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Epiphanies and alike.The moments when you realise something so raw and real, it triggers an emotional train of thought, new to you. It is like waking up, in your waking life, from a dream segment you thought to be as true as anything else; due to perception. Respect and value it's importance, for it is who you were and what's real–– challenged by experience. Reality splits into what you saw, and what you see, what you felt, and what you feel, what you knew, and what you know.

You hear yourself speak, and your own words, cause speculation, interest and satisfaction. Knowledge shows you a path, that always was, but was never tapped into; by you- the ow

HistoryI'm just shy of 17.
I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow,
Let alone, for the rest of my days.
But that doesn't bother me.
What does bother me,
Is thinking about time.
The most valuable resource.
Because I know that what I experience now,
Will never repeat itself,
I will never live this again,
And even though,
The next generation will live it;
Will they care?
Will it be the same?

Of the many fears I have in life,
Dying, being not particularly high on that list,
I fear most of all, being forgotten.
No, not me being forgotten.
My time being forgotten.
I study History,
Study it hard,
Not out of some desire over,
Bloody battles, many lost lives

What is man? Man is a learner.What is man? Man is a learner. Man learns, it is what creates him and forms him, man is an endless people of knowledge to which we all are pools created from droplets to which are our learnings.

But man is two types of learner, that of the man in the shower and that of the man in the forest.

The man of the shower is the man of society, the man who follows the rules of society in all its form. He learns from the media and daily life; he has no true experience of the world around him and is often ignorant to what he feels does not concern him. He is in a shower. Sheltered from harm by his glass door and thermostat, protected from what doesn't

Don't You Quit!Have you grown weary? Are you tired of feeling small? Do you feel as though you've given your all, yet you have gotten nowhere?

Inspired, you create something you're proud of. Yet, try as you might, your creation goes unnoticed - as if nobody cares at all!

The months fly, and still you wait for a comment - a word of encouragement! However, nothing comes of it - no, nothing at all!

Now, as you wait for an answer that isn't forthcoming, you notice your motivation has taken a dive! Sure, you continue to work - oftentimes for many hours - and with very little to eat! However, the inspiration just seems to be in short supply, these days. "Why b

A piece of mind.Doubt is the root of your weakness.
Question everything but yourself.
Deny none of your talent.
Be true always.

© Rocio Belinda Mendez

1001 AR Quotes - No.3 'The animals themselves are incapable of demanding their own liberation, or of protesting against their condition with votes, demonstrations, or bombs. Human beings have the power to continue to oppress other species forever, or until we make this planet unsuitable for living beings. Will our tyranny continue, proving that we really are the selfish tyrants that the most cynical of poets and philosophers have always said we are? Or will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not because we are forced to do so by rebels or terrorists, but because we

Paradise(?)Today I touched paradise.

I walked in its evergreen fields and smiled as its sun’s golden rays trickled through my hair, just as my mother’s fingers used to. The scent of life swirled in the gentle, cooing breeze and the sound of sanctity glowed in the serene silence.

Rabbits lolloped through the grass, ears listening for the slightest hint of the never-present danger of any threat of harm. A worm wriggled across my path, struggling on forward like a refugee; just pushing onward until safety, love and peace could be found.

Perhaps the worm is an analogy for something greater than what it is. Perhaps.

A waterfall gushed on its

To Choose and to be a FriendThe wisdom of Sirach states, “For he who fears God behaves accordingly,” (Sir 6:17) which is to say that someone who fears the Lord will seek to live his life according to right conduct.

The Pharisees, the ones who sought to trick Jesus, were not acting in a manner respectful to the Law, but rather acting according to pride. These are the sort of people we should seek to correct, for any of us who engage in gossip or deceit in order to discredit our foes become a foe to right conduct. If they cannot or will not be corrected we should not share in their friendship, for a friend who speaks ill of others in a mean and spiteful way m

RainRaindrops from the heavens above under Sir Isaac's spell, cleanse our world from the dirt covering our faces. Clear away the mud hiding our heart deep within and bring out the good all of us one day wish to achieve. Bring sadness and remorse to our souls so we can finally open our eyes and see the teardrops of a thousand suffering man all around the globe bursting through the clouds. Let us see the exchange between the earth and the sky, blurring the boundaries of infinity.

