Saturday, February 09, 2008

Focus on Beauty

Beauty is a challenge, a shift of mind, focus. Tomorrow I'll jog one hundred blocks.
Beauty is a leaner body, a clearer mind, an item of vanity. Have that dental work, and if it's not enough I'll say it a thousand times: get in shape, subscribe to a gym as of this coming week. Read, and write, and publish with serious intent to sale, promote your literature. That is beauty, to embrace the dream, to be gradually and effortlessly better, to have this second nature skin peeling off the old one, like a shiny brand new coin. You need to see that this moment is entirely unique, don't spend a second more trapped in your mind. What I think, and how I see myself, will become reality, regardless of what I want. So, choose carefully the thought, like you would food. Get a pair of cool black shoes, nothing too expensive, nothing cheap either. Work more hours, and still go home and work out. Wake up earlier, jog. Buy running gear, it'll get you in that mindset. Today, you did good. You kept your distance and it was as though she was in another land, not messing as much with me. Dependency, you can sense it, in too much involvement with one another, spending to much time mingled together. Stop talking so much, pecking each other too much. Be rude and indifferent, or step outside and come back if the moment merits it. You don't get anywhere with words; take action somehow, don't respond.
You did the grocery shopping. You wrote endlessly, and kept to yourself (I don't tire of saying so). Like inmates, we have to stop and keep our distance, don't be too mushy mushy. That is beauty. Now is time to relax.
You paid the bills, except the gas. Everyday aim at doing something you haven't done, something unique, even if it is exercise or not smoking for a few days.

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