contemplating

I sat in a boxWith walls on each side.Not too tall.Not too wide.To think.To ponder.To pray.To hide.I sat in a box and cried.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions _ he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.

I sometimes find myself sitting here not watching an uninteresting movie and contemplating the future. I don't always know what to do, but I have faith that I'll figure it out somehow.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.