Up and Down    Do you ever wonder why ‘up’ is up and ‘down’ is down? Who ever decided which way it up and which way is down? If up is always in the direction your head is in then, when you stand on your head, had down become up?
    If that is the case then one must also wonder about what we consider left and right. Left is always to the left of up, right? So now, say you are on your head, then right is to the left of up and left is now to the right of up. It is like directions no longer have any meaning.
    Let’s go back to considering the conundrum of ‘up’ and ‘down’. Say you were to point up, then to someone in Australia you would be pointing down. Latched onto that thought is this, if the earth were perfectly clear and you looked down to see a person on the other side of the planet, wouldn’t you also be looking up at them? (What song is playing?) So then if this is actually the case

ClockThe face is hidden behind both hands
It makes its circuit twice a day
Though it never leaves where it stands
Though it doesn't talk we all learn what it has to say

Christianity: Outside Looking In In the Western part of the world, Christianity is familiar with almost everyone. Many people, at the very least, claim to believe in God in the Western world. But what exactly is Christianity? The obvious answer is, of course, that Christianity is the religion that believes in God and Jesus Christ's sacrifice to save humanity from their sins. There's more to Christianity than this, and shall be discussed in more detail. Specifically, the origins of Christianity and how it became a world religion, what makes Christianity unique, and the differences in the denominations of Christianity shall be discussed.

Let's start with Christ

The Light of WisdomConfucius once said there were three ways one could gain wisdom: through reflection, which is the noblest, by imitation, which is the easiest, and through experience, which is the bitterest. When you reach a certain age you start to value those countless hours you stood reading all those books to get a fucking A. Books are a invaluable treasure the scholars left us.

Knowledge is the greatest power we have these days, and whoever says otherwise is as ignorant as badger. The thing is, knowledge must come naturally, not forced. If you force someone to study something they don't like, like when I spent seventeen years, precious seventeen years o

The WriterWords are my tools.

I may not be a wizard with the brush, but I know how to create an image.
Though my imagination may not paint a clear vision - it is up to you to decide.
What do you see?

Does it make you smile? Make you happy, sad, joyous, upset?
What do my words mean to you?
Is every image the same?
What do you see?

Words are my tools.
I am the writer.

What is grace?What is grace?
Too many of us think that God's grace is a shield that indemnifies us against the consequences of our sins.
God's ability to forgive is infinite, however grace is not a shield.
Grace is a bone saw.
"If your eye causes you to sin it is better to pluck it out than to continue sinning."
Grace is a spiritual amputation of a piece of your soul infected by the gangrene of iniquity.
God's ability to forgive is infinite, however is the individual's ability to receive grace likewise infinite? How many graces can a person receive before the soul-body ceases to function?

I will show how this is the truth in Chapter 5B of "Worth 1000 Word

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A historyBloody battles fought in vain.
Said for glory, but it's a lie for shame.
Men they die, hit the ground.
With an awful cry or a muffled sound.

Gory grounds drenched with life.
Not what those highplaced men contrived.
But it is not they who fight the war.
It's the working man who settles the score.

As the poor man loses life and limb
Mankinds future was never so dim.
For honour, for glory, for freedom they call.
In final though, death captures all.

How years are wasted in the sand and mud
The flower of life is too soon cut.

ChoicesI tried. Believe me, I tried. I tried so hard that I nearly lost myself. I know it was my fault, I don't deny it. I was the one that let go, it was me who wouldn't hold on any longer. Not because I wasn't able to, but because I thought it was better that way.
So I let go. I let go of you. That was fine. Letting go is not wrong. How could it be? If you hold a flame too long, it will die for lack of oxygen. If you hold an icesculpture for too long it will melt. I was right to let go.
But I wasn't right to turn away. Letting go doesn't mean leaving. Letting go of the flame doesn't mean you can't watch it. I didn't see that though. So I turned

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Not because I think it is your fault. I won't accuse you of it, even if I would be right to. But I won't apologize either, for it wasn't my fault either. I won't forgive you, because I do not blame you. If I do not blame you, how can I forgive you?
You want me to take the first step. But don't you see it? I already did. It just wasn't good enough for you. I opened up. I removed the stones from the road. That was the first step. Now you want me to take another step. You want me to blame someone. Either me or you, you don't care. As long as I blame someone, because you don't know what to say otherwise.
I

