Walking HOME (2019) by Scaughdt