Hands and arms stretching up, grasping. Pulling. Generations of hands spanning thousands of years relentlessly dragging you down, trapping you. Imprisoning you in the mistakes of millennia. Embracing you in the bosom of genetic hell. There is no escape. They are always there, waiting. One false step and they will […]
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Your words have a price. The exact cost, a question. To speak without request is not only pollution but also lessens the importance of what you wish to say. No one values that which they get for free. We value most that which we suffer most to obtain. Attempt to […]
Beliefs are what we hope to be truths. They are an aspirational hypothesis of what we wish. They are also a cataract that blinds us from perhaps what really is. One doesn’t believe in a truth. One believes in what one wishes were true. Don’t say I think. Don’t say […]
You can only move forward by acting in the present. The past no longer exists. The future is what you make of it right now.
HumbleCalmDispossessedUnbelievingUnopinionatedEmpty Caught in the whirlwind of life AngryExcitableEmotions loosedOwned by life, possessed by bias and belief Navigate the storm Eyes wideWatchingSlowThinkingEmpty of superstition, norms, and how it’s always been done See, don’t React Photo by Dingzeyu Li on Unsplash
“Hello?” “Hello, Liz? This is Peter.” “Oh hi, Peter! How’s it going?” “Liz, it’s your father. He’s in the hospital.” Silence. “Liz, I think it’s time for you to come home.” “But mom! I don’t wanna move in with grandpa. This is totally unfair!” Erik leaning forward threw himself back […]
When they reached the top of the mountain, they went to work. They could rest later, but the first few minutes were critical. No matter what you hear or read about employing stealth, being on top of a barren hilltop in Afghanistan is easy to notice. Digital camouflage does nothing […]
The group continued up the path and their wariness eased as the close quarters of buildings interspersed with bushes and other vegetation gave way to a sheer mountainous hillside. Now on higher ground, Joe could see all around. They were above the squat buildings that ringed the center of town […]