John_Whittemore
John Whittemore
Physician and Writer. You may know me from Twitter @John_Whittemore
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Last Notes npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Passion can give us a glimpse of the transcendent npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I thought we bitcoiners were in favor of dismantling the exploitative and extractive nature of the current system. Is there a quiet part out loud here that we aren’t in favor of? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Sadly, we have exactly the president we deserve at this moment. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Social media is dying anyway. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore They say Nostr is dying, but I’ll be the last one here when they turn out the lights. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Take good care of yourself, Sarai npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The worst parts of life are the most important to learn from npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Seeing you healthy again is a kind of resurrection for my heart npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Gone are the days when I put you to bed with kisses and breathless pleasures… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The sweat of summertime feels welcome when I remember how few summers a lifetime receives npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We just live on the edge like that! npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Are we that bad? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Why we pour out our lives for each other npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore When I was young I was eager to fight for love. Now I simply surrender npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore You will remember it like a beautiful, difficult dream… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I found you again for a moment. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore May your turbulent soul find peace… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We love most deeply and are more grateful for life, when we remember that we will die someday npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Winter is to remind us that everything eventually dies. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The most difficult things are often exactly what our souls need, even though we shrink from them. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Protect them both npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Be safe npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore When we bought chicks for this year, my wife noticed a chick that was too weak to stand. She chose to buy that chick specifically, and spent the whole day holding it and feeding it with a dropper. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore So who is making a Nostr-based discord alternative? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The imperial boomerang from Gaza is coming back already. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We said goodbye to you tonight npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore You’ll need this memory when he’s a teenager! npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I feel the same way about Nostr. It’s the lone, chaotic bright spot in the otherwise corporate-captured internet! npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I was born in darkness but I leave in light npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Hope drives away despair, just like light erases darkness npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I can’t bear to lose you again npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I wish I could rewrite your story. You put the gun in your mouth but instead it misfired. You called me back and said you were sorry. You lived to be old. You were beautiful and good. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I miss you so much already npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore May all of your suffering be a prelude to joy… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore So much of life feels like throwing a party where everyone RSVPs but no one shows up npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Just finished a short story. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We look into each other’s eyes and believe we understand that which is looking back at us, but we do not... npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I think people enjoyed it because it was silly and campy like the old Superman movies. It may have been mid, but compared to the race to the bottom of all superhero movies to be the darkest and grittiest it felt like a relief npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The world is flooding with rage bait. They want us all convinced that we are surrounded by enemies who must be destroyed before they destroy us. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I care about too many people, so life is a constant heartache. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Atlanta in September npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I still think of you npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Kundera, or “The Buried Giant” by Ishiguro npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore What ever happened to free spirits? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Backyard urban farming npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore All the agonies were just so we could finally recognize the glory npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We all love severely flawed people. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We live in a world that buries us in distractions to protect us from the spiritual agonies of being lost and saved. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore A little chaos is good for the soul npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The biggest trick the devil ever pulled was assuring us we could change the world. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We bragged on our sins npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Living a life is much harder than it looks npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Living a life is much harder than it looks npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We are always dying and being born again npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Please count me out npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Will killing our fellow human beings really make it better? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The sweetest ache is knowing you hold something beautiful, even as it slips through your fingers... npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The worse the world gets, the more and more thankful I am that she is in it npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The only war that we should be pursuing is the war with our own inner shadows. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore "Don't plant me inside your heart. I'd outgrow you." npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The hope of Resurrection npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I think my soul is tired npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Most Americans who reject Christianity do so not because Jesus is intolerable, but because Jesus has become intolerable to American Christians. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore City backyard farming! New additions to the henhouse once they are older. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Because Jesus has passed through death and returned as life itself our story cannot end in death and darkness. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Last night I had a dream that I was in a cavern in which time passes differently in each place, and I was digging to find a place where time would not pass so quickly. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore You find much greater pleasure in life once you realize that a pleasurable life isn’t the goal of living… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The best response to the loud, cruel stupidity of our world will always be the quiet, calm resolve to love our neighbor as ourselves despite everything npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Compatible belief system aren’t a prerequisite for cooperation and compatible lives. We can love each other without believing the same doctrines. Otherwise it just ends up a war of all against all. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore TLDR: If Elon Musk’s grandparents kept the laborers on apartheid reservations and treated them as second class citizens when they had all the economic and political power… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore It’s so sad that American Evangelicalism often teaches a cruel dogmatism about God that makes atheism feel like the better alternative npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore There is a kind of peace that is only found after leaving the turmoil npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Nations rise and fall, but it’s our responsibility to rise regardless npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I love how Maximus the Confessor describes the final end of the human soul as “ the ever-moving rest.” npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore What if the purpose of life isn’t to have wonderful experiences? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Watching the misery parade npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore We live in the most perfect reality possible. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore It is a delight to find contentment in all the little beauties of life you never expected npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore May this be the year we listen respectfully to those we disagree with… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Pronouncing patients dead on Christmas has me reflecting on the incarnation: npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Check out “The Buried Giant” by Ishiguro. It is my favorite fantasy novel npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The only truly just war is the war with one’s self… npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The greatest delusion of the modern mind is its ability to look at living reality that is bursting with purpose and still say “The universe is dead and meaningless.” npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Whenever I am tempted to despise a person I remember that the whole universe is working to transform them into someone who is radiant with the goodness of God, and even their vileness and its consequences are part of that perfect process npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Life is a hard place and we need each other, so never give up on a friend npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore When people are told they have to pick the lesser of two evils, don’t expect them to always pick your preferred evil. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Rewriting is always the tough part. Can’t wait to read it, Lyn! npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I spent today riding from Louisiana to Georgia by train and writing a short story. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Don’t you just hate it when you make a typo and you can’t delete the note? npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Nostr is so much better than Twitter. I just wish more people I knew and admired where here npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The more frantic the world becomes the more important it is to meditate on that which is eternal and changeless npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Love will change the world, but not if we restrict it to merely the love that makes our emotions swell. npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I love to awaken in the mighty and hear her breathing beside me npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore When you have no idea what you are doing, do it confidently! npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore A Hidden Life npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore Be in the darkness, but never let the darkness be in you npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore I want to tell a story that matters npub1cnzjj450akkxzhe3kn4ffqre9gpvswj0cnduxgew3y885dn3nxfs42xq6z John_Whittemore The dilemma of being in one’s late 40s:
