Frozen in Space

used to be called galaxy eyes but I'm going to use that for something else & I stole a line or two from this (still possibly maybe working on it)

Your eyes are galaxies
I'll explore endlessly
Can you feel the shooting stars rushing by?

Here place your hand in mine
And let our fingers intertwine
I can't resist your gravity

As you slowly pull me in
My heart starts to spin
I guess I'm caught in your orbit now

While I lightly move around you
I catch you dancing about too
I almost taste the atmosphere

Inhale, exhale and again
Am I losing oxygen?
You keep stealing my breath away

Though the space around us is cold
I swear that your smile glows
Sending rays of warmth straight into me

Everything I Read

Is sending me some sort of message.
I'm currently taking a philosophy class, and in Plato's "Apology" Socrates says, "What's best and easiest isn't to put down other people, but to prepare oneself to be the best one can."

It's interesting that the stubborn and lazy patterns of humans to not change their thoughts or ways hasn't budged over time. I wonder what this says about the human race as moral beings.

Also, earlier today, I wandered into the student union building and a Bible study seemed to be taking place. I overheard the leader saying something about making poor decisions, and he claimed those actions to be "selfish." What he was implying was to not just think about oneself, but to see things as a whole. I don't know about the people that were actually attending this meeting, but something in my head just clicked. The things I have been learning all seemed to align and flow in a logical stream. To do so, I think people have to love themselves with intentions of spreading love to others too. Easier said than done of course, and it takes some inward reflection at why you feel the way you do about yourself. In the end, I think people need to be told that they are deserving because the world and competition around them constantly tell them otherwise. I hope they rise above.

Days Like These

I hate days like these. The sun shines through the windows just right, and lets me know the weather is perfect. But on days like these, I feel completely void of emotion and care. I long to do something to curb my boredom, but I resist going anywhere as well. I don't know why, but I'm quite strange. No matter how clean I am, I feel this need to shower off whatever feeling is infecting my soul on days like these. I want time to move forward but want it to stand still all at the same time. I know the late afternoon has crept in from the sound of a football game obnoxiously making its way out of the downstairs television. I don't know why, but it drives me crazy. It makes me want to get out of this house, and yet I stay. I find nothing interesting and everything slightly annoying on days like these. I desperately want to get out of days like these.

Letters

Dear Illinois,
You've got something I like
My letters go your way
It's not the snow or the cold
Or the wind that chills my bones
It might be too much to say.

Dear Iowa,
You've got something I want
But you're not there to stay
You have new people, books, and corn
If that doesn't keep you warm
I'm sending my love your way.

You
Can keep the letters and the love
And you
Will still shine brighter than the sun.

I wish you well.

Love,
Texas

Run When the Rhythms Right

Making stuff while listening to a song over and over is something I do apparently.
It took so long to do the grass, I decided to keep the person extremely simple. Not the best, but I figured I shouldn't use water again. 

"Here with open arms for you, feeling something so new."

It's only fair to share what song I was listening to.

I'll go back and put the song with the other picture from a previous post.

Gift From The Sea

That's the title of the book I'm reading right now. Thought I would save this quote for later use. It shouldn't be getting it's own post, but here I am about to do just that.

"Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of heart, mind and spirit - qualities which are actually neither masculine nor feminine, but simply human qualities that have been neglected. It is growth along these lines that will make us whole, and will enable the individual to become world to himself."

Facepalm Fashion: A Rant

Let me point out that I absolutely hate fashion and how people are obsessed with "what's in" because clothes are there to cover our backs. It's a material possession that shouldn't have as much value as it does. Anyway onto the rest..
I went to check my email on Yahoo, and upon pulling up the site, I see an article titled something like "What Were They Thinking?" It's all about people who are famous for no honestly good reason, and how what they wear is so terrible. REALLY? Do people really have nothing better to do with their lives? Criticize people's clothing whom they don't even know? Not like those people give a crap anyway because they're rich. Why would anyone waste their time with that, much less join in on picking on the people. First off clothing is an art/opinion. Not everyone likes the same things. Second, these people need to do something useful with their lives. Maybe they're making money with writing such crap, but how are they progressing the human race? They aren't. In fact, I would say that's regression because children pick on each other when they aren't comfortable with themselves. If you're going to write an article to the masses, please to God pick something that is worth writing about. It's so useless. They could be helping their community or writing about ideas on how to help or bringing up issues in the world that matter. But oh wait, who in the world would want to do that? That's a lot of work and being lazy is easy. If I didn't have a conscience, I too would make fun of other people for a living. I wonder what meaning or substance those people get out of their occupations. It's really sad actually. When I come home from work in the future, I want to be able to look at my day, week, month, or year and say "I'm making a difference by bettering myself and others, and I'm passionate about what I am doing." Even if it's just one person's life I'm making the difference in, it's better than saying "I don't like how you look," to someone who can't even hear you.

Oh So Cliche

I've come to the realization that most cliches about life and people have some undiscovered, yet simply obvious meaning to them that open up life like a breath of fresh air, but they're so overused that the actual meaning is lost in translation when spoken. The truth of them is so beautiful that it really opens your eyes when you understand it. Unfortunately, the words of wisdom were passed down one too many times upon those who have eyes but are unwilling to truly see. So when one uses something over and over without really knowing what they are saying, the words turn into a mixture of syllables that are common language and shrugged off with ease. When the word love is used, so many contorted usages come to mind and people forget what love is and how to do it. It has no meaning until you close your eyes to the rest of world and it's ideas, and let your mind and heart take hold of it fully. Then when you let the world back in, you appreciate the cliche for what its true meaning holds, and hope whoever hears it next will smile amongst the warm truth instead of rolling their eyes, unknowing of its existence.

Don't Go, Library Book

Just some favorite quotes from the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom since it's a library book, and I will inevitably have to return it.
Interestingly enough, all this reading I've been doing has had a common theme. It's funny because what sparked my interest to read these different books were not from the same source. In fact, they were all completely different, yet they connect to each other. The authors mention the others works or review them, and I sit there dumbfounded.

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."

"Every-one knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it."

"Detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it."

"Human beings wanting to feel that they mattered."

"Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth."

"I am every age, up to my own."

"Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone."

"People are only mean when they're threatened."

"If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way way we care about our own."

"What's wrong with being number two?"

"Be compassionate..and take responsibility for each other."

"We think because we're human we're something above nature."

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

"The story is about a little wave, bobbing in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air- until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
'My God, this is terrible, the wave says. Look what's going to happen to me!'
Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'
The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"

Miles From Shore

Made this while listening to a song that I cannot stop listening to.

Edit: Here's the song since ya know..
Oh wow. I've never actually watched this music video until now and I just realized how similar my thing is compared to a scene in this. How the heck did they place the boat in the same place?! Welp...OH WELL.