1. Blog: How could I keep from singing?

    That’s the way I am – I’m thrilled to be alive.

  2. Blog: rented, not owned

    And if we’re really lucky, maybe we decide to go walk down to the park and share a few moments together.

  3. “I love you without knowing how or when or from where.
    I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
    So I love you because I know no other way.” Pablo Neruda - Sonnet XVII ✪

  4. “Sometimes, when I look at you, I feel I am gazing at a distant star. It’s dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn’t even exist any more. Yet, sometimes, that light seems more real to me than anything.” Haruki Murakami - South of the Border, West of the Sun ✪

  5. Poem: magnified : I wanted you to look at me

  6. Blog: not off the hook

    It just comes along and smacks me upside my head. My heart runs out ahead of my brain.

  7. “In that high place in the darkness, the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought: “I have come to this lonely place and here is this other.”” Sherwood Anderson - Winesburg, Ohio ✪

  8. Blog: … and that sort of thing

    It’s a simple idea, really – but the best ones usually are

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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