One cannot reason, in the logical way that I construct most of my arguments on this blog for example, with another who is suffering from depression. Their brain contorts the proposition as a strongman would a metal pipe. I speak of depression because I knew it, yet surely other mental illnesses act similarly. People whoContinue reading “It’s Hard To See”
Tag Archives: Truth
Shame
I’ve done some things I am ashamed of. I lied to my own family for a period of time. It was selfish and I will never be able to erase the fact that I did it. There’s nothing inherently shameful about a thing. A car, a medical condition, a college; they are things that exist. YetContinue reading “Shame”
It only gets louder.
There is a soft voice inside your head that whispers to you on occasion. It asks questions, and sometimes tells you to do (or not to do) things. You’ve trained it to remain in the background, so it doesn’t interrupt the task at hand. You ignore it easily. There is no way you could everContinue reading “It only gets louder.”
Step Outside Your Box
Read, listen, or watch something that is completely unfamiliar or opposite in viewpoint to your normal media sources once a week. OK, ‘once a day’ is what I really want you to try, but I am willing to start small. For example I started reading a blog on British Politics, and listening to ‘Conservative’ radioContinue reading “Step Outside Your Box”
Mightier Than The Sword
A sentence is a gun. Load it cautiously, aim it carefully, fire when necessary, and kill the target. Distribution represents caliber & rate of fire. Firing blanks over a crowd will command attention. Until the crowd realizes it’s just a bunch of loud noise. Or, until one of them fires back with live ammunition.
Matt Fried 