The Simplicity of Loneliness

I have been living in loneliness for years.

Leaving you was not such a big issue.

-Jonathan Harnisch

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The Human Race

Sincerely,

Jonathan Harnisch

Cat Nip Trip

Let's kick stigma in the butt with some sense of humor!

Cute Kittens, Georgie and Claudia get high on Sojos Certified Organic Catnip. Let's kick stigma in the butt with some sense of humor on Porcelain Utopia's YouTube channel!

http://www.youtube.com/PorcelainUtopia

 

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Georgie and Claudia get high on Sojos Certified Organic Catnip purchased on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00028HN5A/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 in the Hot Club http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Hot-Club/398322066845440 with Papa Jonathan of Schizophrenic and Caregiver [all music & vocals] http://www.facebook.com/sandcband Jonathan Best known on his popular mental illness blog Porcelain Utopia http://www.facebook.com/porcelainutopiablog in New Mexico.

Let's kick stigma in the butt with some sense of humor!

Have Fun,

Jonathan Harnisch

A Voice Behind My Back

Down a street in NYC at about 1AM going home from a friend's place years ago. Suddenly I heard a voice behind my back:

 

- Stop and turn around.

 

I did and I saw a man in a mask holding a revolver. He said:

 

- Your money! Hurry up!

 

- What would you like to have happen? - I asked

 

- Shut up and give me the money.

 

- Listen, let me talk to you 2 minutes first, and I'll give you all my money without any resistance, or else I'll scream, you'll have to shoot, and police will be here. You don't need such complication, do you?

 

- Damn, go here and speak quietly, - he led me into shadow, in a gap between two buildings. I was scared very much, my voice trembled. I tried to overcome the fear and have as much "affinity" as I could.

 

- What would you like to have happen?

 

- I've told you, I need your money.

 

- You need my money. And when you have my money what happens next?

 

- I can pay the bills and just live, - he became angrier, but I felt his anger was affected.

 

- And you can pay the bills and just live. And when just live, is there anything else about just live.

 

- Your stupid questions! Do you know what is live? I can't just buy medicine for my mother, I can hardly buy food! - I saw despair in his eyes.

 

- And you can hardly buy food. And what happened just before?

 

- I was fired.

 

- And what needs to happen for you to just live?

 

- Livelihood. I want to earn an honest livelihood. But I was fired two times in a row because of damned redundancy.

 

- And with an honest livelihood, is there anything else about honest livelihood?

 

- I'm a veterinarian. I can't do anything else except veterinary and playing a guitar, - his voice began to tremble also.

 

- And when ...

 

- Enough! Now, your money! - He said through tears welling up in his eyes.

 

I reached out for my wallet, and stretched it to him.

 

- My friend holds a big farm, and he needs a veterinarian, - I said. And it was true.

 

He didn't take the wallet and stood silently unmoved.

 

- I can call to him right now.

 

He only nodded his agreement in response...

 

-J.

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Let's Connect!

My Personal Facebook Page is Finally Public! Let's Connect!

Duran Unites Us All!

http://www.facebook.com/jonnytwitch 

Can always hide/unfriend, etc., no problem.

Please see near bottom of right sidebar for a bunch of other sites where we can connect and just Google me "Jonathan Harnisch" for all the rest. My typical profile goes something like:

All around artist, I'm a recovering schizophrenic, an accomplished writer, producer & musician; I blog & podcast about mental illness, inspiration & transgressive fiction. Huge Duranie! 

Let's forget stigma and just be friends!

Much Love to You All...

Sincerely,

-Jonathan Harnisch

Searching

For just a moment, stop searching and do something with what you've already found.

-Jonathan Harnisch

I Am A Person - Jonathan Harnisch

 I am a person.

Not a mental health problem.

Let's battle stigma through self expression and humor. Let's just be ourselves!

Sincerely,

Jonathan Harnisch

We Believe What We Tell Ourselves

Tell yourself:

Everything will work out.
Things will get better.
You are important.
You are worthy of great things.
You are lovable.
The time is now.
This too, shall pass.
You can be who you really are.
The best is yet to come.
You are strong.
You can do this.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Harnisch

Integrity

‎"If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing."

-Henry Kravis

Just for Today

 

Just for today I will feel the breeze on my skin, feel the light, and warmth of the sun, and breathe deep, the freshness of the air. Just for today I will think only of these things, and not of other things that cause heaviness in my heart... Just for today.

-Doe Zantamata

Please Be Sure To Visit Happiness In Your Life!

http://www.happinessinyourlife.com/

-Jonathan Harnisch

A Kind Gesture

Sincerely,

Jonathan Harnisch

Meditate On This: Leo Tolstoy

The Forged Coupon

Pure Genius; Leo Tolstoy

Except from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy, short, simple, and yet truly profound, this novella reads as it perhaps was, Tolstoy's last wish for humanity; compassion, kindness, and responsibility toward our fellow man and woman.

'wanted it. But her father stopped that; besides which, she felt disgusted at the crowd of suppli- cants who personally, and by letters, besieged her with demands for money. Then she resolved to apply to an old man, known to be a saint by his life, and to give him her money to dispose of in the way he thought best. Her father got angry with her when he heard about it. During a vio- lent altercation he called her mad, a raving luna- tic, and said he would take measures to prevent her from doing injury to herself.'

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Young Mitya is in desperate need of money to repay a debt, but his father angrily denies him assistance. Dejected, Mitya simply changes a $2.50 note to read $12.50, but this one evil deed sets off a chain of events that affects the lives of dozens of others, when his one falsehood indirectly causes a man to murder a woman at the end of Part I, and then seek redemption through religion in Part II.

Having written the novella in his dying years, after his excommunication, Tolstoy relishes the chance to unveil the "pseudo-piety and hypocrisy of organized religion." Yet, he maintains an unwavering belief in man's capacity to find truth, so the story remains hopeful.

Project Gutenberg's The Forged Coupon and Other Stories, by Leo Tolstoy

-Jonathan Harnisch