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    Prison Platitudes

    There is a growing awareness of the iniquity inherent to the American justicesystem, especially with respect to the practice of capital punishment whichaffects a relatively small number of people when compared to the millions of

    Americans who have been mired in prisons for whatever reason. I believe thatthe death penalty is not the most pressing issue for our legal system at themoment and that it is dwarfed by the ramifications necessitated by theimprisonment of non-violent offenders in both scope and magnitude. It is myfirm belief that the incarceration of non-violent offenders is the biggestmiscarriage of justice in the American legal system and that its practice is adetriment to law-abiding citi ens as well as an ineffective means of crimedeterrence. There are plenty of well meaning people who believe that prisonsentences are deserved by all who are condemned by due process, but mostof these people are not directly affected by the penal system and have nomotive to consider an alternative until it does.

    The most obvious argument against imprisoning non-violent criminals is thatthere is no evidence that it deters future offense by the individual. !oreover,all evidence points to the contrary, they will almost certainly return to prisonand nearly always resume their patterns of behavior once released. If thiswasn"t bad enough, many li#en prison to a $%ollege for %riminals& from whichmost emerge with a bolstered image of themselves as $real& convicts andoften with newfound gang affiliations which prisoners are all but forced to joinin order to survive the time they have been court ordered to serve. Thesepeople emerge from prison into our communities having been indoctrinatedwith distrust, hate, and violent instincts which will inevitably lead them rightbac# to the place that made them this way and it is a vicious cycle that is adetriment to the entire human race, not to mention the families andcommunities afflicted by the problem. I am not saying I have all the answers Iam only certain that murderers and rapists are the worst possible influenceimaginable for substance abusers, prostitutes, con-artists and probationviolators.

    'otwithstanding the obvious moral issues associated with the incarceration ofnon-violent criminals( American ta)payers are footing a nearly forty thousanddollar per year cost of imprisoning each inmate. It seems to me this moneycould be more effectively spent improving the impoverished conditions whichespouse criminal behavior in the first place. I #now these types of programsta#e years to effect any substantive change in the communities as a whole,but at least these less serious offenders can repay their debt to society by

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    0ive-0ive-0ive

    1uly 23, 2454 at 6 47pm

    8aving seen tragedy stri#e so many during 9-55, the tsunami and 8urricane:atrina, I was still unprepared for the calamity which befell my own family on!ay ;, 244;. I was living in %oncord, 'orth %arolina with my husband andthen seven month old daughter when on a night much li#e any other( I wasawa#ened by the sound of brea#ing glass. nce I got bac# I was glad I had ris#ed my life to retrieve the shirt because acrowd had begun gathering and the spectacle was in full force( though, inhindsight, it seems ridiculous considering how luc#y we were to escapeunharmed. ithin minutes the fire department, police, and television newscrews had descended upon the devastation. ?y then, I had accumulated apair of plaid flannel pajama pants, a pair of tennis shoes someone used tomow their grass in and a giant yellow puffy >ld 'avy vest from variousneighbors. 'eedless to say, I had no interest in being interviewed, much lesson television. It dawned on me that on 4;@4;@4;, at ; ;; A!, I was watching a

    torrent of flames engulf everything I owned and destroy the place I calledhome. I sobbed uncontrollably as the sun rose on what had to be the coldest,rainiest day in !ay and definitely the loneliest, most hopeless hours spentcoming to grips with the most profound loss of my life. I was heart-bro#en bythe sight of hundreds of pages from my e)tensive library blowing from thegaping hole in the side of my house, some of whose titles I recogni ed, as Iwas more than fond of reading, but driven by a passion bordering on

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    obsession with my quest to e)plore every avenue of truth. Throughout thelifetime I had spent collecting over five hundred volumes, I always dreamt ofpassing them on to my child before I ever even met my husband, it was amatter of personal pride, and now those dreams were literally going up insmo#e before my own tear filled eyes.

