Only an old man appreciates the value of youth
Only a person afflicted with calamity can truly appreciate being free of troubles
Only the sick appreciate health
Only the dead appreciate life
Islamic wisdom
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The joy of fear
Heaven forbid we should live a romantic life. It is possible you know. To live a romantic life and still remain functional and practical about all life’s challenges. But it’s easier to fit in with the jaded crowds than to be true to ourselves, because the risk of failure is too great a source for potential embarrassment. POTENTIAL embarrassment. But the reality of the joy that we’ll experience if we lived romantically now will forever escape us because of our fear of embracing what we desire, lest it be stripped away from us in an untimely fashion.
We set ourselves up for heartache and failure, all the while pretending to be comforted by our superficial success in worldly endeavours, ensuring that not another living soul will ever see the romantic fool in us for fear of being mocked or ridiculed for that which is closest to our hearts. So fear drives us to suppress the romance, and embellish the facade so that it becomes the reality of our existence, when in fact it’s the reality of our deception.
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Exaggerated hope…
I yearn for serenity
I yearn for peace
but it seems it’s more than I can hope to achieve
don’t think me morbid
nor defeatist
since I’ve been through this cycle probably more than thee
so I dare not hope
and I dare not desire
because all that does
is raise fate’s ire
(Cynically Jaded)
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This quite accurately reflects my state of mind, and soul. Perhaps it could use a little more red and a lot more black!
Liquid Explosion Painting! (by markchadwickart)
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(via desire to inspire – desiretoinspire.net – Blog favourites of the week)
Oh, the serenity! I can almost feel it.
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