Conservatives want you to think socialism is evil, but they gladly accept that 90% of the people in America who own less than 50% of the resources, pay 98% of the taxes which pay for shareable resources such as infrastructure, defense, and civic services – which is, of course, socialism.
Can’t be down for too long; when the tide rises you end up underneath it if you’re not willing to stand tall before it reaches you.
Life gets to be too much some times. But that’s why we’re here, right? To help each other through it.
And here you were
Laughing, and enjoying the day
Smiling, and whiling away
The summer breeze
With your sunburned knees
And me
There is a lot to experience in this life. So much that there will always be something new to want to experience. It doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate what I have experienced, or what is before me, but why should I rest in contentment when there can be SO MUCH MORE?
It’s like for someone who enjoys nature, or traveling. You find one of those favorite places, like camping in the mountains, or hiking a certain trail, or a restaurant in a nearby city. You enjoy it. You let the details of the experience seep into your core every time you visit it, and experience it. You appreciate what that place offers, and you look forward to it every time. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want to try a new trail next time, or go visit a different city, or experience a new country. The want of those new experiences doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate the experiences that you’ve had, or are having.
It doesn’t mean you don’t notice changes. It doesn’t mean you don’t cherish what you have.
Questioning your opinions is both good, and bad. On one hand, you should never be so confident in your own thoughts, opinions, and ideas that you’re never willing to examine them, listen to the ideas of others, engage in debate, and be open to changing your view.
On the other hand, when your thoughts, opinions, and ideas are based in genuine, empathetic, compassionate, and positive notions; when you have a solid foundation of knowing right from wrong, and why right is right, and wrong is wrong, then you need to be confident in those related thoughts, and ideas.
Men don’t want objects any more than women want objects, but society, and the media has no problem treating people like objects.
One positive about knowing I’m completely forgettable to most people is, when I meet someone for the second time, I always know it will be like a brand new introduction, and can act accordingly.
Just pretend I don’t actually know them, because they’re not pretending that they don’t remember me at all.
How can I critique what I did? Or how can I even enjoy my work after the fact if I never get to see it?
How do I explain that I’ve felt my own mortality, and my own death, in a very real way? How do I explain that I have reached out beyond myself, and beyond the realities that exist around me, without using drugs to help facilitate it? Most people just won’t get it. Some would probably wish to lock me away, convinced I must be off my rocker.