David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

St. Theognostus

I shall tell you something strange, but do not be surprised by it. Should you fail to attain dispassion because of the predispositions dominating you, but at the time of your death be in the depths of humility, you will be exalted above the clouds no less than the man who is dispassionate.
On Predicting My Future

Turkey-1699 no
On Blogging

Confessions of a high school hippie yes
Fiction versus Nonfiction

shiny star leaf fringed weirdly in tarry moongate fiction
If I Saw Someone Stealing…

It’s nothing but a damned world. – Middlesboro KY photographer nothing
First Impressions

lust Eyes
Cheese Sandwich, Apple, and Water.
Peanut Butter Toast, Watermelon, and Coffee
Toast with Peanut Butter, Watermelon, and Coffee
Gutei’s Finger

Gutei raised his finger whenever he was asked a question about Zen. A boy attendant began to imitate him in this way. When anyone asked the boy what his master had preached about, the boy would raise his finger.Gutei heard about the boy’s mischief. He seized him and cut off his finger. The boy cried…