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We feel we are so wise, we know it in the hollowes

We feel we are so wise, we know it in the hollowest depths of our souls, yet wisdom is our downfall.
Our sanctuary lies in innocence, in the naivety of youth, in the blind devotion and unfettered love of a faithful hound.
There is nothing for us there, in the entrapments of man - only loss and disappointment, heartbreak and emptiness.
It is our purest expression, our compassion, the ripples we create, that is the only true reason to justify each continuing beat of our hearts.

The Monochrome Diary

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What is this emptiness, this loss, this craving fo

What is this emptiness, this loss, this craving for the greener grass, the other side, this sliding door we failed to exit?
We crave the unattainable, the ship that has sailed, the abundance and fulfilment.
But the gold lies in the nothingness, the letting go, the relinquishing of all that we believe in.

Contentment lies in the satisfaction of nothing, for every thing leads only to confusion.

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Nobody knows the world you see. No one else is su

Nobody knows the world you see.
No one else is suffocated by the shadows or borne up by the zephyrs.
The shiver through the spine, the bringing of the brine,
The beauty and the pain. The sunbeams through the rain.
The hope, the fear, the slightest spark in a single ray of sand, the exquisiteness of simplicity, that perfect mouthful that feels and smells and tastes so complete you wish never to chew, to swallow, to eat again, just allow it to linger on your tongue forever more.
Those moments that envelop us, that beckon our senses as they clamour for theirs to be the loudest voice - the sight we can smell, the sound we can feel, the overwhelming orchestra of life presenting a cacophony of sensations for our ears alone.
We are the poets of our own epitaph, the actors and the audience - we are the single inextricable element that creates the entire world around us, for our eyes only.
So find the hunger in every experience, the thirst for every scene, the craving for minutiae like some immaculate dream.
Find the joy of negative space, the completeness of the empty, the visions within the darkness...
It is only our perception that defines the difference between mundane and miracle.

We are driven from birth to conform, to fit the mo

We are driven from birth to conform, to fit the mould and toe the line.
We are driven to believe that assimilation is success, normalcy our purpose, that we must dogmatically check every box on the application for life.
But each swipe of the pen is a nail in the coffin of our soul. Each step towards acceptance is a step away from self.
We turn our backs on who we are, deny ourselves our right to heart and passion, silence our spirits so as not to offend, to blend in seamlessly and whittle pointed corners and refine our curves to fall into place, leaving our souls in the sawdust.
Hold fast - you are beautiful just the way you are.

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Last decade nearly took my life; Next decade is go

Last decade nearly took my life;
Next decade is going to give it back.

Sometimes to live, you have to die a little first.

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Perception. Perception can destroy worlds, or can

Perception.
Perception can destroy worlds, or can make angels of us all.
It can steal your life away, or it can lift you to unfathomable heights.
It can breed bigotry, hatred, sycophantic delusions of narcissistic superiority, cast cavernous divides between kindred souls.
It can heal society, unite strangers, form incalculable bonds that defy disparity, or race, or religion.
It can save the planet from the brink.
Too often we perceive, not through our eyes but through our judgement, not with our hearts but with our egos.
You are not the centre of the universe, just a single bright and beautiful star amongst billions.

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We are given a lifetime. 86,400 opportunities unfu

We are given a lifetime.
86,400 opportunities unfurl before us in every single day - a cascade of seconds falling to our feet, every grain a gift.
So much we squander, discarded to the unnecessary, the longer hours for money we don’t need, the malaise of complacency, the sin of boredom.
These are not ours to waste, to consume in disregard. They are chances, they are hope - almost a hundred thousand moments in every single day to give love, every chance we get.
Love - for why else do we live?

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What compels us to sleep, to succumb to the little

What compels us to sleep, to succumb to the little death in the emptiness of the dark?
Our wisdom suggests it is the relinquishing to exhaustion, our inherent need for rest in utter submission.
Yet our souls do not subscribe to formulae and the restrictive cage of the rational.
To those wise and intangible beings, sleep is our escape, our liberation, the cessation of pain, and hurt, and sorrow, the realm in which we might spread our wings and take flight, to become all that we could possibly dream.
Sleep is the suicide of fallen eyes, the journey of endless horizons, and the promise of reincarnation.

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So much is lost in perspectives. We see the world

So much is lost in perspectives.
We see the world through a filtered lens, censored to the blemishes and bruises, blind to the billions of lives with which we coexist.
The more we have, the less we appreciate - the misfortune of fortune, arrogance in complacency, the curse of all our blessings.
The purest contented happiness in the humble simplicity of life is the greatest accomplishment we can ever achieve, yet we do all we can to deny ourselves of it, lost to the notions of a wasted society.

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