Welcome to another episode of The Hopeful Humanist Cafe, a "Just Some Guy" production by me, Steve, The Hopeful Humanist. In this episode, after a humourous introductory segment by Woodrow II featuring two silly clips from Captain Jack, I attempt to weave together a novel first sentence from Danielson in Episode 29 and a novel first sentence I shared in Episode 26 (the sentences will be noted below). With that goal in mind, I would like to invite interested listeners to construct "one's own" novel first sentence to bring to this episode as we will attempt to start the beginning discussion of an "In-the-Clouds/Nebulous" novel.
Quote for the day: ¨I believe the very purpose of life is to seek happiness. That is clear.¨ The Dalai Lama
T-shirt Idea - "Mad Thinker"
Creativity Challenge:
After constructing your own novel first sentence, attempt to weave it together with the novel first sentences below -
1) Novel First Sentence by Danielson from Episode 29: "The mirror conjured a new testimony of age: evidence of a deeper parenthesized mouth that launched a regret-flavoured reverie as he scrutinized his disturbingly unrecognizable face."
2) Novel First Sentence by Steve, The Hopeful Humanist from Episode 26: “Janus was a psychonaut who decided to put down his flight plans after a bad trip that woke him up to the dream he had been living. He realized the real business in life was the spiritual journey and he had been living in bad faith.”
Novel first paragraph:
.… Janus decided he was going to mindfully co-author the story of his lived experience. Thirty seconds earlier, he made the life altering choice to change his name to Janus to mark this new beginning. Ironically, from the perspective of any “Other,” the mere passage of 30 seconds would naturally of led anyone to conclude that nothing in fact had changed – he still occupied the same physical space; he was still 25, white; male; 5'6”; Canadian; university educated; homeless; single, and spiritually rudderless. Still, back then when he was – him, he had everything but nothing; now, he had nothing but everything. His transformation while total but not complete was from the inside out. The exercise of this inherent life-altering agency left Janus feeling content and satisfied. With a Mona Lisa smile, he found himself inclined to just sit in the moment, be, breath, and get out of his head and into the world to open up to the surrounding sounds, sights, smells, tastes, and textures while he waited for Sparky and the others to arrive for open-mike reading night.
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As always, this tip of the iceberg conversation is ongoing and continuous. As Blazing Phoenix shared, "Peace and Take Care Everyone!"
Episode 84 - Hope and Openness for Healing and Recovery
Episode 83 - Pickleball Etiquette as an Allegory for Life
Episode 82 - Getting right with being wrong
Episode 81 - The Novel First Sentence & Journal Prompt Project
Episode 80 - Dreaming about the Hero’s Journey
Episode 79 - Locating Dawn, Activating Empathy
Episode 78 - Savouring Spring, Walden, and ChatGPT
Episode 77 - The Hard Case for Self-Care - A time to Notice
Episode 76 - Getting my ACT together
Episode 75 - On being responsible for the words we use - A question ...
Episode 74 - Getting to Dry - A short ”Sounds-Story” & ”Audio-Sound-Blot”
Episode 73 - Uncommon Role Models & Gained Perspective
Episode 72 - Hot tub blitherings - ”What will you do today?”
Episode 71 - Advice for a young person - A Steve, Captain Jack and Danielson book and podcast debrief
Episode 70 - Poetry - An antidote for aloneness - A deeper connection with Emily Dickinson
Episode 69 - Rising Thoughts with Emily Dickinson
Episode 68 - Life Coaching Questions Answered by Sarah Crawte
Episode 67 - Expanding the dashboard: Covid-19, mental health and substance use
Episode 66 - ”I don‘t have enough time for self-care” and other constraints to Inter-Being Wellness
Episode 65 - Blithering Thoughts about Generations
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