i try very hard to not lie. if possible, ever. but it being human nature to try to protect oneself from embarrassment and humiliation, i slip sometimes. whenever i can, i try to rectify my slips and come clean. the only other time i can think of where i deliberately am untruthful is when the truth would [...]
obedience. i respect laws. i respect authority – my supervisors, my elders, people who know more about something than i do, etc. but i have a problem with blind obedience. even with children – blind obedience teaches us that we do not have power, that others are in control, and that we do not have [...]
the word that best comes to mind is jaded. i feel tired and somewhat sad. i feel like i could sleep for days. i am exhausted by the seemingly endless supply of conflict, judgement, strife, and disharmony that creeps in around the edges or hits you square in the face. i am longing for moments [...]
