That’s it! The spirit and the desire for freedom, for being whomever the soul desires, for fairness, for empathy, these can never be taken away from us.
This, I feel, is expressed neatly through another song with a revolutionary spirit, Die Gedanken sind frei! S’a bit older, true, but Brazilian Girls took a swing at it, too! Love their rendition!
On the flipside, I still remember several of my former high-school classmates singing it in unison, with full awareness of significance and full intent of expression. Yes, high-school. And we were, basically, a buncha’ nobodies from a small town. This thought gives me some measure of hope that maybe they haven’t lost that drive, and I’m sure this wasn’t a unique occurrence.
Like, seriously! Now?! What the fuck tipped them off?!
Look, I agree that from a purely logical standpoint, there ain’t nothing there. Personally, I believe the Universe is enough as far spiritual anchors go. But from an “I’m just breathin’ here” standpoint, I genuinely couldn’t care less. As long as people don’t hurt others out of their beliefs, they can knock themselves out believing whatever they so desire (*from a “Religion” perspective, to be clear!)
To be perfectly honest, I also think it adds a bit of flavour to the world as long as it’s benign, I’ve had the immense luck of meeting a few religious people who took the good things out of The Text (generalising) and forged their own very personal relationship with the divine! They were the kind of people who took Free Will as being the highest imperative at the end of the day, people who would have fundamentally tried to respect existence even without the pre-existing framework. I’m thinking here specifically of my godfather (raised in an Orthodox household), who’s a middle-management kinda’ Priest (I don’t know the ranks, I’m sorry…).
Having these examples in mind, I prefer all the more to live and let live, as long as they do so as well.
No. And I may have just learnt the value of allowing some things to remain a mystery.
This rattled me in ways I didn’t know I could be rattled. I’m not trying to shit on anyone’s tastes, I’m in no position to judge, but… sweet Jesus…
I’m of the “I don’t know, whatever” persuasion=))
Oof! One of those moments which kinda’ make one wish there wasn’t an afterlife…
Thank you for the tidbit, though, and fuck Fascists regardless!
Maaan, so I could’ve been doing the same thing, but while being Dutch?! Dammit, mom!
Did it Hertz when he realised the opposite, or did that happen after his time?
You can say “sorry, I don’t have chargers for Apple stuff.”
“Can I use your wall socke…”
“None of them are for Apple stuff, either, sorry.”
Eeeewww! I have never seen anything tackier in my entire life, and I’m Balkan!
Given the state of things around here, we’re all at the “we get what we can get” phase=))))
Definitely! Those “outside time and space”/“post-modern purgatory” vibes are strong nowadays. Every day feels like making busy until the storm hits.
Oh, yes! I sure do miss that community made up of ass kissers and people who are just as miserable as I am! Or those 2-3 chill people with whom I meet for a chat weekly anyway, outside work hours because I sure as hell ain’t in the mood for socialising while I’m wasting (at least) a third of my day and life doing busiwork for someone else!
Ok, you’ve convinced me! Today’s a wake’n’bake day!
No, fuck that! Fast food runs in the AMs while wasted build character, he did her a favour!
Plus those are MY fries until we’re an item! You can have half of my burger, though…
This was the feeling!!! I couldn’t put my finger on just how this entire thing felt to me, you’ve cleared the skies and allowed the light of recollection to meet my shores!
It feels like 70s-80s slapstick!
Well, I don’t use sun block, and I’m still depressed! How do you explain that, Mr. President!