Mark West Writer

Vote with compassion, think with clarity, and remember our shared humanity. - To paraphrae Carl Jung -If our lives are based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our lives are based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

The problem isn't that Americans disagree. It's that we've become convinced maturity is something the other side should try first. #markwestwriter #weonlyhaveourselvestoblame #zencurmudgeon

Somewhere along the way we stopped acting like citizens and started acting like customers. Every inconvenience now deserves a one-star review on yelp. #markwestwriter #weonlyhaveourselvestoblame

America isn't collapsing. It's just throwing the most expensive tantrum in human history. #markwestwriter #historyrepeatsitself #fallofrome #idiocracy

I walked 600 miles across Spain looking for wisdom. I came home and turned on the news. The contrast was striking.

America is still an amazing experiment. The lab, however, is located somewhere between a reality show, Bakersfield, and a wine-fueled Facebook thread. #markwestwriter

The problem with America isn't that nobody is talking. It's that nobody is listening. #markwestwriter

We used to worry about being divided. Now we've monetized it. #markwestwriter

Still here. Apparently the assassins have failed.

They say the Camino provides. On this day it was a fubar knee and a bad attitude. markwestwriter.com

The good news is we're all in this together. The bad news is we're all in this together. #markwestwriter

Wisdom is realizing that every argument on Twitter can continue perfectly well without you. #markwestwriter

The older I get, the less interested I am in being right and the more interested I am in sleeping through the night. #markwestwriter

Is the swamp clean yet? Just checking...

Writing tweets is like life. Often, it sucks. #markwestwriter #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?

I’ve heard the streets of heaven are paved in gold. I think the gutters of earth are knee deep in iron pyrite #markwestwriter #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?

Love yourself. Others should respond accordingly. Unless they’re a real asshat. #markwestwriter #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?

If you keep using only your lizard brain, do you start eating flies? #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?

Why don’t we all just buy guns, shoot each other, and get it over with? #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?

Wondering if the cosmic dance is a waltz, or maybe the Macarena? LMK… #markwestwriter.com #itsalongwalkhome #caminodesantiago #allroadsleadhome #wheresmyfuckingepiphany?