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The beautiful face of courage: Lance Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter USMC
Carpenter, 21, of Gilbert lost the eye, most of his teeth and use of his right arm from a grenade blast Nov. 21 near Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Friends and family say he threw himself in front of the grenade to protect his best friend in Afghanistan, Cpl. Nick Eufrazio
This deserves more notes then anything on Tumblr. It’s sad to say stupid pictures of a flower some girl takes with a Nikon D40 that her parents bought her for christmas or a picture of A Day To Remember has more notes then this. The world is fucked up. So much respect for this man.
Dont STFU!
If there is one thing that is certain in our day and age is the path to success will be likely more so than possible. It seems to get harder and harder with every generation. As many know there are forces working against us, there are also internal demons that we face every day. As we go through life our journey seems to attract obstacles, but when we add those demons, the molehill has the illusion of a mountain.
Once the mountain is in front of us, we enjoy the silence. Of course, we explode, implode, or even just become a static entity. Our explosions don’t reflect what we are dealing with; our implosions never approach a resolution. When many of us get to the point that we just can’t find closure, can’t achieve a resolution, or worse can’t get “one thing right” we look for the “fix”. The shrink, the pastor, Oprah, we seek any quick microwavable fixes we can find. Isn’t the world in general a prime example of most of our lives that we just would rather have emotional outburst than have emotional rescue? Rescuing requires the demand for help. We are great, perfect, and damn the person that says otherwise. We don’t need help that goes beyond a cool pill that has a great commercial or a 60 minute talk show that we can “connect to”. Our immaturity has no bounds, while our walls are getting taller and wider. We seem to only want to communicate when we want something or need to let out just enough to make it through the day. It’s no wonder that we are socially, financially, emotionally, psychologically, and politically deficient because of our fear of communicating our own comprehensive psychosis.
I have a suggestion…try a little talking…try a little listening…try a little tenderness…try a lot less outbursts of judgment, assumptions, and preconceived notions that we just can’t let go of.
If we, in our moments alone feel lost, how are we so certain of life when we have someone in front of our face?
Now, I think that we just don’t talk enough. We seek boundaries and walls to escape communication. It’s as if we just know beyond a shadow of a doubt that a question equates a challenge and a statement equates a judgment. How can you talk if the only time you listen is when you hear the voices in your head? If you want a better life cant changing one way of living a good start to do so? Staying stagnant won’t cure the ills. Maintaining the status quo won’t cause emotional growth. At what point is there a better life the only option? Rock bottom shouldn’t be the only destination that offers dropping the walls as a crossroad. How soon can now be if it helps you, helps you achieve your goals, and offers healing? So many of us want to be healthy, but can’t quit smoking, cant workout, can get off the proverbial couch. As in our physical, it is the same in our psychological and emotional.
Only when we get off the wall, get in the game completely and sincerely, can we attain health.
http://comprehensivepsychosis7777.blogspot.com/2011/12/dont-stfu.html
FLOW…IN MY OWN WORDS
Someone asked me about the word flow because I use it so often. For me it explains all that is right in the world.
To start, the true definition of the word itself is probably the best way to define what it means to me.
Flow: To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
Its explanation however, takes on a fluid two prong position of belief and communication when applied. For me it begins as a belief that any true relationship will only survive through flow. Hence, open and honest communication, loyalty to the relationship, and abiding by the rules of the relationships construct.
Now with the U.S. constitution many believe that it’s a living and breathing document, they are not only wrong, but misguided. A living and breathing document would have each and every law that has been written and deleted as the relationship or agreement changes.
But in a relationship, the difference is minimal; in order for a relationship to survive or to exist it must do so with a level of communication that only exists in a financial board room. Blunt, honest, and personal communication is a relationship’s lifeblood. Many couples know the limits of their relationship and proceed with so many unwritten and unspoken laws or rules, that it’s no wonder why fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Far too many hidden agendas, personal resentment exists in a relationship for flow to ever become a reality. There have become marriages not of convenience, but that of secrecy pertaining to baggage unresolved, unaddressed, and eventually uncovered by either a personal explosion or betrayal.
