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Every moment, nature begs of us to listen. Her wis

Every moment, nature begs of us to listen.
Her wisdom is written in the trees, her lessons borne upon the wind, her creatures our teachers, her heartbeat our truth.

But we are stubborn children.

We are the rulers of this little blue orb, we are the sovereigns of this kingdom. We cannot even give her the sunrise without claiming it as the creation of our self-invented Gods.
The whim of her miracles we dissect to explain, and when science fails, religion takes the claim. We devise our own creators to take ownership of the gifts she bestows, her humility abused, her generosity squandered, her grace contorted and plagiarised that we might make it ours.

We are so wrapped in the regal shrouds of ego. We smother her beauty in layers of reason, we blind ourselves with perception. We do all we can to evade the one and simple truth...
We live - we die - nothing more.

Do not question the infinite blink she has gifted you and I;
Simply, make it beautiful.

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“Why do you give so much?” He said, stroking h

“Why do you give so much?” He said, stroking her fallen head like the wilted crown of a fading flower, tears falling upon her dress to form expanding, merging polka dots.
“You can not save the world, so save yourself. Engorge yourself on life’s delights, take experience wherever you can, give yourself the world you dream of.”
“But what would that world become,” she asked, raising her furrowed brow to his searching eyes, “if I did not give it love?”

Accept enough. Peace lies in simplicity, in our ab

Accept enough.
Peace lies in simplicity, in our ability to be content. We will never quench desire, never quell the fire of lust and greed. There will always be more, a distant shore, a greener pasture, another want.
The faster we chase our cravings, the quicker we pass the simplicity, until the peace that is at our fingertips, enveloping us at every moment, becomes nothing but a distracting blur for the unattainable desire.

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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.

The Monochrome Diary

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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.

The Monochrome Diary

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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.

The Monochrome Diary

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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.

The Monochrome Diary

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