Sometimes it feels like nothing makes sense. Sometimes we feel tired, or angry, and we don't know why, we just feel like something's wrong, and we wish we could find out exactly what the problem is. We try to pass the time, to think about other things, to stay busy, or to sleep. We try … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 60: Look For the Answer Within Yourself.
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1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 48: Nothing Will Change By Wishing.
Heaven and hell, some believe are states of mind, that we can reach at any time. Some say we will reach them after we've finally left this world behind. We have the Light within ourselves yet we always try to shine, externally, to fulfill a longing that persists eternally, we're on a constant quest to … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 48: Nothing Will Change By Wishing.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 41: Don’t Take Family for Granted.
I went to my cousin's high school graduation today. They put up a video of some childhood photos for each of the kids who were graduating. It was great seeing him happy, enjoying his graduation ceremony along with friends. I don't remember my own graduation ceremony, since I never went. I wasn't invited, since I … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 41: Don’t Take Family for Granted.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
The Universal Will is beyond pain and pleasure, and it is beyond any one human life. We are all instruments bringing reality together, essential parts of the time in history which we were born in, and each death is just as important and significant as each life. When we realize that death is such a … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
Times are hard but don't allow the anxiety to take control. We have to stand firm and face the reality we find ourselves in. Suffering seems neaningless, existence a cruel cosmic joke. Wishing the existential enemy would vanish like clouds of smoke. Puff, puff, death slowly enters our system. A slow suicide to show those … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 24: The Truth In Front Of Your Eyes!
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
Courtesy is the key to compassion, to common understanding that we are all one, that we are all together in this life. I can’t stress enough how important it is that we each do the best we can at keeping calm even as we navigate through whatever storm we may be currently facing in the … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 22: The Buddha’s First Noble Truth.
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 15: What’s the Point of It All?
Sometimes we wonder why we should even try, we awake with this doubt, with its accompanying thoughts and feelings, they hold us down to our comfortable beds, comfortably numb but held down by our own weight. The room's a mess, the whole house even, for days and weeks on end, for months, time flies and … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 15: What’s the Point of It All?
1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 4: Morality, the Origins of Good and Evil.
Yesterday I brought up a conversation which I had with my grandparents the other day, which got me thinking about the nature of God and life, as well as death, and faith. They have faith in Jesus, they are devout Christians. I have faith in God, but I'm not sure who or what God is, … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 4: Morality, the Origins of Good and Evil.
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