    As if my situation had not become dire enough, the .?.I. tate ?ureau ofInvestigationB held us on the premises for ten hours while they investigatedwhat they suspected to be a meth lab in my infant daughter"s nursery. Thepassers by were more compassionate and concerned for our family"s wellbeing than the authorities. *ven though I described repeatedly how I wassure the floor had burned straight through to the basement because a tenfoot tall armoire full of my daughter"s clothing had fallen over, they insistedthis was not consistent with the $evidence& until the lac# of indication from

    their drug-sniffing dogs gave them no other choice.

    e waited all day in the rain, long after the fire had been e)tinguished, whilethey did their best to ma#e a case against us for arson since their meth labtheory never panned out( we were treated li#e suspects and felt twice asvictimi ed as a result. I remember thin#ing $why would I burn down my ownhouse when I have no insurance/& All the logic and reasoning in the worldmade no difference to the police, who apparently did not believe a word ofwhat we told them until the investigation finally rendered an inconclusive

    result which only added insult to injury. I am not sure whether I was moreoutraged or e)hausted, but things were about to go from horrific toe)cruciatingly ridiculous.

    The Ced %ross had set us up with some assistance on account of the fact wewere dead bro#e because we had, ironically, just paid almost two thousanddollars of bac# rent the day before. e had a debit card with appro)imatelynine hundred dollars which we later discovered had restrictions on what couldbe purchased with it. ?ut, for the moment, we were just happy to be allowed

    to leave and the first thing I wanted to do was get out of the most humiliatingoutfit I had ever worn without having to go shopping while wearing it. Thisproved to be tric#y indeed and we ended up at the :-!art around the cornerwhere I tried to find something acceptable to wear when I went shoppingproperly the ne)t day. I will never forget how I felt browsing the rac#s ofclothes I would not be caught dead in wearing an outfit befitting a homelessperson when the reality of it all became bitterly clear I was a homeless

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    person. It was too much for me to cope with and I ran out of the store cryingand waited in the car. e were given a hotel room which the Ced %rossarranged for us to stay in for ten dollars per night, which I found comfortingat first, until race wee# ensued several days later and we were given a daysnotice to vacate.

    It was early the very ne)t morning when, by the worst bout of luc# one couldconceive of, the police discovered my husband had an outstanding warrantfor a failure to appear in court over a traffic tic#et, and showed up to ta#e himto jail after his name popped up in the fire report. e had no cash and whenhe tried to pay a bail bondsman fifty dollars with the Ced %ross card we foundout it was not an approved e)penditure. I could go much farther into thedepths of the hell on earth which was that summer, but enough is enough.

    0rom what my husband and I could tell, the room that caught fire was anaddition to the house which had been improperly wired into the brea#er bo).

    This room was heavily laden with my computers and audio equipment whichcould have overloaded the faulty brea#er. >ne of my laptops also had acharger which we discovered had been recalled specifically for catching fire.+ltimately, there was never a definitive answer from the 0ire Inspector, but Igot the impression he may not have necessarily been at or even near the topof his field. I had no confidence in his powers of judgment after witnessing his$investigation& turn into pure speculation. ?ut in the long run, it really made

    no difference how the fire started( all I cared about was what I had lost. !ypast, my artwor#, my writing, my boo#s, my mementos and my music- thesubstance of my whole life up to that point- now e)ists only in my mind andhopefully in the memories of those I was close to. I reali ed afterwards that Iam not defined by those things, but I fear that time will obscure my journeythrough life and without them there to remind me, I might forget much ofwhat had once meant such a great deal to me and never quite live up to whatI once strove to be in my life.

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    0ive-0ive-0ive

    1uly 23, 2454 at 6 47pm

    8aving seen tragedy stri#e so many during 9-55, the tsunami and 8urricane:atrina, I was still unprepared for the calamity which befell my own family on!ay ;, 244;. I was living in %oncord, 'orth %arolina with my husband andthen seven month old daughter when on a night much li#e any other( I wasawa#ened by the sound of brea#ing glass. nce I got bac# I was glad I had ris#ed my life to retrieve the shirt because acrowd had begun gathering and the spectacle was in full force( though, inhindsight, it seems ridiculous considering how luc#y we were to escapeunharmed. ithin minutes the fire department, police, and television newscrews had descended upon the devastation. ?y then, I had accumulated apair of plaid flannel pajama pants, a pair of tennis shoes someone used tomow their grass in and a giant yellow puffy >ld 'avy vest from variousneighbors. 'eedless to say, I had no interest in being interviewed, much lesson television. It dawned on me that on 4;@4;@4;, at ; ;; A!, I was watching atorrent of flames engulf everything I owned and destroy the place I calledhome. I sobbed uncontrollably as the sun rose on what had to be the coldest,rainiest day in !ay and definitely the loneliest, most hopeless hours spentcoming to grips with the most profound loss of my life. I was heart-bro#en by

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    the sight of hundreds of pages from my e)tensive library blowing from thegaping hole in the side of my house, some of whose titles I recogni ed, as Iwas more than fond of reading, but driven by a passion bordering onobsession with my quest to e)plore every avenue of truth. Throughout thelifetime I had spent collecting over five hundred volumes, I always dreamt of

    passing them on to my child before I ever even met my husband, it was amatter of personal pride, and now those dreams were literally going up insmo#e before my own tear filled eyes.

