How abstract we humans sound, when we say these are dark times. As though it isn’t in our hands that paint our times.
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Doubt has evolved. From a ‘what if I can’t?’ To a ‘what if I can? And it doesn’t last?’
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Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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Time ensures that we heal; not that we forget; In forgetting how a scar came to be, is to silently invite another injury.
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It seems to be, that there are dual reasons why justice is rarely given. One, too little evidence. Two, too much.
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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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And now, we look back at what was normal, and we find that normal isn’t always good or right; No. Normal, is whatever has been spent with us, the longest time. And that in itself is not a valid reason for it to stay.
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And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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I used to believe that living is doing, moving, getting. But, there is life in staying still. A bird is a bird even when she isn’t flying.
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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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