For those who strongly adhere to their values, life can be truly frightening. Such people are subject to scrutiny from all directions, as their refusal to compromise their standards for the sake of tolerance is a threat to the peace of mind of their fellow citizens.
“No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.” – Oscar Wilde
M: If you are to fear, fear stagnation!
Live in the present. Let the memory of the past and the wind of the future grace you but do not let it dictate how you live. When we start creating strict rules for our living and militaristicaly adhere to them, we begin to lose the beauty of living in the present–we begin to fear change. we descend into stagnation.
If you are to fear, fear stagnation! For life is flow. Life is every changing.
“There will come a time, when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” Lois L’amore
“While many can pursue their dreams in solitude, other dreams are like great storms blowing hundreds, even thousands of dreams apart in their wake. Dreams breathe life into men and can cage them in suffering. Men live and die by their dreams. But long after they have been abandoned they still smolder deep in men’s hearts. Some see nothing more than life and death. They are dead, for they have no dreams.” – Griffith
2010.01.21 On Mimicry and Conditioning
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
This is the malady of preconceptions. You let someone else think your thoughts and form your opinions. This is the disease of society. This is the great schism all human beings must opt either overcome or fall victim to.
2010.01.21 On the Pitfalls of Admiration
Admiration is the furthest thing from understanding – Aizen, Bleach
When you are so swept up in an emotion such as Admiration you often neglect to question anything being said or done by the object of your attention. You lose your ability to think or see critically, if at all, reality. That is not to say one should not admire another, but never to such a degree that it hinders your ability to think clearly and for yourself.