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Cynical Optimist
@cynicaloptimist
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The journey of life and the wondrous feeling of pain and joy
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2017-10-18 23:02
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music
9y
#MelloPlayEKD
Kids Love Marshmello Marshmello has to be one of the greatest EDM producers of all time. His songs have played directly to my soul and heart. He brought me into the EDM scene with his song Alone during
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newyear
9y
2017 in the Rearview
I started the year in a daze. Lost with a vague sense of direction, but I knew I was on to something. "Decadence" was inspiring and would be the birth of my rave family. I entered the vehicle
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shortstory
9y
Black Out
Photo Credit Droplets of blood hit the tightly knit carpeted floor as a ball until they slowly absorb and become forever a fixture in the pattern that blends into one beige color when seen from far above.
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myturth
9y
Truth #12 It's Love
In my 36 years of life, I've always found it all comes back to love. I had a religious experience that I still can't deny and this brings me to my final truth. Everything, everyone, and all the nothingness
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poetry
9y
My God
My God That mother starving while working overtime. God is the strength in her that says dream. The orphan child all skin and bones. God is the power inside him saying hope. The child beaten by her parents
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mytruth
9y
Truth #11 It's Empathy Silly
Many amongst us have a hard time telling the difference between Empathy and Sympathy. True understanding and effective communication lay within the difference of the two. Sympathy is when you care about
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quitsmoking
9y
Quitting Day 15 & 16 (Take Back Meditation)
16d 18h 52m Saved: $68.79 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 250 Gums & Teeth: 100% Circulation: 19% Pulse Rate: 98% I'm losing the battle. The reprogramming isn't working. I need to ramp back up. Kicking this
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myturth
9y
Truth #10 Get Lost
Alright, this is apparent I know, but no one really thinks of the implications of getting lost. What does that even mean? How do you get lost exactly? Where should you get lost? You see we often get stuck
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mytruth
9y
Truth #9 No Purpose
It's kind of sad and depressing at first, but once you realize that there is no purpose it opens you up to create your own. One of my favorite episodes of Rick & Morty when Rick makes that butter server
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mytruth
9y
Truth #8 Work Hard ??? !!!
My whole life I was told hard work is well rewarded. Now that I'm older I've realized a hard truth. That is bullshit. Dishonesty, power, wealth and manipulation receive a higher reward. Take an associate
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sales
9y
What If? Sales & Marketing!!!!
Every salesperson and marketing agent in your company thinks they know who your target client is and if they are ready to buy, but do they have any proof of this or are they just going by gut instinct?
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mytruth
9y
Truth #7 You Know You Dumb Right
Let's think about this truth for a second. Amazon has 1.8 Million books. Think how much information that is. Think of all the different subjects science, philosophy, mathematics, religious study, history,
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mytruth
9y
Truth #6 You are Hated
The fact is that no matter what you do, how you dress, how you treat others, how smart you are, how kind, what your intentions are someone and many someones are going to hate you. You will be hated for
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mytruth
9y
Truth #5 Painful Jokes
This is something I've always struggled with. I'll let go and stop being mindful of others and say something as a joke that hurts someone's feelings. My therapist would say it's my way of vomiting the
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mytruths
9y
Truth #4 You Are Alone
No matter what you say, think or feel ultimately on this journey of life you are alone. For many, this sounds like hell. We run from it. We scurry through our friends list on Facebook to find someone to
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mytruth
9y
Truth #3 Consider Your Grandchildren's Children First
The reason this truth is so important to me is that if everyone considered the effect on their Grandchildren's Children of every action they take, this world would grow into something more beautiful than
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mytruth
9y
Truth #2 Religions Should Be Philosophies
It was very difficult to figure out what my second truth should be, but now that I've said it I feel good about #2. I grew up religious. The majority of people would consider themselves religious. If we
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quitsmoking
9y
Quitting Day 13 & 14 (Decisions, Decisions)
14d 22h 43m Saved $66.98 Gums & Teeth: 100% Breathing: 97% Energy Levels: 97% Cigarettes smoked: about 70 out of 280 I can't quite call myself smoke free. I'm currently working on reprogramming my
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mytruth
9y
Truth #1 Death to the Rapist
I've asked a lot of thought-provoking questions on Facebook lately and I decided I'm going to do a series of posting Truths according to me. I'm going to do 12. To my surprise, I thought this was going
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quitsmoking
9y
Quitting Day 12 (Spring Forth My Child)
Happy Saturday blogging world. I'm flying high right now. The phone number for my company was posted yesterday and I'm getting the money I need to survive on Monday. I start one of my jobs on May 5th.
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