Tag: life
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The Unknown
The universe is a vast expanse. Unfathomably large, we know but a pittance of a fraction of a fractal about it. What we lack in knowledge about the universe almost defies understanding itself. If we think too hard on it, it can become daunting. Why think on it though? Do we need to know everything?…
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Step To The side
The world is happening to us. Others do things to us, always on purpose and for malicious intentions. We are all but victims to the influence of others. Passed up for a promotion? Obviously it was due to prejudice or someone else’s inability to see your value. It is but one example of how many…
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The Slow Clean
It’s been a strange week or two for me. Normally, when these missions enter my mind, I go on this one-day whirlwind, then after accomplishing the task (only in part), life resumes the norm. This time however, the actions have been slow and drawn out. And they’ve been continuing. Cleaning is what I am talking…
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Not Others
There are plenty to be distracted by. But they are distractions. They are the acts and behaviors of others. Other people. People who are not ourselves. This isn’t in a grand sense; this is in an interpersonal sense. There is the “I” and then there is the “others”, those who are not the “I”. Yet…
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What Story…
It is a simple question, right? What is the story that we are telling ourselves? As we operate through the day, as we interact with the world, as it acts upon us or vice versa, what story are we telling about it? While it might feel like a funny way of looking at it, but…