Beautiful Graves

by L.J. Shen

“Mainstream people aren’t revolutionary. Nothing good ever comes out of them. Average equals comfort.”

It was the first time I’d visited a cemetery. I remember looking around and thinking, All these headstones look the same. How is that possible? We’re so different from each other when we’re alive. Why are our personalities reduced to nothing when we’re dead?

I couldn’t shake the feeling that death chased me, even when I tried to run away from it.

people are merely a collection of their experiences.

Ignorance is bliss is the Antichrist of knowledge is power,

We still have a long way to go in terms of unity, and the best way to start? With ourselves and our own prejudice.”

“But maybe love is simply putting up with the other person’s bad judgment and questionable taste in order to keep them,”

things are naturally messy. They’ve always been messy. Perfect doesn’t exist. Embarrassment and shame are a package deal. They’re a part of life. You cannot remove these compartments from your existence. You have to meet your challenges head-on.

But see, forgiving people who hurt us is not about those people at all. It is about choosing to move on with our lives. Letting go of the grudges. Healing without depending on someone else’s journey.