What's on your mind?

[SnowyMacie]

I truly wish I could think like that. I really mean it.

Unfortunately, my entire existence is at the mercy of a narcissistic world that can deny me a job, friends, a home and, in extreme circumstances, my life. We live in a world where might makes right and the meek like me can be thrown away at any time. I am not comfortable with that fact. I don't think anyone with disabilities should be.

Until God calls me home, I will always fear for my existence. Humans are a fickle species, they can be your best friend one day and your mortal adversary the next. That's the reality I face every second of my life.

You can think like that, I do. I was bullied and rejected like you were in school, and absolutely hate this society we live in because of the jobs (my first job out of college was literally for an evil company that made it's money by lying to it's employees) that I've had previously. I slowly came to realize that they only have so much power over me as I let them have, and while the circumstances of my life may be entirely out of my control, how I respond to them is completely and solely my responsibility. My favorite poem is the infamous Invictus by William Ernest Henley...

Out of the night that covers me
Black is the Pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed

Out of this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid

It matters not how strait the gate
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul


The theme of the poem is about perseverance and being in charge of what you make of our situation. This poem inspired numerous people, including Nelson Mandela while he was incarcerated. God does not want anyone to suffer, but it happens because of that evil in the world. We can either respond to suffering like Henley (who wrote the poem while suffering from tuberculosis and having amputations), Mandela, and countless others, or choose to wallow in self-pity because of it.

I'm not attacking you or telling you that you are wrong for feeling a certain way, I think it is justified, but I am just saying that it is not your only option.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Huh?

No one has a problem with you here.

And that's something I need to remind myself.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

.

 

[MehGuy]

And that's something I need to remind myself.

Yeah. And even if some do, who cares?

Overall most people like you.

Also if no one hated you, that would probably mean such a person is very dull and boring. Lol.

There's a good Bette Davis quote about this, but I forgot how it goes. Also I think it contains some language, lol.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

There's a good Bette Davis quote about this, but I forgot how it goes. Also I think it contains some language, lol.

I'm thinking more of a Marilyn Monroe quote...

"If you can't handle me at my worst, you do not deserve my best."

 

[MehGuy]

I'm thinking more of a Marilyn Monroe quote...

"If you can't handle me at my worst, you do not deserve my best."

Ew.. never was a fan of that quote.

Although she's a feminist icon for a reason. Lol.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Ew.. never was a fan of that quote.

Although she's a feminist icon for a reason. Lol.

"Ladies, I was a bimbo. Not a philosopher." ~Marilyn Monroe

Better for ye?

 

[MehGuy]

Sorry just sounds like a quote a wife beater or a woman with BPD would say.. lol.

 

[EyesOfKohl]

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Sorry just sounds like a quote a wife beater or a woman with BPD would say.. lol.

Well shoot, I just found an article that debunks a whole bunch of quotes that have been attributed to Marilyn Monroe.

I wonder how Tumblr will react to this...

 

[MehGuy]

Well shoot, I just found an article that debunks a whole bunch of quotes that have been attributed to Marilyn Monroe.

I wonder how Tumblr will react to this...

Lol they'll probably not care and still continue to attribute it to her anyways.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Lol they'll probably not care and still continue to attribute it to her anyways.

I can imagine so if a number of them identify themselves as transgender, otherkin, and all that crap in defiance of all logical reasoning and overwhelming evidence.

 

[GoodLightSJ]

Well shoot, I just found an article that debunks a whole bunch of quotes that have been attributed to Marilyn Monroe.

I wonder how Tumblr will react to this...

Reminds me of the supposed picture of Albert Einstein 'with his therapist', allegedly lamenting that intelligence leads to depression.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Reminds me of the supposed picture of Albert Einstein 'with his therapist', allegedly lamenting that intelligence leads to depression.

People can be such... people.

In the words of a wise man and great leader:

 

[Saucy]

Hmm, what should I watch tonight?

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Hmm, what should I watch tonight?

My Super Sweet 16.

"Oh my gosh, daddy, you just ruined the party! This gold-plated Lamborghini is not the right color!"

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

You know how weeks ago I said that world politics right now is like watching a bunch of teenaged boys trying to start a fight by intimidating each other into throwing the first punch?

US launches missiles into Syria in response to chemical weapons attack

Looks like the first punch has been thrown. It's been nice knowing you guys.

 

[CodyFaith]

You know how weeks ago I said that world politics right now is like watching a bunch of teenaged boys trying to start a fight by intimidating each other into throwing the first punch?

US launches missiles into Syria in response to chemical weapons attack

Looks like the first punch has been thrown. It's been nice knowing you guys.

Definitely has my attention.

The storm... I feels it comin'.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

How could Abraham Lincoln talk about the internet when it wasnt even invented when he lived?

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

How could Abraham Lincoln talk about the internet when it wasnt even invented when he lived?

The internet was a top secret project at the time. They had to communicate the Gettysburg address to a wider audience in order to win the civil war. The internet wasn't made public until years later.

Trust me, I'm an expert historian.