    As if my situation had not become dire enough, the .?.I. tate ?ureau ofInvestigationB held us on the premises for ten hours while they investigatedwhat they suspected to be a meth lab in my infant daughter"s nursery. Thepassers by were more compassionate and concerned for our family"s wellbeing than the authorities. *ven though I described repeatedly how I was

    sure the floor had burned straight through to the basement because a tenfoot tall armoire full of my daughter"s clothing had fallen over, they insistedthis was not consistent with the $evidence& until the lac# of indication fromtheir drug-sniffing dogs gave them no other choice.

    e waited all day in the rain, long after the fire had been e)tinguished, whilethey did their best to ma#e a case against us for arson since their meth labtheory never panned out( we were treated li#e suspects and felt twice asvictimi ed as a result. I remember thin#ing $why would I burn down my own

    house when I have no insurance/& All the logic and reasoning in the worldmade no difference to the police, who apparently did not believe a word ofwhat we told them until the investigation finally rendered an inconclusiveresult which only added insult to injury. I am not sure whether I was moreoutraged or e)hausted, but things were about to go from horrific toe)cruciatingly ridiculous.

    The Ced %ross had set us up with some assistance on account of the fact wewere dead bro#e because we had, ironically, just paid almost two thousand

    dollars of bac# rent the day before. e had a debit card with appro)imatelynine hundred dollars which we later discovered had restrictions on what couldbe purchased with it. ?ut, for the moment, we were just happy to be allowedto leave and the first thing I wanted to do was get out of the most humiliatingoutfit I had ever worn without having to go shopping while wearing it. Thisproved to be tric#y indeed and we ended up at the :-!art around the cornerwhere I tried to find something acceptable to wear when I went shopping

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    properly the ne)t day. I will never forget how I felt browsing the rac#s ofclothes I would not be caught dead in wearing an outfit befitting a homelessperson when the reality of it all became bitterly clear I was a homelessperson. It was too much for me to cope with and I ran out of the store cryingand waited in the car. e were given a hotel room which the Ced %ross

    arranged for us to stay in for ten dollars per night, which I found comfortingat first, until race wee# ensued several days later and we were given a daysnotice to vacate.

    It was early the very ne)t morning when, by the worst bout of luc# one couldconceive of, the police discovered my husband had an outstanding warrantfor a failure to appear in court over a traffic tic#et, and showed up to ta#e himto jail after his name popped up in the fire report. e had no cash and whenhe tried to pay a bail bondsman fifty dollars with the Ced %ross card we found

    out it was not an approved e)penditure. I could go much farther into thedepths of the hell on earth which was that summer, but enough is enough.

    0rom what my husband and I could tell, the room that caught fire was anaddition to the house which had been improperly wired into the brea#er bo).

    This room was heavily laden with my computers and audio equipment whichcould have overloaded the faulty brea#er. >ne of my laptops also had acharger which we discovered had been recalled specifically for catching fire.+ltimately, there was never a definitive answer from the 0ire Inspector, but I

    got the impression he may not have necessarily been at or even near the topof his field. I had no confidence in his powers of judgment after witnessing his$investigation& turn into pure speculation. ?ut in the long run, it really madeno difference how the fire started( all I cared about was what I had lost. !ypast, my artwor#, my writing, my boo#s, my mementos and my music- thesubstance of my whole life up to that point- now e)ists only in my mind andhopefully in the memories of those I was close to. I reali ed afterwards that Iam not defined by those things, but I fear that time will obscure my journeythrough life and without them there to remind me, I might forget much ofwhat had once meant such a great deal to me and never quite live up to what

    I once strove to be in my life.

