religion

Whether or not God is real I am not at liberty to say. I believe that faith itself could be put in any form or way. Faith is the means one uses to achieve happiness. God/gods is a stepping-stone on which our faith is derived from or placed on. In our mere eighty years of life there will be countless of trails and hardships and from my analysis religion itself is a source of power.
Believing that there will be something better, atonement, or even salvation is a motivation for us. We, as fragile beings, are subjected to our emotions and grasp on to any support in reach. Naturally, friends and material objects become our obsession, our support; but mere objects cannot quench our ever-expanding desires. We explore the possibilities and exploit our surroundings. We strive to succeed, improve ourselves, the environment surrounding (debatable) us; but in the end, through all our experiences and accomplishments we still feel emptiness. That is where religions steps in and fill our need for something intangible.
The cat and string theory is the idea where if you dangle a string above a cat, it will frantically try to grab it however once the string is dropped the cat simply looks at it and moves on. Similarly, we only want the things that are out of reach. Material possessions and worldly things are meaningless to us emotionally, hence why things like love and faith are so important to us. Because it is intangible and unexplainable it will always be the string above our heads keeping us emotionally full.


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rents philosophy

My mom has always taught me to put others into consideration before I made a judgment call. To think for others along with myself when it came down to decision time. She believes that gods or no gods helping people and living a “good” life is the way to go. However, she often warned me of helping people, saying “The first time someone makes a mistake you help them up because they don’t know better, the second time they make the same mistake you help them up because they are your friends. If it happens again, you should consider making new friends because they rely on you to get them out of trouble, it is no longer helping but spoiling, don’t stunt their growth. When they have learned maybe you could become friends again. She also told me to be careful of who I helped and to make sure to know the type of person I am helping, not to get taken advantage of. The world is full of evil she said and evil puts on a smile and a mask. The main thing she has been stressing lately is however the idea that each person only has a set amount of “play” and “fun” either you work hard and enjoy later in life, or you play now and work hard your later life.

My Philosophy

What is the life you have lived and what does it really mean to you and the people around you? If you died today... what would your legacy be?


Think before you act.


When life gives you lemons, find a kid with a paper cut.


Some things are just meant to be... maybe we could all use a little bit of time off to think to ourselves. People won't change for you because you want them to... maybe it's time we be the first to change. Change for the better, for the good for the good of the common. Time and time again it might come back to bite you in the butt but what can you do? I have bumped heads unutterably and unswervingly with any and everything. Change, I guess it's time we all take a step back and see the effects of our timeless struggle and ponder back at the path chosen and taken. Is it as righteous as we believe? Or is it a sheer imagination of what we wish it could be, what we want it to be.
If we could all just take a step back, maybe we would not hurt as many as we did. Take a step back, change, and walk tall. Next time you say something think about the people it will affect and the effect it will leave. Take care of the people around you and you will prosper.


I've always had this idea that love is suppose to last forever. But love isn't like that. It’s a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes it stays for a life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month, or a year. So don't fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable but don't be surprised when it leaves, either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it.

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