“There are some days that are just stranger than others.” — Me –
Sometimes I wonder if the person going down the street realizes what “life” looks like now. Just in my everyday get abouts - I see the busy streets - and realize that they are getting busier. One person per car and everyone out for themselves.
I went over to see a friend of mine, after of course wading through traffic, and we started chattn’ — like ya do. Anyway, he said he saw another friend of ours that same day - said that he had come to a conclusion the night before. “We are doomed to end up like other great civilizations.” — I agree. — Frankly, so does my friend. Our fate will be much worse than that of past civilizations - There is far more to atone for.
Just the lives lead in general take no responsibility for actions, words, nothing. I had to make up my mind a long time ago not to lie (& of course other things that qualify as “bad”) - and if I didn’t want to answer a question - I would have to leave or change the topic quickly. Then I stopped being afraid of the beating I would get from my dad by being honest. That has translated to an honest existance - not just existance but a better than pratical view of life.
Now, even as I express myself on my blog here - I wonder how many of you have started to realize different things about yourself. You have to want to change. If you change your ways, your life around you changes. This takes work. Takes honesty (with yourself and others). Takes values (better than what is accepted as the norm). Takes you. See the world. Go outside your 5 mile radius - see nature. See how everything works.
Here is a good example — I don’t like snakes. I don’t. Can’t stand ‘em but will be working them. ;-) Till that time - I go around them and do not stomp on them. Apply that to someone you don’t like or who doesn’t like you. Don’t go looking for trouble. If it finds you - thats a different story.
Atone yourself — be yourself but better. Make sense?
