The only way to avoid floating in a vacuum is to remove all the unnecessary clutter we cling to...especially people. Why do we need others to make us feel of value? Is it really that important what your neighbor thinks? Are you going to die a terrible death if you disappear from society to work on yourself or discover new lands? God forbid no one sees you every day at the gym to reassure you that your abs are"totally hot." This constant need for other people's approval drives me insane. We used to have icons like Socrates, Ernest Hemingway(whom I constantly mention), Shakespeare and Mozart that couldn't care less what the public thought. This is what made them great and stand out from the zombies surrounding them. Today, we seem to feel more and more insecure and our only remedy for our decaying self-worth is for applause from people that wouldn't take a second glance at you if you were starving on the street. We forget who really matters. We tend to neglect the ones that love us despite the darkness and poison within us that emerges from time to time. We take the Kings and Queens of this game called LIFE for granted and drench the common pawns surrounding us with our pleading eyes that read: PLEASE LIKE ME.
Make enemies...it's good for the soul and if you don't have any you've never stood for anything. I often say all my friends are dead.... because the most powerful men and women that are remembered today and idolized were the outcasts...the rejects...the flawed. Please dare to be different and flush this ridiculous appetite for the world's approval down the toilet. I guarantee you will be remembered if you dare to be different and piss off one or two people. Try to disengage yourself from useless pride, vanity and greed. The path less chosen bears greater fruit...but do you have what it takes?
Till next time...
