Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels. - Derrick Jensen

In sum, one of the primary things I learned was how to kill time. I learned also to wish away my life. I learned to give myself away.

Do you ever have those moments where suddenly you make a quantum jump in understanding, where you see the world so differently that you cannot imagine how you could have perceived it any other way before? Do you have those times when this new understanding makes you feel as though up until that moment you must have been deluded or asleep or just plain stupid? I

In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.