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Tag: philosophy

Grief City

I want to touch on grief today. I want to feel better about losing my unborn son, Frank McDowell Rose, … More

anxiety, blog, emotion, feelings, grieving, loss, philosophy, psychology, son, therapy

Construction

it’s hot in this room. in here, i am sweating. you can pick up a broom. and at once, i’ll … More

awareness, cosmos, light, philosophy, poetry, stars

the flip side

pick a path. take a bath. tell me what you see. i know my future has been told. but we … More

blog, emotion, feelings, philosophy, poems, psychology, therapy

tasks with avail

there are some truly difficult tasks in life. i learned patience last. waiting around is no fun, but is vital … More

anxiety, avail, blog, emotion, feelings, ideas, philosophy, tasks, therapy

the rose who bloomed

i look down at my feet and i see you. i see my legs crossed all the time. deflecting off … More

anxiety, blog, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, philosophy, psychology

Double Slit Experiment (& commentary)

Dr. Quantum — Double Slit Experiment a- pieces of matter created an interference pattern like a wave no way, right? … More

anxiety, blog, double slit experiment, emotion, observer, philosophy, physicist, physicists, physics, psychology

Radical Acceptance

what personality traits do you look for in others? many times, we see the worst of ourselves in others and … More

blog, health, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, therapy, thoughts

Golden Soldier

As I sit and wait for the world around me to crumble, Nothing is happening.   The trees aren’t grey … More

anxiety, blog, emotion, feelings, literature, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, thoughts

Andy & the Walking Stick

The spider’s name is Andy, & Andy’s very quick!   His family really loves him, there’s a walking stick!   “Hello … More

advice, anxiety, emotion, existentialism, feelings, health, ideas, nature, philosophy, transcendentalism

My Trip to the Tiger’s Eye

4/28/2020 The death penalty is peculiar mainly because we are murdering people for murdering people. What makes it justified to … More

advice, anxiety, blog, chance, consciousness, cosmos, distance, emotion, feelings, health, ideas, lights, literature, nature, philosophy, physics, poetry, psychology, science, self discovery, subjectivity, theoretical physics, therapy, thoughts, time, vibration

dolla dolla billz, y’all

money is overrated. dollar bills are overrated. when they say the best things in life are free, they’re being quite … More

advice, blog, choices, depression, emotion, feelings, health, heaven, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, self discovery, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism, vibration

Red Riders Riding

what do you want? i do not have such things. if I were a you, I wouldn’t want that. what … More

blog, consciousness, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, nature, philosophy, poetry, psychology, self discovery, social, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy

💜💫💡

#love #electrons #particles #valves #conductor #reactions #flow #nerve #chemicals #feelings #emotion #genuineness #kurt #vonnegut #letterstojane #lovekurt #putyourarmaround

advice, apathy, blog, cafateria, choices, conductor, confidence, consciousness, electrons, flyhigh, health, ideas, literature, love, masks, nature, pandemic, particles, philosophy, poetry, self discovery, sorrow, therapy, thoughts, valve, wind

I Am Angry & Arrogant

It has always felt natural for me to point fingers. I excelled at it. It made me feel better about … More

advice, anxiety, blog, confidence, death, depression, dread, emotion, fear, feelings, ideas, literature, nature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, self discovery, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

The Screaming Eagle

I visited you when I was younger. They said you stood the tallest. I didn’t believe them, but as I, … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

The Serpent Without a Heart

I once met a serpent without a heart. She was quite the spectacle. Layer upon layer, I scathed away. Her … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, disease, distance, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, grief, ideas, literature, masks, nature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, serpent, short story, snake, snakes, sorrow, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

syaS elcarO ehT

the most we can want is forever, the least we can get is now. but how do I judge what’s … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, transcendentalism

the Roundabout

the altar and the seventh circle ignite the same story within us. who am I to uphold this truth? I … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, short story, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

stagnancy

when I roll down the window or stroll through the park significant clutter which mind, and which part the only … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, therapy, transcendentalism

the creature unbroken

the only way to see the only way to feel the only way to breathe the only way way to … More

anxiety, death, depression, emotion, feelings, flyhigh, grief, heaven, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, religion, sorrow, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

personal eVolution

it is completely okay, to be at a place in our lives where we are changing. it’s actually what life … More

feelings, philosophy, poetry, stoicism, therapy, transcendentalism

the masked maskman’s mask

floating around for a human with a soul, with intention to match my own my vanilla is melting, upside down, … More

anxiety, dark, death, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, grief, literature, nihilism, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, short story, social anxiety, sorrow, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, transcendentalism

the SLUMBER

keep me here, my subconscious says this feeling you’re feeling is better than walking around in the skin you own … More

anxiety, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, short story, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, transcendentalism

perennial blunder

i feel like I’m in a cafeteria eyes jumping, i can’t find my seat they’re all looking at me i … More

anxiety, cafateria, confidence, dark, depression, dread, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, lunchroom, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, social anxiety, therapy, transcendentalism

Stay Here With Me, Please

It’s easy to leave the ground — or at least want to leave the ground. The ground is where our … More

anxiety, confidence, depression, emotion, feelings, philosophy, psychology, therapy, transcendentalism

Swelly

I yearn speaking in code sometimes; being so literal comes with costs. It demolishes opportunities, if you let it. Mindfulness … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, dread, emotion, existentialism, fear, feelings, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, sorrow, transcendentalism

Together

How is one supposed to feel when they’ve lost someone they’ve never met? Someone who, years later, would’ve been the … More

anxiety, blog, dark, death, depression, emotion, feelings, flyhigh, grief, health, heaven, ideas, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, sorrow, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism, wind

Mr. Doubtwater

The whispers stopped; as did my elevated heartbeat. I had tricked myself; to where it always felt ‘right.’ Conjuring up … More

advice, anxiety, dark, depression, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, science, self discovery, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

The Circulant

Share your story with all of us We are all dying ..to hear it The blowback is simple; and elegant; … More

anxiety, blog, dark, disease, distance, emotion, feelings, ideas, literature, philosophy, poems, poetry, psychology, religion, snakes, social, stoicism, subjectivity, therapy, thoughts, transcendentalism

A Man’s Best Friend

The sight is the night. For the light is not right. I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again. … More

anxiety, blog, dark, depression, emotion, feelings, grief, literature, nature, philosophy, poems, poetry, religion, self discovery
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