I sicken myself with a barrier of sweetness and niceness.
My grief is barrier by my foolishness of sentimentality.
But am I ready to know my pain and suffering?
This work is dark and full of bad habits that numb all feeling.
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/the-dark-side-of-sentimentality
Don’t make things into good and bad,
It’s not my job.
Passion gone astray,
Illusion is a mental demonstration of insanity.
Don’t act on reaction,
It’s not a very good job.
Rehearsal may make a good practice,
But bad habits are bad habits.
Don’t avoid decisions,
Some are good and some are bad.
Practice helps sort the good from the bad,
With support from family and friends life’s problems can be overcome.
Learning to live will make the experience a work of art.
The art of living is just another way of expressing the ‘good life’.
“…don’t make dreams your master,
Don’t make thoughts your aim.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-let-go-of-materialism/
To have an intrinsic goal like finding more joy and happiness in my life,
To create habits like mindfulness, meditation, journaling and blogging,
Practice good nutrition, exercise, sleeping
Practice listening and learning,
Be a good person or live the good life,
Do my opus,
The ‘why’ or answer is to practice philosophy because it ads more to life than it takes away,
Philosophy can show a good way to renew the present.
The association is strong with people and culture.
To understand humanity is to understand and accept religion within each of our limitations.
Not all people believe the supernatural aspects of a belief, but many love the ceremony, community and art embodied in all religious ways.
It’s true that there are difficulties in accepting the whole package.
Atheists are borne out of a strong desire to live without supernatural belief.
Many people have a good sense of skepticism in their day to day lives.
There is a lot more we have in common than we are different.
Science and philosophy attempt to fill the gap.
But we all look for answers.
And platitudes are mostly empty answers or partial at best.
So, the struggle to live and thrive is still a good goal.
I hope you continue to discover meaning and purpose for your entire life.
Everyone has had a bout of it.
Everyone knows what it is.
But it is a chronic problem in society today which is screaming for social changes.
We need clinics, education and to adopt good policies to prevent further harm.
If you want to look after yourself, read this article.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/14/finally-a-cure-for-insomnia
Besides having a highly developed brain and the good sense to improve, we strive to be moral.
And yet, it is clear we pursue technology and attempt to manifest life from it.
And yet, our reason is a kind of natural technology.
Who will be the poet scientist?
What is ‘the moral reason’ building for our future?
I believe we are getting around to living a peace filled existence.
Our wars are about learning to accept this life in a moral way.
It’s nice to clean things up a bit.
I just need to do it more often.
There’s no free lunch.
And I don’t always get the tab.
But that’s not bad,
It’s just that others are more stubborn than me.
It’s kinda nice to put everything back in its place.
I’m not a-neat freak, but I like some order and comfort.
It’s kinda fun to sit back and enjoy a cup.
I just ran out, I mean I need to pop out.
You can buy anything, life is a slot machine.
You need to take care and watch your step.
You’re in charge now, do a good job make a good life.
You may not get anything, live life as if you can be free through your own hard work.
She gave her life for you,
You can throw me to the dogs,
You really hate yourself, don’t you?
Don’t give way to hating…
Is that how you treat your friend, by throwing them in the garbage?
He loved her, he loved you.
And look, did she die for nothing?
Did they both die for the same reason?
Sometimes you win or loose.
It both amounts to the same thing.
Can you throw it all away and start again.
And not mention it to anyone.
To face death directly is better I think.
To face your fear….
To create and innovate is process of thinking and producing a product in a competitive market.
To escape this death by a thousand cuts you must deliver it all in a new way.
You need to be the first and therefore the best.
As a reward you win the ‘game’ and get to escape the competition to become a monopoly.
Going viral is growing vertical not being a copy cat or competitive.
To use flow as a metaphor might be useful.
All your values or fruit of your innovative and creative endeavours bind together to make you the strongest and smartest competitor with the best innovative and creative product.
Your ‘starting up’ allows you to cooperate and collaborate and think to create and innovate.
Be a lean work of art and go viral!
She lapsed with her virtues…
He made his own bed, now he has to live in it…
To be human means vice and virtue, how to forgive and forget…
It is real for you and me.
What is the social contract?
Where are we today, collectively and as an individual?
Do no harm, admit mistakes, forgive and forget (even myself), much easier said than done, but that’s the challenge!