December 2011
37 posts
panicatthedisco:
Happy Holidays Everyone!!
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the...
I am accountable to those I love and care about. I need no master, or a power higher than me for me to behave as I should. If I did, I would be like a child that obeys his father because he fears punishment, and not because he actually means well.
What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn’t make it worse. Not being open about it doesn’t make it go away. And because it’s true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn’t there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it. — Eugene Gendlin
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine. -J.B.S. Haldane
Finding Purpose
Everything that happens has a purpose. That’s what they say, but it is my belief that it is important to elaborate more on this. Saying that everything has a purpose can cause a misunderstanding. It makes you think that there is an external force controlling everything that happens, on the contrary, it is you who decides. It is more accurate to say that everything that happens can teach you...
Curiosity Vs. Ignorance
You know how they say “Curiosity killed the cat?”? I disagree. Curiosity is our most valued virtue. It is what makes us differ from every other creature on this earth. It is what has allowed us to move forward and improve: the desire to know and the capacity to understand. Curiosity is not to blame; ignorance killed the cat.
“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page...”
– Carol Shields (via fleurishes)
Anonymous asked: <p>Happy Slapsgiving to the best fandom. Regardless of when we disagree, I know we all love this show.</p>