In reality those issues that we claim to have buried are never dead, as a matter of fact if the other person in the relationship could be a fly on the wall of their mates’ or friends psyche they would learn that not only is it not buried, its often closely held and monitored daily. It becomes the driving force in the relationship. It will eventually surface as something innocuous in a fleeting comment then permeate and manifest into a drama filled episode that generally leaves the other party of the relationship feeling confused, lost, resentful, and defeated. That’s why I have always said if two people can’t speak honestly, there isn’t a relationship.
That is what couples in a relationship, family members, or even just friends deal with every day. We act as though we are being honest, but the definition of honest becomes diluted and bastardized to fit our level of comfort. That is a possible precursor to the relationships destruction. Because once you stop talking comprehensively to your mate, the bond breaks.
At times we all get that feeling that it requires a “special moment” to be honest, especially if it’s critical or may carry a negative connotation. But to be clear if the relationship has a strong foundation, anytime alone is the right time to get something off your chest. A conflict without resolution dooms future communication.
One thing I have learned is that no matter how critical you are with your mate it is important to analyze the word either by questions or personal reflection to decipher were you just attacked or was that a degree that you need to “bring your A game”. When it was just attack you need to find out what is truly wrong. But if it was for you to do better, be better, and know that you needed to be better. On the surface that may appear to be a daunting challenge, but if you dig deeper, it is a moment in the relationship that signifies a lack of relating.
What also comes along with communication is a very strict theory and application…it’s better to say what you want, what you want to do, and why before you ever start the wheels in motion or your intent regardless of how innocent can be construed negatively. Many times you can get what you want with help if you state your case.
What have amazed me is how often we don’t communicate, how often we don’t share, and how often when we lose a loved one because of a dissolving relationship or through death we have regrets that stem from what we should have said or didn’t say because we were afraid to hurt someone’s feelings. How can you survive in a relationship with hypersensitivity and hyper-criticism? Plainly put, you can’t, the relationship hinges on just putting yourself out there fully. Be brave with your love for the person you are relating to.
As I have learned, communication is key is for one huge reason. It’s the only way shock, awe, and resentment doesn’t destroy a relationship. It’s easier to be together in action if you are together in thought.
I’m Tired
I’m tired of fighting…tired of arguing, tired of the world being flat when I know its round, tired of knowing honor is what makes you humane, yet humanity has sacrificed its humanity for its own self-absorbed point of view…tired being blamed for racism…tired of “being negative”…when I’m NOT, tired of being tired, damn tired of being what you want me to be, tired of being lied to, tired of being told I’m not being lied to, tired of world oppression being denied by its oppressors, tired of man believing their way is better than nature’s, tired of sexism, tired of the gay community being considered different, tired of being told I’m complaining while watching change agents marginalized or killed, tired of failed theories being applied repeatedly, tired of progress being hindered by greed, tired of globalization only applying to the accumulation of wealth, tired of needless death, tired of being asked to do what the person is asking me to do wont, tired of history only repeating itself when its bad, tired of politics in governments, churches, workplaces, and schools, tired of no cures for cancer, aids or the common cold, tired of hearing its gets better…when it hasn’t, tired of being tired, tired of having to say what I’m tired about, tired of having to say why I’m tired, tired of being mad, I’m tired of smart people not being leaders because “smarter people” deny the fact that they aren’t, tired of hypocrisy, tired of being a hypocrite, tired of using all these commas, tired of needing help, tired of not being able to help others, tired of others being tired.
What are you tired of?
Gay Marriage?
I didn’t know that marriage was gay? Oh well, my simple take on this is simple…
Why would anyone care? Im straight and very confused as to how gay means “not people”. Two tax payers had better be able to get married or something is very illegal.
I do find it quite dishonest when someone uses the “next someone can marry their pets” defense. Really? A pet is a taxpayer? STFU!
All my life I have been privy to a fear that never made sense to me…
“Dont be so kind that you get taken advantage of”
“No good deed goes unpunished”
I say its BS! I dont have the time or effort to fear:
Native Americans, Muslims, Immigrants, Blacks, angry people, things that go bump in the night,
violent video games, trolls, goblins, hobbits, alligators in the sewers, bloody mary, 2012, or any other thing that has so many of us being afraid of even going outside our homes.
I say the laws of nature are true…love is a verb…and no love given is wasted.
If there is ever a better example of love given freely than this video, I have yet to find it.
