Careful to Think

Careful to think of a time passed,

The time wasted

The time loved.

Careful not to slip into nostalgia

To let that time of old consume your thoughts

Body is here in present,

but mind in past breeds only sorrow.

Careful to think of those times.

New Age Politics: The Same Old Tricks

It has been a few months since I’ve written a piece on politics. The realm of politics has become something of a predictable pattern in recent years. That pattern has been that of stalemate, neither side with enough resolve or compassion to set pride aside.

It has become something of a routine for both sides to simply blame the other for the problem and do nothing. What has been realized and questioned is why has the humanity been largely taken out of politics? It has become something of a mobilization machine by which to win. Yet we forget that many people’s lives are affected by the decisions or lack there of by government.

The larger issues we face are in many respects handled inadequately. That has become a problem for many people. We, as a nation, have a duty to ourselves to ensure that problems we face can be properly and fairly addressed.

Girls Not Allowed to Play in Catholic Football League.

I read an interesting article on CNN about a young girl who was no longer able to play in a Catholic football league. What is interesting about this article is it does not seem fair given she has skill in the sport. What this issue speaks to is the ability to play a sport. If someone can play a sport well, then what does gender really matter? Comment and let me know what you think as well.

 

Article Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/14/us/philadelphia-archdiocese-boys-only-football/index.html?hpt=us_c1

Another Thought on Love

I have found myself in a very odd situation recently. There is aspect of love that I cannot fully understand. It is the concept of loving more than one person, a better phrase being in love with more than one person. I find it quite odd that I am in this situation, but there is little about the overpowering feeling that can be helped.

For a fact I know that you can be in love with more than one person, but what is odd is how if you feel that overbearing power for a person can you then feel it for another. In this situation I am in love with two women. There is one who is wholly in love with me. There is no one else in her life, yet the other loves me as well. In our situation we each have another person. Yet on some levels our connection is deeper. I find that ironic in many different ways. Perhaps it is simply the essence of youth, but I will explore this further.

The Very Essence of Love: Enigma

To believe in love is to destroy yourself

To subjugate yourself

To lose yourself

Yet love is the essence of the heart

It is the very thing we yearn for

To understand another

To spend your life with someone who supports you.

 

A twisted concept it is

Yet the only thing to bring true happiness

The only object which wholly inhabits the heart

 

Something that is not thought

But feeling

Something that controls you

Yet you let control

 

It takes over

Manifests as its own being

Yet you accept and prosper because of it

 

You grow

You learn

The heart will ache and break

thrice over

Then repeat

Yet that feeling is something that cannot be helped.

Thoughts on the Destruction of Society

This is simply an idea I have thought about. It has no basis for reality or action, but it is my right to speak about it. So I shall. What our society has become is essentially a mechanized war machine. This has nothing to do with Military, though there are plenty of military conflicts we are in now that are unnecessary.

The type of war I speak of is on that of citizens itself. What has become of America is a quasi-police state in which the individual has their rights stepped on whenever those with authority feels they can do so. An example would be when a police officer is able to search a person or vehicle with “probable” cause. That is a ridiculous notion in and of itself because probable cause is subjective. Our fourth amendment right is supped to give us the protection to know we cannot be search no unfounded reason. Yet, now police officers can search someone with no direct evidence. Simply making up an excuse is good enough.

That is not reasonable, nor does it do anything to benefit society. It allows those with authority to have more. Another example is the way the government is structured. There is essentially no right of the people to have a say in what happens to the. Granted, the elected officials are given the power, but when that owed is abused and used to intrude on the citizens within a society that is something that is wholly disgusting.

The Patriot Act gave the government this power. Marking someone as a threat gives them this power. And it is used more widely than people think. True we do have many freedoms here, but they are slowing beginning to deteriorate. What we are able to is being constricted by a small sect of our society. The wealthy still control many aspects of what we do as individuals. They have created a society in which every person part of a machine.

Moreover, we are constantly told to pursue a specific path. To work hard and essentially question nothing. We are meant to go to college and get a degree. But that degree is not think, but to become part of an even bigger machine. We are put into a workplace and expected to do everything we are told. We are not meant to explore our own interests and do things for ourselves, but work to make others rich while we are paid as little as possible.

We are nothing more than a commodity in a capitalist society. Our worth is based on what we can do for others who have more power. And I find that despicable. For a country that is supposed to be founded on freedom and idea that every person has rights and worth seems to be fading now.

Chronicles of a Madman: The Final Chapter

One of my earliest posts had to do with that of love that was supposed to last. In felt real at the time, such an overpowering instance of the heart guiding you. But it did not last. Recently that relationship has ended and has become something of reflection. I find how I felt amusing now because I know it was not real. In context of time it was, but it was a momentary love. It was something that was more passion than anything else.

The idea of being with someone who has so many problems, being that white knight was a Romantic idea. But is was an idea that led down a path which separated me from myself. It was one that twisted and plunged itself into a realm no person should have to go. That is not to say the relationship was horrid, but the strain of constant problems and bickering early on should have been a sign that it would not last.

I lost focus during that time. I almost lost who I was and want to be. I gave myself to passion completely. But what it cost me was not worth what I paid. I rarely mention my personal life on this blog, but is something I feel needs to be said so others can learn from what mistakes I made.

In a relationship you should never lose yourself. You should never change who you are or what you do unless you want to change that. Allowing others to dictate your life with emotions is something that is wholly sadistic. Allowing yourself to go down that path is also a mistake. What you think you feel in a moment of passion is not always real. It is the product of lust. It is the product of the romanticized idea.

On some level I did love her, but not in the way she loved me. I tried to be the protector and the confidant, but that backfired. What I received in return was a constant barrage of problems. A constant neglect of other aspects of my life I find important. And that is something that spelled the demise of this relationship. It is essentially what defined this relationship.

Yet as a result new lessons are learned. To be true to yourself is the most important thing to remember. To focus on your goals and dreams are what are will give you true happiness. For someone to subjugate what you know you need to do is horrid. For a person to try to wedge herself into that position where you cannot focus is twisted.

Above all you have to make clear to the other person they will have to accept the other things in your life as important. They do not have to like them, nor necessarily support them. But they should respect what you want to do.