I've been out of the western world for a spell, traveled many lands, experienced many cultures. I was living a nomadic life, as the tribes people of central asia, australia and many parts of the world lived for generations before institutional empires grew around them, defining the futility of resistance over the slow years to come ( Read more... )

I took a long drag and passed it to my left - the car I was in was moving at a sensible pace, at least that was an environmental element that wasn't in place to intensify the inevitable. I felt nothing and took another toke once the circle was complete. There was constant chatter, random sounds which to the educated or local ethnicity resembles the ( Read more... )

During my travels I have met a whole bunch of locals, some have been quite primitive, others overbearingly expressive - but none threatening ( Read more... )

I feel as if I am running away from a life that gives out millions of temporary happiness sample packages of all the same content, only to find that the gift within is so tiny that the effect wares off instantly leaving the anxious wait for the next one in a repeating loop that never ends. One of the main reasons to this galavanting travelling is ( Read more... )

"People only need a certain degree of wealth before it gets to the point where what they do does not increase their happiness, as such there can only be unhappiness ( Read more... )

If I was clinically depressed I would consider ending my life, this has never occurred in my entire life and it never ever will ( Read more... )

 My ex and her female friends all have very malleable boyfriends.

Some of my friends have very malleable girlfriends.

Some different friends are very malleable to their girlfriends.

Only kind of relationship that I seek is a mutual two-sided one.

does that make me weird?

I always find that backpackers are the most interesting people, many stories to tell, expressing adventure filled charisma to all those seeking it. I used to think that people who didnt want to listen to a good backpacker adventure were too jealous yet at the same time too unambitious to be inspired by those who have seen and experienced awesome ( Read more... )

in the last few days I have been averaging 3hrs of sleep a night ( Read more... )

we desire what we do not have.

we suffer because we desire things and we do not have them.

once we have what we desire, we value it less than when we did not have it.

if we have no desire, we have no suffering