    Canting D Caving

    eptember 2E, 2454 at 7 47pm

    Canting and raving is my most natural mode of communication and the

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    means by which I most effectively reflect the e)tent of and develop mybeliefs. 8owever in the wrong hands which it usually isB this techniquereflects rigid ideological beliefs they themselves were once beaten over thehead with until they quit as#ing questions and began beating themselves sothat they could go out into the world and return the favor. ItFs not the ranting

    and raving that ma#es people miserable, itFs the tendency of what people sayto be the same old story moreover it is one they are unwilling to change evenwhen faced with evidence to the contrary. Apparently thereFs nothing li#ebeating their favorite dead horse in the name of the whom theyFll gladly showtheir ass no matter how bad the corpse stin#s to the rest of us else. ?eing soafraid to be wrong that you wonFt stand up for what you thin# is right, ishardly any better way to live, though itFs certainly the easiest. hat ma#esyou thin# that something as meaningful as the truth doesnFt beg to bequestioned. I find it to be a fulfilling lot in life to share with anyone who willlisten what you have learned in this life granted you recogni e the truth whenyou arenFt the one pointing it out. 8onestly, I welcome and appreciate theopprotunity to be proven wrong because I would rather learn the hard waythan no way at all. If this is the complete idiot you spea# of then so be it, butby all means spea# up ne)t time someoneFs ranting ma#es you miserable,youFd be surprised how gratifying it can be to call them out and tell themwhy, maybe youFll learn something new about yourself and one day maybeyouFll have something worth raving about without anyone having to pushyour buttons and drag it out of you. If you arenFt willing to learn to li#e it, thendoc# your boat and go bac# to the ground you came from because life onearth is only meaningful through the act of being moved and moving othersis the most important thing a person can do. In the words of Aesop Coc#,G>nly in my sweetest dreams do my streams lac# troubled waters, babblingbroo#s for babbling croo#s, shallow pools for shallow foolsG

    Astrology for the ary D +nInitiated

    eptember ;, 2454 at 9 59pm

    The 0undamentals of Astrology

    Astrology is considered by many an interesting but dubious subject, by somean antiquated system of superstition and by others an evil practice of devilworship. 8owever, it is an ancient form of divination rooted in a surprisinglye)act science( the subtleties of which ta#e years to master. The odiac signswith which we are all familiar represent universal archetypes comprised of

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    twelve unique character types. The planets, which include the sun and moon,represent the types of energy at wor# within a given sign. The natal chart ofan individual is a representation of the position of these bodies with respectto the stellar firmament in terms of the constellations of the odiac. The HE4arc yields twelve signs occupying H4 each. This arc is also divided into

    twelve houses of varying si e, which correspond to different areas of anindividual"s life, such as personality, marriage, finance, friends and so forth.

    The position of planets within the signs and houses define the fundamentalnature of a person. Aspects describe the relationships between planets andare determined by degrees of separation such as 4 , 7; , E4 , 94 , 524 ,564 and so on. This is the means by which the different energies planetsBeither complement or complicate areas of one"s life housesB.

    The sun, being the center of the solar system, represents the ego, which is

    the center of personal identity. This is the basic nature of the person aroundwhich all other characteristics circulate. The sign placement of the sunindicates an individual"s basic character as well as how and why they areattracted to the forms of e)perience which permeate their life. The houseplacement of the sun shows the area in which a person primarily e)pressesthemselves.

    The moon symboli es the emotions and personal life of an individual whichare shaped and molded by e)perience. The sign in which the moon is found

    shows how a person projects themselves to the public, how their feelings aree)pressed and the nature of their relationship with their family. The areawhich must be focused on to achieve emotional balance is indicated by thehouse placement. Planets in aspect to the moon indicate qualities in thepersonality which are used instinctively and surface most often.

    Jour mental life is represented by the planet mercury which has threeretrograde periods per year in which it appears to move bac#wards. It showshow information is received, processed and dispensed by an individual. The

    sign !ercury falls under points to the basic attitude and mental habits of aperson. The house indicates which area of life a person finds most interestingor gives the most attention. Aspects of !ercury show how an individualsolves problems and approaches life in general.

    Kenus is the symbol of love and what a person finds beautiful or good in life.

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    It is fundamental to haw an individual forms values. The sign in which youfind Kenus shows which type of love energy a person has. The houseplacement defines the area in which a person most naturally e)presses love.8ow and under what circumstances a person e)presses their loving side isdetermined through aspects to the planet Kenus.

