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When did we forget our dreams?
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
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I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor — even president, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero — that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.
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Tag Archives: Environment
…and on the 89th day, the Gulf was wiped clean.
Something that may go on to become one of the more regrettable moves that the Obama Administration has made comes out of the absolute rush to bury the negative story that has become the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from the … Continue reading
We, the destroyers so efficient
The irresistible luxuries of a life comfortable, filled with needs for wants that mere decades ago we never knew we had, continue to lead us down a path of pillaging and environmental destruction. The pace is slower than water torture … Continue reading
Bad: Your PR efforts are more successful than your actual disaster response
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to rage under the Gulf of Mexico’s waters, with every effort that BP has made to stem the flow of the leak seemingly either failing miserably or falling far short of self-set expectations. The … Continue reading
The Deepwater Horizon Legacy: Oil on the shore through 2031
The Transocean-built and BP-owned Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been gushing large amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico since its start on Earth Day, April 22nd. Worst-case scenario estimates state that the leak is spilling 100,000 barrels of … Continue reading
Balancing need for fuel with cost beyond the pump
Of all days – Earth Day – and of all situations – during a celebration of their own safety record – the oil rig Deepwater Horizon punctured a pocket of methane gas thousands of feet below the waters of the … Continue reading
Global Warming: Fighting Ignorance So Simple, Yet So Vast
We find ourselves at this very moment in the month of February. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, this means we also find ourselves in the season of winter. Winter tends to bring us colder temperatures, Christmas, the … Continue reading
Beautiful beachfront property in Barrow! (QH: 26 July 2009)
During the second term of the Bush Administration, American spy satellites with a resolution of 1 meter took pictures of the Arctic region (among other places) that went on to show the dramatic reduction in Arctic sea ice in a … Continue reading
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