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If we actually knew the extent to the darkness of what each of us have experienced, we would all treat eachother with complete honour and respect, out of our utter surprise, compassion and pride.

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Sir Jester

Apr 18, 2021

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Keep shining with the stars, not just because of, but thanks to the dark. 🤙

Anneli Strand

Apr 18, 2021

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To walk through life able to still love and share that love. Is what my darkness couldn't take from me.

Adam Gary

Apr 18, 2021

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You know, we would live in an absolute paradise! Sadly, I only see things getting worse, Jest. Most too invested in phone screens to realise what's going on in who around them. And this was pre-covid! I wrote a poem during the first morning of our first uk official lockdown. I remember distinctly feeling so full of optimism for society when I saw on the news what people were doing, clapping for health carers etc. I thought we'd pull through together and grow as a society. Unfortunately that all turned out to be a charade and lasted little over a month... maybe 5 weeks. Then people realised this wasn't just a "blip" and that we were in it for the long hall. Over the next few next days we learned how everyone had hoarded toilet paper, bought up all the pasta and bread, and ignored social distancing altogether; basically there was an overriding sense of "every man for himself" which just shit on my hopeful poem haha.

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Sir Jester

Apr 18, 2021

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@Adam Gary Your poem still stands, regardless of the majority. Infact it gave me chills, although I am shirtless with the window open, it was the poem that gave me chills. I get that you might feel discouraged, hopeless or even frustrated by the nature of peoples selfishness and you're okay in feeling this way. Though when I find myself at odds emotionally with some perceived other, I make a solid attempt to see that nature is nature, people are people and that I too can be just as "bad" at times, or selfish, in this case. What I mean is that by accepting my own faults, defects and making peace with them as best I can, helps me to make peace with other peoples perceived faults and "badness" aswell. I'm by no means perfect at this as I am just as human as any other and still learning but I do hope that in what I learn I can share and maybe help others see, for soothes sake, things in a better light. Its all for the sake of emotional relief. God knows we all need it. Cheers. Let me know whether this has been of any help or whether you disagree :)

Adam Gary

Apr 19, 2021

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@Sir Jester love that Sir Jester, I totally agree. It just difficult to be that rational when you come out of lockdown and see hundreds of people flock and crowd themselves onto a beach for example. That was particularly morale destroying! Keep being awesome !

Sir Jester

Apr 20, 2021

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@Adam Gary Humans gonna Hu, man. Maybe if meditation was mandatory like lockdown, a defragged society might be a true solution. Thanks Ad, you anorl.