    !ars is the planet of desires and it reveals how a person sets their goals andthe means by which they go about achieving them. It represents what anindividual wants out of life and its sign placement shows the fundamentalnature of their assertions. The area of life which a person is most li#ely tofocus on is indicated by the house in which !ars is found. Aspects to !arse)plain how and to what e)tent a person"s desires are affected by other areasof their life.

    1upiter"s position shows where an individual feels confident and in control, aswell as what they feel they have to teach others in this life. A person"s valuesare indicated by the sign 1upiter falls under. The house placement reflects thearea of life in which they consider themselves luc#y and receive the mosthelp from others. Aspects to 1upiter point to the forces by which success andachievement are obtained throughout their life.

    aturn represents restriction, obligation and fear, through which a person iseither responsible or neglectful. The type of obligations a person feels tied tois shown by the sign in which aturn is found. The house placement showsthe area of life in which they feel most restricted and wor# the hardest.Aspects of aturn reflect the avenues of hardship and difficulty demanded bythese responsibilities.

    >riginality and even strangeness are symboli ed by +ranus. An individualstrives for freedom in a manner characteri ed by the house in which it isfound. The house +ranus occupies signifies the area of life in which a personuniquely e)presses themselves. Aspects of this planet indicate the means bywhich a person see#s higher consciousness.

    'eptune is the planet of dreams and represents the part of us that strives forperfection. The sign occupied by 'eptune is a reflection of ideals held byhuman culture at-large. The house placement of this planet indicates the area

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    of life in which these ideals are e)pressed by an individual. The aspects to'eptune describe how each person connects with and contributes to society.

    Pluto signifies the un#nown as well as an individual"s power to transformthemselves. The obsessive, compulsive nature of a human being is e)pressedthrough its sign position. The house placement shows the area of life where aperson will ma#e the most fundamental and transformative changes. Aspectsto Pluto show deep unconscious lin#s in the personality of an individual.

    The odiac signs each have their own particular characteristics. Aries isindependent, impulsive and often unwilling to compromise. Taurus isstubborn, practical and tends to form habits they find hard to brea#. Lemini iscurious, immature, clever and rarely serious. %ancer is sympathetic,emotional and values family and tradition.

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    Aspects between planets are reflections of the degrees by which they areseparated. The most commonly used aspects are conjunction, opposition,square, trine, semisquare and se)tile. A conjunction refers to two planets

    within 6 of each other. hen this occurs the influences of the two planetsare mi)ed and amplify each other. hen two planets are in opposition, theyare 564 apart. This aspect can be challenging, but the influences of the twoplanets are mi)ed in much the same way as a conjunction but deal withothers as opposed to the self. The trine aspect refers to two planets that are524 apart. This aspect is beneficial and the energies of the two planetssupport each other and wor# in harmony. hen two planets are 94 apart,they have a square aspect. This aspect is difficult but can also be motivatingfactor because the energies of the two planets involved interfere with eachother. The se)tile aspect is e)hibited by planets which E4 apart and is similarin effect to the trine aspect e)cept it emphasi es the sharing of the beneficialeffects with others. The semisquare aspect is, predictably, e)hibited by twoplanets separated by 7; and projects the difficulties of the square aspectonto how a person relates to others. There are other, less significant, aspectsused by astrologers, but these form the basis of a natal chart reading.

    This is by no means even a complete outline of astrology, but rather a briefintroduction to the many principles involved in casting a chart. Thenewspaper horoscopes we are all familiar with only represent the position ofthe sun, and subsequently do not equally apply to any individual. e are all,in effect, a reflection of the heavens at the e)act point in space and time inwhich we are born. If that isn"t being created in Lod"s image- I don"t #nowwhat is.

    In the 'ame of !y 8usband !i#e mith

    August 26, 2454 at 2 H5pm

    Jou are so incredibly precious to me- I could never hope to understand the

    intricacy or even come close to e)pressing the perfection I feel being withyou- for no reason, #nowing that no reason could ever come between us, nodifference is significant enough to divide us and no length of time longenough to e)tinguish that which resides inside us regardless of whatcircumstances surround us. 'o other being persists so diligently and no otherreason e)ists so e)quisitely as your spirituality *MPC* * the intensity ofinfinity within my limits. Jou complete the square within me, endlesslyfinishing what I forgot to repeat until the +ltimate *nding.... In the beginning

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    I wanted nothing more out of life than the feelings you stirred within me atany given ordinary moment you made my life worth living with your gift oflove so e)hilarating it stayed with me long after the precious moments youspent with me had passed, but I #new in my heart they would not be the last.I #new all along the teenage joyrides that one day I would be your bride and

    the mother of our child....... Jou are undoubtedly both T8* Nuestion and !J Answer to T8* riddle Lodposes in the form of !J

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    1edi tric#ing Oeath with nothing more than the sheer force of my ill I wor#my!agi:% with words..... but I digress...

