How many times have I posted the same title? Too many times? No, not enough...
Today I uncharacteristically got caught up in a non-sensical argument that should have ended at it's inception but to both our shame...continued unchecked. We saw it in time but the fact that it happened made me wonder. What has changed in me? Or is it elsewhere? Or everywhere? Folks to do this right requires brutal honesty and if you're so caught up in your daily bullshit affirmations telling you that you can do no wrong because you're "a good person", I suggest you pull your head out of ass and admit some truths about yourself. It's the only way we grow. You may be "good" but you like anyone else will fuck up. Admitting you're human is a good step but it doesn't excuse it. Nor does "understanding it" give you license to continue your fucked up behavior. Understanding is the first step to change and it allows others to look past it IF you are actually making the effort to improve. Stop tryin to convince yourself that your shit don't stink and get with the fuckin program. You don't like my talk? Fuck off and eat shit...
Now, take a look at the paragraph above. Do I sound angry? Did that piss you off? Well guess what? I'm not angry in the slightest and I wrote that with a smile on my face. I wanted to show you something. How easy it is to create a perspective and by extension...fan the primal flames of discomfort. Easy right? Well what do you think you are being fed daily? Yeah...you're gettin it...
Times will change whether you like it or not as that train has long since left the station. As the times change, we will need to change as well. Not with the times...but against them. I'll explain what I mean...
Some may be aware of training techniques employed by fighters. One such technique is to train for endurance by the expansion of lung capacity. How do they do this? They train in the mountains...where the air is thicker. Training under normal conditions these men can run for miles at their best. Put them in the mountains and they will tire quickly. So in the mountains, they train to adapt to the new conditions. Adding as yet another advantage over their opponent. This is the same principal we must employ to the inner man as the times begin to drastically change.
What we learned to endure will no longer matter. As things get worse we will need to learn how to adapt. Our inner lung capacity will need to expand even more in order to be able to breathe in the environments that are on the way. Those that have it "figured out" will be swept up into the chaos and lest you think I'm talkin about meteors with apocalyptic meaning, I'm talkin about the loss of reason and logic. The time when feeling will replace truth as standard. I'm talkin about the ever increasing violent streak that is becoming acceptable. When the insane will be validated as sane simply because we can no longer "judge" sanity by truth and fact. When an argument over politics will be decided in blood to a cheering audience of voters. Sounds extreme? Think about the random knife slashings going on in NY. How that "trend" is spreading across the country. You think that's new? Well, if you didn't know, these things can all be connected to a knockout game that was being "played" by youths across the country to gain some online celebrity status. The scariest thought here is that these little pricks will one day be able to decide whether my old ass is worth living or dying...not if I can help it. Watch yourselves. Keep your anger and depressive states in check. Hold on to truths that have been proven as fact and if you are unsure, do your research again if need be.
Keep your antennas up, in and on. Don't allow yourselves to be swept up in the chaos. Don't allow yourselves to get taken by the tide of the times. I always tell people to "keep pushing". Inner growth is no exception as it is the central station to all other growth. Stay vigilant...I'm out
~Moses Apollo
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