“special transmission outside doctrine,”
“not to establish language,”
“direct point to the mind,”
and
“seeing into one's nature and attaining the Buddhahood,
“special transmission outside doctrine,”
“not to establish language,”
“direct point to the mind,”
and
“seeing into one's nature and attaining the Buddhahood,
attempting to understand the meaning of life directly,
without being misled by logical thought or language
the denial of the ego,
the focus on interconnectedness in the universe,
the recognition of attachment as a source of suffering,
and the realization that human perception is faulty
We've all heard the quote: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
Easy for Thomas Edison to say. He had all the good ideas.
Inspiration is not some mystical, unattainable thing. Inspiration is a seed. That seed turns into vision. That vision turns into a goal.
And hopefully, that goal turns into victory.
I said, hopefully.
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
maybe they didn't mean physical pain.
Maybe they meant the other kind, the worse kind.
Maybe they meant the kind of searing, seething, boiling pain that tells you you're a failure and a fraud.
Suffering is optional.
That person didn't know what the fuck they were talking about.
. Any day you wake up and your body's still moving is a good day.
You can start over. You can forget your past mistakes. You can make a new start. Live everyday like it's your last. All that crap they put on pillows and car bumpers, it's all true.
You're alive. Respect that.
Not everybody is.
We can start over. Every day, we get second chances to become who we always wanted to be. We can leave our past behind or we can learn from it and honor it.
We can decide.
It's never too late to change
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Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?
Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Funny, isn't it, the way memory works?
The things you can't quite remember, and the things you can never forget.
There can be beauty in getting lost.
Sometimes we have to get lost to find each other. And sometimes we find each other, only to get lost all over again.
You can't always control it, the thing that's going to set you adrift.
And as you stand there on the front porch, staring at the life you're about to leave behind, you have to accept it's gone, it's lost, just like you.
All you can do now is stand very still, breathe in the moment, and try to be open to wherever the wind's going to take you next.
Change is a funny thing and not everyone can handle it.
It can sneak up on you. Things aren't what they used to be. Your whole world has transformed. You realize the ground beneath you has shifted.
Things are uncertain and there's no turning back. The world around you is different now, unrecognizable, and there's nothing you can do about it. You're stuck.
Your future is staring you in the face and you’re not sure you like what you see
You can seek the advice of others, surround yourself with trusted advisers.
But in the end, the decision is always yours, and yours alone.
And when it's time to act, and you're all alone with your back against the wall... the only voice that matters is the one in your head.
The one telling you what you probably already knew.
The one that's almost always right
born July 1989
FILM
Cracks - 2009 - 20 - skinny dip, topless, nude?
Mr Nobody - 2009 - 20 - tits - sex
Kaboom - 2010 - 21 - Nude - Sex
Dirty Girl - 2011 - 22
Killer Joe - 2011 - 22 - Nude Full Frontal
Jack and Diane - 2012 - 23
Little Birds - 2012 - 23
Afternoon Delight - 2013 - 24 - Nude - Sex
Horns - 2013 - 24 - Nude - Sex
Lovelace - 2013 - 24 - Topless
Magic Magic - 2013 - 24
Brass Teapot - 2013 - 24
Sin City - 2014 - 25 - Topless - Sex
?? Len and Company - 2015 - 26
?? Safelight - 2015 - 26
One Per Cent More Humid - 2017 - 28
Palmer - 2021 - 32 - Nude - Sex
TV
Vinyl - 2016 - 27
Electric Dreams - 2017 - 28
Little Birds - 2020 - 31
?? Ted Lassoo - 2020 - 31
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2014–2016 | Drunk History | Sybil Ludington / Marilyn Monroe | Episodes: "New York City", "Legends" |
2016 | Vinyl | Jamie Vine | Main role |
2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Emily | Episode: "Autofac" |
2018–2019 | Dirty John | Veronica Newell | Main role |
2020 | Little Birds | Lucy Savage | Main role |
2020–present | Ted Lasso | Keeley Jones | Main role |
2021 | Mr. Corman | Megan | |
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | Nyx | Voice role | |
2022 | The Offer | Bettye McCartt | Miniseries |
TBA | Fargo | Dot | Season 5, main role |