    I hope any of the above made some change since I #now it made less than>ne lic# of sense...... li#e my friend the na#e always say G:%, you off thechainG and I reply G!an, I A! the chain--IFll beat you with the chain.G....verbally spea#ing that is to say that listening to me is Oangerous to beginwith when you see the pale horse approaching Oeath itself sits upon itssealed 0ate can never escape the 8ell which follows with it and swallows thefaint of heart in its wa#e the *arth itself is torn asunder driven mad withmeaningless suffering to dance upon the graves of guilt laden souls asleepfrom days spent dreaming up heaven only to be born down below once moremortal mired by the mista#es and misfortune of man and mother, innocencewon at last so late Paradise was lost in the Preface before the same story hadbegun another performance by a 8ero +nsung by the >pening curtain certainonly that there is noThing new under the sun and itFs the same as it 'everwas still wandering about the world warring 0orever falling for the same trapvying for false Oominion over creation convinced it is our birthright as thoughwe were of Oivine lineage rather than creatures as well... our elves lowerdimensional images little more than shadows cast in stardust and much lesspowerful, essentially imaginary we e)ist as probabilities of possibilities....

    chroedingerFs Lrey0aced Lod%omple)ities...... 1esus 8! 0uc#ing %hristhat have I said@done@become and 8ow the 0uc# did you get

    on the receiving end of whatever this is/ Lood !L anywhere I loo# I see me The pecial:%eeeeven aintsCemind me of me

    eptember 2E, 2454 at 7 4Hpm

    coming from the Or.Illuminatus wi#ipedia venture unto courtly titles athousand years old itFs still a thinly veiled reflection of me the end-all be-allnever has gotten a good enough loo# at every where loo# I swell up and thenthere are the ripples....such a lovely thing I must be to my elf for sure IwouldnFt hide my eyes to miss a single piece

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    Although I certainly do not suppress or hide my emotions from others,regardless of how inappropriate or disrespectful their e)pression might be, Ihave no shame and don"t embarrass myself, at least, my friends and familybear that burden for me and might even tell you that I am essentially anemotional bas#et case, I choose to live my life so passionately and relish the

    e)perience of all the emotions life inevitably brings. As frequent andemotionally charged as my outbursts toward others might be, I can notattribute them to whomever is on the receiving end even though I may feel acertain way about them, I do not feel the way I do because of them, butrather because of who I am and what I believe in. I bear their responsibilityprimarily as a reflection of the nature of my personality which is an e)tensionof the person I have chosen to be and the values my life e)periences havecultivated within me. I do however attribute some measure of my feelings tothe circumstances surrounding me insofar as they provide the stimulation towhich I am emotionally responding but they do not control how I perceivethem, that is entirely dependent on the mental conditioning I have developedover time and as my personal evolution progresses, my perception at anygiven time has and will continue to change throughout my life. I believe thisis a function of growth and maturity brings with it an understanding thatblaming of others for your suffering or depending on them to bring aboutyour happiness is misguided and counterproductive. At this point in my life, Ibelieve my attributions are about as accurate as humanly possible though ithas ta#en a great deal of pain and loss to learn this lesson the hard way, butthat is the price you pay to live your life and you are the only person who candecide what it ta#es for you to change or how strongly you will hold on toyour personal truth when it hurts enough to wonder if you have been a foolfor believing you even #now who you really are. >n the other hand, I #nowenough to #now that I don"t #now enough to be sure of anything but certain Iwill never quit figuring out the meaning of life on life"s terms as seen throughmy eyes and felt by my heart.

    comin from the Or.Illuminatus wi#ipedia venture unto courtly titlesa thousandyears olditFs still a thinly veiled reflection of methe end-all be-all never hasgotten a good enough loo# at every where loo# I swell up and then there arethe ripples....such a lovely thing I must be to my elf for sure I wouldnFt hidemy eyes to miss a single piece.

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