Odyssey into 2012 - Chapter 1"Tokyo..." she whispers. "Zephyr."
She repeats the words, again and again, desperately hoping that the words will remind her of who she is and what her goal might be. But the words don't ring any bells. Like a mantra she keeps repeating them, echoing herself as she stands up and walks towards the gate.
One step. Another step. A third step and she passes the threshold. All turns black, silent. A scary feeling of emptiness surrounds her, even her own body seems gone and she starts to panick. Then slowly, very slowly, her senses pick up signals again. First the feeling of her body, then that of her surroundings. Her feet, dressed in sneakers,

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by ~Flowersunshine, Feb 24, 2012, 4:09:43 AM
Literature / Prose / Non-Fiction / Philosophical

Once upon a time there rose an idea, an interesting goal.
The idea that rose was an idea that we should understand better nowadays, an idea we should feel stronger connected with than we do.
It was the idea of freedom. But not just freedom. It was the idea of freedom in responsibility.

Too often nowadays freedom is used as a shield to hide behind. Not from what it was supposed to protect us from. No, it is used as a shield against the very sword we should use to defend freedom. For the fight for freedom is just.
The fight we are fighting now, however, is not. The sword that we should use, but cast away instead (only to have our dear shield of Freedom be raised and dented when it comes back to us), is the sword of Responsibility.

Freedom is misunderstood. It is not the allowance of being able to do what you want, of saying what ever you want. It is the possibility to grow and develop yourself. You might want to say something and freedom allows you to do so. But you can only grow and make the world a better place if you use responsibility as well, if you think about what you are about to say and the consequences it may have.
Then, when you have considered this, and only then, and you decide to act to the best of your conscience, you may say that you have used freedom in its true purpose.

Freedomby ~Flowersunshine

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I am getting sick of people claiming the right of freedom of speech (or whatever other freedom), only to abuse it. Fight for freedom was the theme for the contest. But what kind of freedom? How can freedom stay free if we use it the way we do now? Freedom of speech, but too much that is said is harmful.

The rights of Freedom are important, very important. But so is responsibility. People should take their responsibility. Unfortunately they don't, often.

~MidnyhtNoon Mar 28, 2012

And what happens when what is the best of your conscience is the contrast of another? Perhaps freedom's purposes are served, but justice is as subjective as is what makes a better world.

I didn't find the structure of the prose to be very compelling and poor word choice offset me quickly (using 'rose' repeatedly in close proximity). I can respect that this is your philosophy on the subject of freedom but it didn't seem to me to introduce any new, interesting or creative concepts or imagery.

~Flowersunshine Mar 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Ooh, a comment! Yay!

I have not considered that for this piece, the contrast of consciences, it wasn't in the message I was trying to get across. I didn't have justice in mind in this case. What I had in mind was that there are many people who, under the claim of freedom of speech, say things without thinking about the consequences. They hurt people, offend people and then say that those people were wrong for being offended, even if what was said in the first place was very rude.

To tell you the truth, I'll have to think a bit more on that, the difference between consciences. I guess that's what I get for answering this at 8 in the morning during the week of my exams. But you have my word that I'll think about it and be critical with myself

After all, that is the main object my study has, to make me a critique.

I'll see if I can do something about the word choice. English is my second language, so my vocabulary is very poor. Unfortunately I don't know any Dutch sites that give such a wide range of different people to come in contact with. Therefore I have no choice but to write in English if I want to share and improve. I see how the repeating of 'rose' could be a nuisance to you, though I think I might have done that in purpose in the first place. But if a rhetoric device has not the effect you want it to have, you better leave it out, right?

I was never meaning to introduce a new concept. I was trying to give a counterweight to the, in my perception more present, idea that you should be able to say whatever you like. I am sure that this opinion is not new, but I do believe that it is not heard enough.

But to be fair: I never expected that I would make it to the third round of the tournament it was written for with this piece.

Thank you for taking the time to read my piece and respond to it, I appreciate it

~FALCONorthern Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

You posted! Yay! I am happy. I'm sure you'll make it to the next round, this is too stinkin' good not to.

~Flowersunshine Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you, Inny! Your confidence in me means so much to me!

~FALCONorthern Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Dawww, you dn't mean that. you're my friend, it's my job, right? Plus you're practicaly my sister, albeit one who doesn't know my real name and has never seen my face, but still a sister.

~Flowersunshine Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I do mean it

And same to you

~FALCONorthern Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Daww...

~Flowersunshine Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

~FALCONorthern Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Hug time!

~Flowersunshine Feb 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I agree!

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