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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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Tag Archives: torture
Waterboaring-lite: It’s still torture
While noted conservative talking head Sean Hannity has failed to take up a challenge from noted liberal talking head Keith Olbermann to be waterboarded for charity, another conservative talking head – Erich “Mancow” Muller – stepped up to the plate … Continue reading
The U.S. Enters an Exclusive Club of the World’s Worst
Iran, Syria, China: three countries that probably don’t bring out the best of thoughts in Americans’ minds. Leave China out and you have your typical freedom-hating Arabs. Add China in and you have your run of the mill America-hating countries. … Continue reading
We torture our own citizens. We torture our own vets. We torture our own.
I try, lord do I ever try to keep optimistic on this country and its future. I keep telling myself we are living in a bad dream that makes up the first decade of the 21st century, a bad dream … Continue reading
Did Ahmadinejad just score a moral victory?
The world can breathe another collective sigh of relief as yet another incident that had the potential to spiral out of control into a serious regional war was rendered neutralized. As an added bonus, however, the one doing the neutralizing … Continue reading