Happy Halloween to All:
Did you dress up in your best outfit? If you are out and about today or tonight, please be extra careful & have a scary good time.
SCARY WISHES
Before we get into any tech, health, or finance discussions of the day. I first would like to take a moment to send my condolences out to our fellow New York citizens who were selfishly & cowardly targeted for harm. Yet, again a weak brainwashed individual has choosing to inflict unprovoked destruction upon the innocence. My prayers going up and out to the families involved.
One last statement, actual my personal view point. Just so it's out there. I view religions as a way of "life", keyword here is "LIFE".
Life is FAITH, faith comes in the form of religion. Religion to express peace, love and God (GOOD). Any deviation of good is not GOD's will. In no faith, no language in anything. GOD would not harm others in the name of GOOD. That's human beings thinking they know better.
"So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?" Mr. Okamoto: "That's an interesting question?" Mr. Chiba: "The story with animals." Mr. Okamoto: "Yes. The story with animals is the better story." Pi Patel: "Thank you. And so it goes with God." Ch 99, pg 317
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Since I could remember, I have always had a peaceful demeanor. In fact, since I was in high-school, I have carried the nickname peacemaker or (#1stpeacemaker as it is on my social media outlet) with me. I can't tell you why or how it all came about. It is just who I am, not that I don't have my moments. People surely can bring something nasty out of anyone. But by all past forecast, I should have been the opposite.
One portion of this, I revealed in a short writing here
By this I mean, in short, my birth & upbringing should have giving me plenty of reason to become a negative person. I can use plenty of situations to I guess have a grudge on any number of life events. To be upset or mad about life. To be hateful or selfish, yet I turned out the likes of me by my choice.
My choice, uhmmm, a most privileged gift known to most humans.
“I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.”
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
I see life, knowing that many people have had some of the most horrific unimaginable events directed upon them.
For no other reason than being in the wrong place at the wrong time, not being of a certain race or religion. Or just simply succumbing to pure evil, humans version of a monster.
I wish one thing these bastards would do before they decide to harm another human being. I wish they would first live along side the other. Do not judge until you walk on that persons path. Don't hate something you've never tried.
“These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.”
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
In my many years on this planet......It seems humans have two confusions........
1) We are simply just strange beings because:
- Everything we need is giving to us (at one point, FREE), All we have to do is work at planting our food, building our shelter and helping the next human being.
Included were extra gift granted to us.
- - Giving intelligence to do all the above.
- - to LOVE
- - Forgiveness
- - Free will
- - Choices
2) Life really is NOT that complicated, humans just MADE IT this WAY!
It really isn't a sacrifice to accept others. The way they may look, what faith they believe in, where they are from, what they eat, how they speak. Nothing is that negative as to take or hate another life!
Truth be told, there are way more God fearing, law abiding beings on our planet than evil doers. Problem is we let the few control what is rightfully the righteous, the good folk, the hard working, family loving beings. Again, life's not complicated.
Oops, my writing took a little longer than expected, well life is a passion. It really is a beautiful thing. Yes, it does have it's bumps. We call that as well....LIFE!
“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in your mind, always ... so you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.”
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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