Vassago

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:55:00 +0000

there is only the present moment, the now.

You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.

'Time' doesn't pass.

human beings have enormous difficulty in focusing on the present;

always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better,

about the consequences of our actions, and about why we didn't act as we should have.

Or else we think about the future, about what we're going to do tomorrow,

what precautions we should take, what dangers await us around the next corner,

how to avoid what we don't want

and how to get what we have always dreamed of.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:52:32 +0000

The secret is here in the present.

If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it.

And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:51:00 +0000

People are never satisfied.

If they have a little, they want more.

If they have a lot, they want still more.

Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little,

but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000

I want to feel what it's like,

cause death is only going to happen to you once.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000

...and there you have it,

another body on the floor

surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone

except to the one who can't take any of them along.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:18:00 +0000

Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets,

the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Under the cover of darkness people do things they'd never do under the harsh glare of day.

Decisions feel wiser. People feel bolder.

But when the sun rises, you have to take responsibility for what you did in the dark.

And face yourself under the cold, harsh light of day.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0000

I still get nightmares.

In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now.

I'm not.

No one ever really gets used to nightmares.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Darkness is impossible to remember.

Consequently cavers desire to return to those unseen depths where they have just been.

It is an addiction. No one is ever satisfied. Darkness never satisfies.

Especially if it takes something away which it almost always invariably does.

Holy Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Holy Saturday commemorates Christ's burial and his triumphant descent into hell or “to the dead.”

Typically no services take place during the day.

However, many Eastern and Western churches hold the Easter Vigil—the principal Easter service—after sundown on Holy Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:38:10 +0000

There must be something strangely sacred in salt.

It is in our tears and in the sea

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:59:00 +0000

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you

as by the attitude you bring to life;

not so much by what happens to you

as by the way your mind looks at what happens

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:22:00 +0000

If you reveal your secrets to the wind,
you should not blame the wind for
revealing them to the trees

Easter - Good Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Good Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Good Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Good Friday,

when Jesus was put on trial and executed

Thursday April 2nd 2026 - Pink Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

the name is derived from the early spring bloom of a North American wildflower called "Phlox subulata," commonly known moss phlox.

A Moon usually appears reddish when it's close to the horizon because the light rays must pass through the densest layers of the atmosphere

April's full, "Pink Moon" is known as the Paschal Full Moon, which sets the date for Easter.

the first full moon after the March equinox,

Maundy Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Maundy Thursday,

when Jesus ate his last meal with his followers and was then arrested

Paschal Moon - Full Moon - Pink Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

This Paschal Moon marks the first Full Moon of spring and is used to determine the date of Easter.

Pink Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:35:27 +0000

The word "Bible"

does not appear in The Bible

the religious people — most of them — really think this planet is an experiment.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

That's what their beliefs come down to.

Some god or other is always fixing and poking,

messing around with tradesmen's wives,

giving tablets on mountains,

commanding you to mutilate your children,

telling people what words they can say and what words they can't say,

making people feel guilty about enjoying themselves,

and like that.

Why can't the gods leave well enough alone?

All this intervention speaks of incompetence.

If God didn't want Lot's wife to look back, why didn't he make her obedient, so she'd do what her husband told her?

Or if he hadn't made Lot such a shithead, maybe she would've listened to him more.

If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out the way he wants?

Why's he constantly repairing and complaining?

No, there's one thing the Bible makes clear:

The biblical God is a sloppy manufacturer.

He's not good at design,

He's not good at execution.

He'd be out of business if there was any competition

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Researchers say the average length of a dream is two to three minutes.

But many people experience their dreams as hours, if they can remember them at all.

The science of dreaming has been questioned for hundreds of years. Some hypothesize that dreams are our way of processing real events that occur when we're awake. They may also serve as an outlet for repressed hopes and desires.

Neuroscientists introduce a new theory every few years.

But honestly, no one knows why we dream or why we have nightmares.

We just hope that after the dream, we wake up.

Some people spend their lives trying to make a dream come true. They set a goal, then make a plan on how to achieve it. It works for some people.

for others, it's not so easy.

As hard as you work towards the dream, it can feel like the whole world is plotting against you. As you get further away from it, you cling to any sign of hope. And the longer it takes and the more it costs you, you start to consider whether you should give up.

Do you find a new dream?

Or do you stick to the one that started you on this journey in the first place?

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:17:52 +0000

April changes her sweet mind

Every other second.

With her many moods and minds,

Nothing can be reckoned.

I always carry an umbrella,

It serves for rain and sun!

I take my boots and out I go

To share in April’s fun

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:17:11 +0000

Life begins again — in April!

How this dead earth comes to flower!

How the dry boughs wake and quicken

In this blooming, springtime hour!

Life begins again — in April!

And the bird is on the wing,

Books are flowing, breezes tender

In a rhapsody of spring