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    Long Trips To Nowhere: Quick Quotes, Deeper Thoughts, and Imperfect Poetry
    Long Trips To Nowhere: Quick Quotes, Deeper Thoughts, and Imperfect Poetry
    Long Trips To Nowhere: Quick Quotes, Deeper Thoughts, and Imperfect Poetry
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    Long Trips To Nowhere: Quick Quotes, Deeper Thoughts, and Imperfect Poetry

    By Allan R. Wallace

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    Daily Thought Provokers.
    Your true life you may never discover
    if you hide on your bed, under a cover.

    Each section is about 300 words.
    Each daily section of Long Trips To Nowhere starts with a quote, usually short. Next is a paragraph or three of deeper thoughts inviting cogitation. Finally a quick poem is added, usually meant to tie the pieces together. Of course I'm not much in favor of always following rules, so you will find variations.

    One section a day will get you through this book in a month -- quotes, deep thoughts, poetry and all.
    LTTN is your particular challenge.
    Some entries may intrigue, some anger, some cause nods of agreement, and others will bring laughter.
    All will provoke thought and help open your mind to wonder.

    Joy. Not mere pleasures but enduring joy. Your joy.
    You had it as a child. Grasp for it again.
    Discoveries can again be your . . .
    favorite toy.

    Your feet want to wander.
    Your mind longs to wonder.
    Your life needs the grandeur.
    Far beyond these insubstantial walls.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllan R. Wallace
    Release dateJul 30, 2013
    ISBN9781301542017
    Long Trips To Nowhere: Quick Quotes, Deeper Thoughts, and Imperfect Poetry
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    Allan R. Wallace

    "If you view change as a problem rather than an opportunity you'll always be too late. Visionaries and crackpots are always too soon and pay a high price for their insight.We can accept that." ~ Allan R. Wallace

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      Long Trips To Nowhere - Allan R. Wallace

      DAY 1

      A Quick Quote:

      Life, love, and liberty – these three:

      to experience them,

      you must risk them.

      A Deeper Thought:

      Technology is famous for removing middlemen from tasks.

      Disintermediation.

      I'll invent a name for something sinister that is often overlooked.

      Introintermediation.

      We may no longer travel to a box store to shop for headphones, ordered from a warehouse, that orders from a jobber, who deals with manufacturers. We can now use the Internet to place an order directly with the source. The extra layers were disintermediated. Tasks have become simple.

      Technology has instead introintermediated itself into our relationships. Our lives and awareness-of-self are being sundered from immersible reality by technological distractions. Our loves are separated from us by a lack of ability to concentrate, and constant allowed interruptions.

      Once guaranteed human rights (liberties) have been usurped into technology controlled privileges for which we may be allowed to qualify and pay. Our short attention spans have us electing charming actors who fake sincerity – we quickly accept their massaged emotional images rather than objectively examine their history.

      We have become simple.

      Will you attempt to discover and regain your stolen treasures?

      and Some Imperfect Poetry:

      Relationships are where everything is at;

      God, people, and my silly yellow cat.

      This book is dedicated to my kiddos:

      Shelley, Phillip, Matthew, Lydia, Elizabeth.

      I pray that you prosper, even as your soul prospers.

      When my children were young we would occasionally pile into a car and drive off in whatever direction seemed interesting at the moment. Without plan we might arrive at the Grand Canyon, or Las Vegas, or at a previously unknown mountain cabin by a lake. We had many excellent adventures.

      We lived in serendipity – a much better neighborhood than living in ignorance. Together we learned of each other, our world, and the many surprising opportunities that hide over just one more hill, beyond one more curve in the road.

      Recently my younger son, now grown and living half a world away, told me he was going to take an extended car trip. Matthew wrote, I miss those long trips to nowhere.

      I miss them too.

      May this book's short entries guide you to long and rewarding paths.

      Thinking out and using fine new cooking wares

      Finding quotes, thoughts, pleasantries to mix

      Add a few mental arguments to heat

      The many new trails and chances you meet

      Stew up your life journeys fulfilling and sweet

      DAY 2

      Sauntering

      I was more a man of words and images than the more direct senses. Yet at some point I realized how much was missed by being so focused. I began to consciously listen, to visually examine, to touch and feel first. My mind now makes connections once denied me by automatic preferences made in ignorance. I've gained additional worlds, and routes to travel between them.

      Henry David Thoreau said sauntering is an art! I like that. As we saunter along beach and shoal at the oceans edge there is so much to peacefully witness. A glance at the boardwalk rambla will find runners, bikers, and even most walkers focused tightly and seeing little. In contrast, this sauntering stuff is not an assignment, it's a joy. Make it personal.

      When sauntering through forest and meadow, or stopping by a pond, there are deeper thoughts as well as nature close to our hands. By paying attention to what others miss, and thinking more, we develop more like ourselves and less like everyone else.

      The world desperately needs more of the quite valuable, real you.

      Leave the cell phone at home. Bypass crowded areas and find your place to be alone with your thoughts. If that scares you, you need to meet yourself and become comfortable with your own company. Now slowly wander down quiet paths where nature weaves her tapestries; noticing everything. It's okay to stop and admire or question one thing. It's okay to let your mind wander instead of your feet as you rest in the shade or by a stream. Relax. Enjoy. Linger where you wish. Taking notes can be a good

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