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2019

  • Writer: davidsmith208
    davidsmith208
  • Dec 29, 2018
  • 1 min read

Poem:

In 2019, I’d like to play all 48 of Bach’s Prelude and fugues. I will also play the Toccatas. I’d like to climb all 46 peaks of the Adirondacks. By popular demand I will play more spanish music - Albeniz and Granada. I will work on my catalog of a 1000 movements. I will continue volleyball and handball. The fact that I will meditate a lot is a given- it is now automated. Since I lost my ego I became a robot. I will continue to jog. My eating will become more molecular by units. I already tried one nut. I will still utilize all-the-time Simran. I now have a new eight year plan. I will continue to declutter targeting one square meter spaces and embrace minimalism. There is a need somewhere between the beginner and Buddha for the senior practitioner to give his experience in poetry so others can relate to it. I will do reading and writing but mostly of Classics. I will take on gigantic books one page at a time. As far as traveling goes I would like to visit the libraries of Yale and Boston. I could get a library card at Columbia. I would like to fly to Chicago. I would like to go again to Munich. In an environment of serenity and fasting it is easy to do Simran.  DS Poem December 29, 2018


 
 
 

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