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diff --git a/scratch.txt b/scratch.txt index 39bc37f..95659ee 100644 --- a/scratch.txt +++ b/scratch.txt @@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ every essay needs a story to hang it on. And an audio/visual podcast of it. --- +"outsourcing your daily needs tends to lead to outsourcing your beliefs." + +Maybe. Because it breeds dependency? It does. Which then leads to being dependant for ideas, for values. This is what any power structure must do to gain power, take it from you. There is a fixed amount of power in this world. for one person to have more, others must have less. + dry leaves whispered, -the slow exhale of the earth, -The long shadows and cold honey sunlight of winter afternoons that begin fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. -The sky engulfed by tides of rippled gloom, -The sun's scarce rays, approaching frosts --Pushkin -The snow is welcome, it bathes the world in white, reflecting and multipying the scant winter light on gray days. The world feels clean, and smooth in the snow in a way that it never does the rest of the year. At least where we are, out in nature. Snow is a mess if you live in a city. +Snow bathes the world in white, reflecting and multiplying the scant light on gray days. The world feels clean, and smooth dressed in snow. At least where we are, out in nature. Snow is a mess in the city. + + + +## The Good Life +I got all I ever wanted + + The whole idea of "being present" has always seemed ridiculous to me. What does that even mean? Trying sitting and actually being "present" you can chase this goal for years and in the end what do you have? I have never seen anyone improve their lives much by "being present." In fact I've seen some people derail their lives pretty well chasing that idea by one means or another. |