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The stray bullets of my conscious mind

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Some are stupid and some are interesting. Proceed with caution...

The written word is powerful; in that, it was word even before it was written...and writing it is merely an explanation for those who cannot enjoy it by way of natural understanding.

I'm not in the business of false hope. But, is there such a thing as false hope in the perception of the hopeful? Could it be that the ones who recognize the falling of hope are the ones who cut the supportive strings in the first place?

How strong is the man who relies on the strength of those who rely on his?

Are lost and misguided the same thing? Is being lost the unintentional result of intentional misguidance?

Where, but in the heart of an observer, are there things to observe?

A hall of mirrors will stare itself in to madness, but the hall will end calmly.

What is the shortest distance between two invisible points?

Shooting for the moon, and missing, lands you amongst the stars. But shooting for the stars, and succeeding, still leaves the moon unexplored.

I wish I had a wish so I could wish for a wish.

"He was sick for five years, then it happened 'just like that'" (snaps fingers) So, "just like that" is equivalent to a duration of five years or to the time it took you to snap your fingers? If it's equivalent to the time it took you to snap your fingers, I really think you're assuming. You could snap your fingers to a song that plays at 120bpm and one that plays at 70bpm. In that regard, "just like that" could be any amount of time. We don't all snap at the same pace. Could I say "Oh, snap" after someone tells me to "snap out of it"?

Why don't we call walking outside "walking into a room"? There's a lot of room out there.

People hang signs on their door that say "back in 5 minutes". But, aren't they actually coming toward in 5 minutes? How do you know if they're on time unless you were there when they left?
 

Twitch

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I have similar miscellaneous ramblings from time to time:

Days purposefully flow like water in nature, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

There exists in us all a faint d?©j?† vu when we first see any place or thing. It is akin to a collective racial memory somehow.

Our dreams take us to very detailed landscapes at times and one wonders if they exist somewhere.

How marvelous that we can interact with those who have passed on when in our dreams.

Our imagination has no limits or boundaries such as time, distance or space.

The mind can roam at will over the vastness of the universe all while within the confines of the skull.

A vivid and happy dream can be so good that once awake life is a let down.

We know that our animal friends reside in heaven or whatever after place because we have dreamt of them with us there.

Those who can easily concentrate are blessed because for most of us it is difficult to ride herd on the myriad thoughts pulsing through our heads.

Time is mostly an enemy.

It is fascinating that aromas can spur long-buried memories and play ancient mind visions.

Love is truly timeless.

Curious that we still revere heroes. Is it because we are still a young race?

Why do compassionate or brave deeds so move us? Are they so rare?

We owe so much to those that have gone before us. One day we will join them.

Will we who live and breathe now someday be thought of as iconic figures of the past?

The relativity of it all mocks us.

Is this the dream and one day we shall awaken into reality?

Do we have ancient family amongst the stars? Is this why we hold a special yearning and awe when we scan the night sky?

It is almost a curse that humans possess the adaptive minds which never cease solving challenges and inventing solutions.

Why must we struggle so against the life force when it is so easy to comply?

Those we admire from the past had faults as we do. We simply choose to ignore them and focus on their positive achievements- a good example for ourselves.

There exists a universal life force that connects us all throughout the ages. We have forever shared and experienced these emotions countless times – love hate, fear, anger. This sameness over the eons allows us to see through the eyes of those who have gone before who we could never know.

Peering back across time can lead to distorted perceptions when seeing with today’s eyes.

From birth to death we are more often alone than with others.
 

eightbore

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Not my lines but still insightful....

We originate between urine and feces and are destined only to return to filth...to be food for terrestrial worms. It is what we accomplish between these two events that is important. The degree to which we become maladjusted to injustice is what defines the virtuous or viceful nature of our existence.

Paraphrased from Cornel West.
 

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