1. “When we win it’s with small things,
    and the triumph itself makes us small.
    What is extraordinary and eternal
    does not want to be bent by us. Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Man Watching"

  2. Poem: this dingy pane : you see a sight of me that I wouldn’t recognize.

  3. “If boredom is the great emotion of the TV generation, loneliness is the great emotion of the Web generation. We lost the ability to be still, our capacity for idleness. They have lost the ability to be alone, their capacity for solitude. W. Deresiewicz in "The End of Solitude"

  4. Collection

    love songs

    Today is Valentines’ Day, and I’m feeling such thankfulness for my friends and my loved ones that I can’t help but enjoy the spirit of the day.

  5. Poem: i wish, for you : I wish for you just love and happy things…

  6. Blog: friends!

    … a moment to say thank you to the people who’ve been most important in my life.

  7. Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more. ” Erica Jong

  8. Blog: clear away the dust

    Can we open our eyes to the beauty of a heaven that is around us right now?

Mila (Jacob Stetser)

Mila is a writer, photographer, poet & technologist.

He shares here his thoughts on Buddhism, living compassionately, social media, building community,
& anything else that interests him.

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