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It all starts with a story

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“You are not a monster. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.

You are are not Worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with You.”
Paraphrase from Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

This made me cry. Made me howl in pain. Because, is this not what people who really know me have been saying. And I’ve been saying sure, yes, you’re right. But I didn’t see it. Couldn’t see it. Couldn’t see that I was not, in fact, a monster. Until I read this. Until it broke me.

I can see how I may have been wrong now. That I may not be a monster. Or not the bad kind of monster anyway.

We are all thin veneers of lies and pain and truths we’ve woven into who we think we are. And if we crack the surface, the darkness can spill out or in depending on our internal equilibrium. But the darkness is not evil, just as the light is not good. Rather a balance of forces. And choices. We can choose to be honorable. We can choose to take care of ourselves and our friends and family. To show kindness to strangers. To see those who are unseen. We can choose to hide. We can choose.

But only if we accept that our impact on the world is tangible. And if it is tangible, would we not prefer it to be a thing of beauty?

It’s odd, really. My family sees the boy I was. And, rightfully, they see the darkness that consumed him.
But I am not that boy any longer. And still they cannot see the man. But I know… I know others do. And now, I think I see him a bit too.

Quote of The Day: Day 3

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Alicyana  Challenged me to The Quote of the day challenge, where in a quote is selected each day for 3 days.

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”

~ Khalil Gibran.

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Quote of the Day: Day 2

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Alicyana  Challenged me to The Quote of the day challenge, where in a quote is selected each day for 3 days.

“Anyone can love a thing because. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket.
But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”

― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear

 

Nominate:

This is where I nominate 3 Bloggers.  Here instead I believe I will open it up to any Blogger that wishes to do this. Be sure to mention that I prompted you. You have been prompted.   Sometimes that’s all it takes.

Quote of the Day Challenge: Day 1

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Alicyana  Challenged me to The Quote of the day challenge, where in a quote is selected each day for 3 days.

You can do Up to 3 per day but I’m going with 1 each day.  I’m not much of one for quotes that I have memorized beyond a bare handful.

Quote 1:

Suffering breeds strength from weakness, it heralds new birth, it guides all beings through life.
The dead soar to oblivion on black wings of anguish, and even pleasure springs from the same well of agony. To shun pain is to lie still-born forever
—Troy Denning

Nominate:

This is where I nominate 3 Bloggers.  Here instead I believe I will open it up to any Blogger that wishes to do this.  You have been prompted.  Sometimes that’s all it takes.