And someone once said...
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount."
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"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You were mentioned in a journal I wrote to myself, as both a Gaia friend and a my best friend from high school.
My name is Michelle (or Michie as my friends call(ed) me). :3
Your journal brought tears to me. It brought even some happiness.
I'm glad things are better for you. And I hope they stay that way! emotion_hug