Mastodawn

People should try to improve themselves
& not try to just accrue more ₡a$h
Society wants to make more Hells
(Magnifica Humanitas)
#HeadlinePoem
#philosophypoem
#SelfiePoem
#MagnificaHumanitas

Stafford Gregoire May 27

There's missing vocabulary
That problematizes our success
The psycho-constabulary
Of middle class excesses
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#1stWorldProblems
https://artfulparent.com/a-theres-no-word-in-english-for-the-specific-mix-of-pride-and-grief-a-parent-feels-watching-their-adult-child-not-need-them-anymore-which-is-perhaps-why-so-many-of-them-dont-talk-about-it/

There's no word in English for the specific mix of pride and grief a parent feels watching their adult child not need them anymore — which is perhaps why so many of them don't talk about it

Language does something beyond description. When we name a feeling, we give ourselves permission to have it. When there's no word for something, the feeling doesn't disappear. It just has nowhere to land, and tends to get folded away quietly without much ceremony. There is a feeling that belongs here, one that many parents of adult children carry even if they couldn't tell you what to call it. It arrives in ordinary moments: watching a grown child figure something out without calling to ask, noticing they make plans that don't include you, hearing confidence in their voice as they describe

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Stafford Gregoire May 22

PhilosophyPoem
Inspiring passions only arrive
When our stomachs are full of some hope
& we can be sure we'll stay alive
(Our instability makes us crave dope)
#PhilosophyPoem
#SelfiePoem
#DenisDiderot
https://x.com/philosophors/status/2057754695007932647?s=46&t=0WOnS4pLs6b1NPaHUVoQRA

Stafford Gregoire May 21

‪“Let everything [just] happen to you. ‬
‪Beauty and terror. Just keep [on] going. ‬
‪No feeling is final [until you are through‬
‪(This is all the living are knowing)].”‬
‪#PhilosophyPoem ‬
‪— #RainerMariaRilke ‬
https://x.com/philosophors/status/2057525034650890324?s=46&t=0WOnS4pLs6b1NPaHUVoQRA

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“Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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Stafford Gregoire May 2

The Pope's Breaking Knees For Jesus
For Imperial Christianity
Has done since Christopher Columbus
(Predictable Modernity)
#PhilosophyPoem

Stafford Gregoire Mar 27

Alas, somebody in a library
Has retreated from the loud street
Avoiding one's itinerary
(Any life, dumb or smart can't be beat)
#SelfiePoem
#philosophypoem
https://x.com/athenaeumbc/status/2037152594792243594?s=46&t=0WOnS4pLs6b1NPaHUVoQRA

Stafford Gregoire Mar 17

The difficult & disturbing years
With abundant struggle & failure
That have caused some angst & many fears
Are the times where we grow more mature
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
@quotejung

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Stafford Gregoire Feb 16

Emotions are like my resentments
Conjured out of imaginations
Immaterial timeless enchantments
(Endless self serving qualifications)
#SelfieSonnet?
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#ObituaryPoem
#VickiAbt
#odaat
@Oprah