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Thursday, March 2, 2006

Cherry Blossoms
To quote Kevin Wantannabe from Last Samuri: "They are all perfect."

I did, indeed, have a nervous / stress breakdown last week or so. Not fun at all, at all. However, it make me aware that I needed to collect myself.

So I've actually been reading books for my own pleasure instead of just school books. I've been cleaning my room. I straightened the rest of the house. I've mediated on nature while walking to work instead of worrying about being late.

Hence, the cherry blossoms. We make our lives so complicated. When someone tries to point out how simple life truly is, we think of them as naive. But really, life isn't all that difficult and we have become very adapt at adding on complications. Truth is, if we simply go through life thinking: "I want to live. I want to live freely. I want a roof over my head and food in my stomach" we'd get along pretty well. Everything else would just fall into place. To live freely it means we must be willing to allow others to live freely, to not stop them from their right to live. To eat and sleep in some kind of comfort it means working. Working isn't Hell. And if we care enough about our lives, we'll work well and do well. That's not saying bad stuff isn't going to happen (because it will) but that we can go through life without all the extra crap we through on ourselves. We won't need to stress so much. If a cherry tree can grow and blossom, so can we.

'Til next time ...

I love you Batman @}--',--
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