Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres. (Tell me with whom you walk, and I'll tell you who you are.)-Spanish Proverb
5.11.10
You can run, but you can't hide: The proverbial umbilical cord called LIFE
You can run. You can cry. You can kick. You can scream. You can put yourself in an insane asylum and lock yourself up and throw away the key. Hey, go ahead, eat the key. But what will any of these things ever do for your soul? Maybe momentarily release you from your inner demons, but will this cure you of your ills?
Probably NOT. Probably no no no, I'm sorry, definitely not, unless you enjoy being sedated and withdrawn. Most of us last time I checked really, really want to live.
It's funny how this week has come and gone, just like all of the rest. Each of us must find our true worth in this world or we will shrivel into shells of our former aspirations and fantasies. Use your talents or lose your talents. That is the rule of life. If you take it for granted, as it begins to deteriorate we will recognize just how good we had it.
Take the example a man with seeds and an empty field. If the man plants all his seeds and cares for them he could out with some really tasty awesome fruits, veggies, and trees. Or, this man could only plant some and produce half of what he would if he planted it all. Or, this man could produce, nothing. He who puts forth nothing, gets nothing in return. The more effort you plant, the more likely you are to harvest great results.
I don't ever want to lose my talents, do you?
Don't forget that little kid that used to say what s/he wanted to be when s/he grew up.
You're grown, almost. You're getting too big to call yourself a dependent on someone's taxes. It's time to face Uncle Sam, your parents, and the financial deficiencies of inadequate income. Pay check to pay check, loan by loan, scholarship by scholarship, dollar by hour, and so forth.
It is increasingly difficult in a society of many evils--diversions--sublevels of reality. We can find ourselves in predicaments we never quite dreamed of wishing we thought more and acted less. Pure state of nature action (action with minimal thought)= lust, greed, sloth, jealously/covetousness, rage, etc. Or we can know these things can come from becoming a bitter fullgrown brat.
I don't even have all the time in the world to explain these concepts.
But fruit for thought yeah?
If we pretend we are alright with where we are, we are lying to ourselves. If our happiness is fully dependent on those things I listed above, we can never truly attain happiness.
True joy lies in the ability to create, to protect, to love,to give of yourself to (an)other, freely, without guilt or regret. It is freeing of one's soul. How do you free the soul?
Well, that is a process, and another essay entirely.
If only or society was not birthed out of corruption, it would be so much easier...*heavy sigh*
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