the air smells so sweet...
and it's not because i just finished making apple cinnamon pancakes. ;)
something about this place, nestled between the water and the mountains...mmm. i'm in love with the nature that surrounds me. :)
the sea monkeys we got as a spring gift are steadily growing. such silly creatures they are...swimming to and fro in syncopated, jerky motions. completely unaware that they live in a child's novelty toy aquarium in some random human's windowsill. blissfully existing in the way they have for eons despite their new surroundings.
if only being human were as effortless. we breathe, we eat, we mate, we birth, we die...this we have in common. it's just all the junk in between that makes life complicated. money, stress, emotions, addictions, aging, pain, disease. surely this is not the *evolved* way to be. is it possible to evolve backwards? i feel like perhaps that might be what's happening here. ever seen the movie koyaanisquatsi? did you say *no*? dude...go find it somewhere and watch it and just THINK about what's happening. there are two sequels to that movie as well...make time for them. :)
seth and i watched *born into brothels* yesterday afternoon. i was deeply disturbed. i mean, these are things you know are happening. but to see it translated in such a personal and real way...to meet these kids who have no chance in life. these kids who did nothing wrong but be born into a lineage that they can't escape from. *sigh* it's just sick. i hate the hoards of *humans* who live to rape and drink and destroy the very joy that exists inherently in life. i hate the parts of me that are ugly too. the parts that try to run away from my problems. the parts that refuse to do the right thing. the parts that hate and judge and keep me closed from the truth. the parts that retard my living and growing and being as i am designed to be.
but alas, life is good. somehow, it just is....isn't it?
something about this place, nestled between the water and the mountains...mmm. i'm in love with the nature that surrounds me. :)
the sea monkeys we got as a spring gift are steadily growing. such silly creatures they are...swimming to and fro in syncopated, jerky motions. completely unaware that they live in a child's novelty toy aquarium in some random human's windowsill. blissfully existing in the way they have for eons despite their new surroundings.
if only being human were as effortless. we breathe, we eat, we mate, we birth, we die...this we have in common. it's just all the junk in between that makes life complicated. money, stress, emotions, addictions, aging, pain, disease. surely this is not the *evolved* way to be. is it possible to evolve backwards? i feel like perhaps that might be what's happening here. ever seen the movie koyaanisquatsi? did you say *no*? dude...go find it somewhere and watch it and just THINK about what's happening. there are two sequels to that movie as well...make time for them. :)
seth and i watched *born into brothels* yesterday afternoon. i was deeply disturbed. i mean, these are things you know are happening. but to see it translated in such a personal and real way...to meet these kids who have no chance in life. these kids who did nothing wrong but be born into a lineage that they can't escape from. *sigh* it's just sick. i hate the hoards of *humans* who live to rape and drink and destroy the very joy that exists inherently in life. i hate the parts of me that are ugly too. the parts that try to run away from my problems. the parts that refuse to do the right thing. the parts that hate and judge and keep me closed from the truth. the parts that retard my living and growing and being as i am designed to be.
but alas, life is good. somehow, it just is....isn't it?