“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s crap. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us […]
“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.” Sacrifice is a concept that has been wildly romanticized in our culture; Leo’s dying, blue body floating in the Atlantic as he gives up his life for the woman he […]
Off in the distance Bloodied but wise As you squint with the light of the truth in your eyes And I saw you Both hands were raised And I saw your lips move in praise And I saw you steady your gaze For the finish line Every idol like dust A word scattered them all […]
“Why do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It’s because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they’re already experiencing.” I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about […]
“Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do” One of my largest gripes with the modern day church is that we have inadvertently separated […]
“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.” Here we go again. Life, in all of its desire to see me truly happy and carefree has once again decided to continue in its path of showering me with kindness. Whoops, must be the wrong […]
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to project my thoughts into a blog. However, I am hoping to get a few things off […]
Nobody will create an internal personal code of ethics or morals that they are incapable of reaching or attaining. To the writer of the law, all is acceptable and/or permissible so long as it is justifiable. It is only within an external set of moral boundaries that we are held to standards higher than what […]
“If you look at cosmology, which is the study of the origin of the universe, whatever begins to exist, has a cause. Scientists now believe, the universe must’ve had a cause. The implication of that cause must be very powerful, very intelligent, immaterial, and beyond time.” Sitting here, I am thinking of all the things […]
“Jesus came to comfort the afflicted, but He also came to afflict the comfortable” These are interesting times for me, as I continue my search for self-identity and a plan of action for the next few months. I suppose even Superman had his kryptonite. Today was a rough day for me as I realized just […]