May 23, 2010
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Earth is a balloon sailing far away from home
Depression is incredibly romanticized; we must not commit the grand fallacy: sadness for its own sake.
Being intelligent is not only a matter of what you know, for one can also be intelligent in what they choose to not know.
More than the desire to be liked I have the desire to be conceived of as me.
The assumption behind pictures is 'this is what my body looks like', the assumption behind words is 'this is what my mind looks like'.
Sometimes not understanding a concept is the fault of the listener, sometimes it is the fault of the speaker. It can be hard to tell which is the case; we usually blame the listener.
We learn that something is wrong when someone does it to us, but not when we do it to others.
'Forgive' he said. 'I don't want to!' I replied. 'Forgive' he said again. This went on for several lifetimes, until I died in ignorance.
I meant to go to bed an hour and a half ago; and even then would have been late. Alas, good morning to you.
Comments (7)
5:30? that's way too late...early
it's sunday. take a nap.
I like the 4th and 5th a lot
you have nice thoughts
"More than the desire to be liked I have the desire to be conceived of as me."
Oh, god, I love, love, love that line <3
Lovely post. It was really different. <3 G
This is convicting to me. I actually stopped to pray about my own behavior and its hypocrisy. Thank you for thinking.
"Sometimes not understanding a concept is the fault of the listener, sometimes it is the fault of the speaker. It can be hard to tell which is the case; we usually blame the listener."
Along those same lines, many times, understanding the meaning of Scripture is the fault of the reader. We often blame the a(A)uthor.
Really interesting thoughts.