Death

I recently watched a movie called "The Grey" with Liam Neeson. It's a good movie about a few plane crash survivors who have to fend off wolves. In it, they talk a lot about death and faith. It made me think a lot about my own faith. In highschool, I always said that I wasn't afraid of death, just the process because I "knew where I was going" But recently, I started thinking more about Faith, God, life, and death. For some reason, I'm becoming more scared of death. Not because I don't believe in God anymore, but because of my (seemingly) shifting opinions on issues like the death penalty, same sex marriage, and other controversial issues. In the upcoming month or so (while I compile the list of 100 scary movies to watch) I will probably be posting a bit more about these issues. feel free to like it on StumbleUpon, comment, or just visit again.

The Walking Dead II

As I watched the season finale of AMC's The Walking dead, I couldn't help but notice how we are like the walking dead. Not in the sense that we are cannibals, but how we just live each day the same way. Every day, Zed wakes up and wanders around looking for food; usually in the same place. Kinda like how every day, we wake up, go to work/school, and come home to eat, watch TV, and sleep. Every day is the same. What we need to do is go out and enjoy life. What point is there to spend most of our lives working to earn money, just to put all the extra in savings? Go out, have some fun. Call up the old high-school and college friends, have a good night. You don't even need to spend money. Some of my favorite memories from high-school is inviting a few friends over and playing the PlayStation. Whatever you do, have fun in it. Appreciate the little things.

The unexamined life

Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. how many of us actually stop to examine our lives? You would be hard-pressed to find somebody who "stops and smells the roses", let alone someone who picks the rose, examines it, and actually enjoys the little break from this hectic life. though "structured" society would not permit it, one of my dreams is to actually own my own land, without having to pay taxes to a government that took it over illegally in the first place, and just living off the land with a family. instead, this society we live in forces us to live life fast and die young. the biggest reason fast food companies are doing so well; despite the fact that they are the equivalent of eating a tub of lard in between fried buns, is because of the limited time most people have because of this extremely fast-paced society. as a society, we all need to slow down and examine our lives; what makes us truly happy (don't even think the answer is money), what makes us feel whole, and as a result of this examination, we can stop trying to fill the hole in all of us with cash.
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