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I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.
to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.
to deny our vision is to sell our soul.
What happens when I turn my back on my Vision and spend my time and energy getting the stuff of the American Dream? I become agitated, uncomfortable in my own skin, because the guilt of abandoning my “Self/self,” of deserting my Vision, forces me to apologize for my existence, to need to prove myself by approaching life as if it’s a competition. I have to keep getting stuff in an attempt to appease and satisfy that vague sense of discontent that worms its way through me.
There are always millions who seem to get away with doing the things that we think abominable, and thrive.
there are no free lunches in this life, and eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not
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Like if youre beautiful you dont feel pain or have dreams or know the despair of loneliness.
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words dont fulfill.
you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love … someone to hold on to
