These Are Humans : The Men You Meet in Prison

A collection of letters, writings & sketches by Ari Teman.

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It’s always something

It’s always something.

Except this.

This is nothing.

This could have been something, really it could have been anything, but it’s nothing.

Now maybe you’re thinking, That was something.

Was it anything?

No, it was nothing.

It only seemed like something, but anything can seem like something and really be nothing.

In order for anything to not be nothing, it has to be have that special something.

And not just anything.

It’s really got to be something.

Anything that’s really great is something.

But a lot of things are nothing.

Now, true Nothingness?

That’s something.

But it’s difficult to get there.

There can’t be anything or it’s not Nothing.

If you’ve got to Nothing, something may creep in.

It could be anything.

You’ve got to let it pass, ignore it, do something, anything, or nothing, until that you’re back to Nothing.

Nothing matters. It’s very important, nothing. (Perhaps you thought I meant something else!)

Really, it’s everything.

Everything came from nothing.

But you can’t have nothing when you’ve got everything.

Isn’t that something!

Everything lacks nothing.

Nothing lacks everything.

So nothing can become anything! (Any of course, anything could be nothing.)

Everything and anything you do requires something.

You can’t usually get something for nothing.

But when you do?

Man, that’s love, that’s everything.

Love is really something.

When you’re in love, nothing bothers you.

You can tolerate anything.

When you’re heartbroken, everything bothers you.

You sit there wondering why.

Must have been something.

Could have been anything.

Feels like she was your everything and now you’ve got nothing.

The key is to get out and do something, anything, just not nothing.

Everything will work out.

There’s nothing you need to do —

well, unless there’s something you need to work on, and that could be anything.

Just don’t get down and start blaming everything but yourself.

And everything is not your fault, but it’s a good idea to think about something you can improve, anything that might help elevate your mood and attract better into your life.

Something will click.

What felt like everything will fade to almost nothing.

You’ll start to enjoy life again, it could be you meet someone who’s really something, who who’s just fun and it doesn’t mean anything.

You and she are looking for nothing, and maybe it becomes something.

Not everything needs to be something.

Some things are best left as nothing, it makes it easier to enjoy everything, without worrying about this or that thing.

The thing is, when it’s time for that special someone, who really could be anyone, you don’t have to do anything, G-d will take care of everything, and falling in love will feel like nothing and everything.

“Everything happens for a reason,” you’ll say to everyone.

Things that seemed like nothing led to something, Maybe something you did or said, or didn’t.

It could be anything.

Nothing really makes sense in the moment, but everything starts to when looking back.

It’s easier to see how everything goes together when you’re not stuck on something.

Nothing is an accident.

Nothing is a coincidence.

Everything is something.

Even if it seems like nothing.

The nothing was something.

Although, what you thought was something was nothing.

I think we’ve covered everything there is to say about nothing, while really we’ve said nothing about everything.

We’ve managed to cover everything and nothing without really saying anything.

Not for nothing, I just needed to write something and couldn’t think of anything.

I went through everything and had nothing, so I figured, Why not write about nothing?

But that’s cliche, so I figured at least start with something, which of course, turned out to be nothing.

I hope we’ve covered everything.

Did I miss anything?

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group message. Draft 1.0. You can share this, but again, why?

(yes, there’s a lot of time here :))