Arezu Wishka

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هر یک از زنانی
که زمانی
بی تفاوت از کنارشان گذشته ای
تمام دنیای مردی بوده اند...
همین زن که از اتوبوس پیاده شد
با چشمهای معمولی
و کیفی معمولی تر
و تو معصومش پنداشتی
روزی
جایی
کسی را آتش زده...
با همان ساقهای معمولی
و انگشتهای کشیده
شک ندارم
مردی هست
که هنوز
در جایی از جهان
منتظر است آن زن
خوشبختی را در همان کیف چرم معمولی
به خانه او ببرد...”
― Charles Bukowski

“I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it. In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape. Instead, the world may become something worth paying attention to. The rewards of finding and maintaining balance are neither immediate nor permanent. They require patience and maintenance. We must be willing to move forward despite being uncertain of what lies ahead. We must have faith that actions today that seem to have no impact in the present moment are in fact accumulating in a positive direction, which will be revealed to us only at some unknown time in the future. Healthy practices happen day by day. My patient Maria said to me, “Recovery is like that scene in Harry Potter when Dumbledore walks down a darkened alley lighting lampposts along the way. Only when he gets to the end of the alley and stops to look back does he see the whole alley illuminated, the light of his progress.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

“پیری مردها از مشت دست‌هاشون شروع میشه”
― بیژن نجدی, یوزپلنگانی که با من دویده‌اند

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Nigel C. Benson, The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained