Jacob / 23 / London
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Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.Dale Carnegie
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“Everything is amazing, but nobody is happy”. Comedian Louis CK discusses the ways of life, and lack of appreciation from a spoiled generation in his genius comedic tone. He’s so right in so many ways and I can’t describe enough how much he so effortlessly puts things into perspective.
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Goodness gracious me.
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.Jimi Hendrix
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My world circa 1992.
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Those whom constantly rail against "haters" should take a step back and think to themselves is the world actually full of haters, or am I just wack and in denial?
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“Happy Birthday to you, Happy bir… I know you’re 23 but I could only find a ‘4’ candle” - The Mother
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Most people who take to following the traditional life path ultimately feel misled or utterly disappointed. Life, as Watts suggests, is something more than a hierarchy of rewards culminating in some vaguely defined supreme prize. In fact, it’s not a hierarchy at all. It flows. It’s organic.
Instead of spending your precious time chasing “success,” just enjoy the ride.
As is true for most Americans and likely most people in a late-stage capitalist society, during childhood I developed an unquenchable desire for more. This isn’t a characteristic explicitly taught, but one that is both partially innate and evident enough in others that it can be nurtured by companies for profit and imitated by children to acquire normality. Big is better than small, tall is better than short, new is better than old, more is better than less.
This view is so pervasive and rarely challenged primarily because our economy depends on it. As long as people want more, they will work more to earn more to buy more so that more can be produced and the wealthy can become wealthier and we can maintain our happy little status quo. For this reason, materialism is our religion. In those times that others might pray, we buy. In those times that others might seek enlightenment, we seek the nearest Starbucks. Things make us happy. Things define us. Things fill the gaping voids in our souls and in our lives.
At least temporarily.
It’s true that having things does make people happier. Food, clothing, homes, tools, etc. all make for some pretty nice things to have. They improve our quality of life, they enhance our experiences, they enable us to explore our interests and develop valuable skills. But people today go well beyond what is reasonable. What we are seeing is rampant and disgusting material gluttony encouraged by immoral profiteers. And while it hasn’t often been vocalized or formally acknowledged, most of us have this nagging feeling that at a certain point the acquisition of things stops being beneficial entirely and actually becomes detrimental to our well-being. We may, for a brief moment, experience some sort of happiness for owning this or that, but it really only distracts us from our malnourished souls, decrepit intellects, and unfulfilled potentials.
We don’t need capitalism and we don’t need materialism and we don’t need consumerism. We need enoughism. We need to curb our inclinations to spend and realize that growing our inventories will never amount to growing ourselves.
via WageSlaveRebel
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John Mayer - Who Says
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny
This is beautiful.
Friday 6 November ’09
11:29 am
Generally this is true, if done in the right way.
But what I hate is when people completely intentionally cause offence and upset someone because they are “keeping it real,” as though it gives you license to say and act however you like without caring about anyone else.
Sometimes it’s important to also know when to keep your mouth shut. That doesn’t make you less real, it just makes you a better functioning member of society.
(via eff-this)Tuesday 3 November ’09
8:24 pm23 today!
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8:43 pmBlogs I subscribe to and you should too.
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