On being where we are supposed to be

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I believe this: Though I may be not so clear at the moment about the purpose for why I am where I am, I trust that that clarity will come in time.

Note: This post is an example of the range of subjects that fall under the rubric of the Tripartite Model (TM) | Religion, that is, philosophical, humanistic and fateful matters.
 

John Donne on our Boundedness

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On occasion I hear others say No man is an island.  By and large, they reference the phrase properly, that is, consistently with what John Donne meant.  But I often wonder how much they know of his more elaborated meditation on this matter: namely, that all life and matter are inviolably and intricately bound up.  Ernest Hemingway drew on For Whom the Bell Tolls, as the title of his 1940 novel.  Donne speaks profoundly to how a part of each of us dies, whenever anyone or anything is lost.  So anytime we hear that death knell, it is for us indeed.

Note: This post is an example of the range of subjects that fall under the rubric of the Tripartite Model (TM) | Religion, that is, philosophical, humanistic and fateful matters.
 

Dalai Lama on our Quandaries

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I'd like to believe that the Dalai Lama speaks only to a segment of humankind, which fall into a quandary about how to live life. How big this segment is, I don't know. But I'd also like to imagine that there are many who earn a living, and live reasonably happy, healthy lives and who worry about the future but aren't paralyzed into an empty, meaningless life.

Note: This post is an example of the range of subjects that fall under the rubric of the Tripartite Model (TM) | Religion, that is, philosophical, humanistic and fateful matters.

How to tolerate tedium in life

Technically

I suppose all of us come up with algorithms that help us tolerate any tedium in life, though not all of us may call them so.  Of course, when applied, these algorithms may very well cause others a bit of an annoyance in turn.  But there you go, I've posited that while algorithms may be perfect, their application is simply not so.
 

If we cast our minds widely

Tornado

There, you see, a disaster may indeed have an unintentional, positive effect.  So if we cast our mind widely enough to weigh alternative viewpoints, then we might see how a disaster is not so much of a disaster.

He was like "She's gorgeous!"

Quotative Like

The gorgeous Alice Eve speaks to the quotative like, and stumbles endearingly in the process:

Like is sometimes used colloquially as a quotative to introduce a quotation or impersonation. This is also known as "quotation through simile." The word is often used to express that what follows is not an exact quotation but instead gives a general feel for what was said. In this usage, like functions in conjunction with a verb, generally be (but also say, think, etc.), as in the following examples:

He was like, "I'll be there in five minutes."
She was like, "You need to leave the room right now!"

Like can also be used to paraphrase an implicitly unspoken idea or sentiment:

I was like, "Who do they think they are?"

The marking of past tense is often omitted (compare historical present):

They told me all sorts of terrible things, and I'm like "Forget it then."

It is also sometimes used to introduce non-verbal mimetic performances, e.g., facial expressions, hand gestures, body movement, as well as sounds and noises:

I was like [speaker rolls eyes].
The car was like, "vroom!"

Reference: As a colloquial quotative.