December32009
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ohchaaabraah:
in response to your answer:
That bothers me too. I just had a confrontational conversation the other night with someone and they threw “God” in and said they’d “pray for me” when I told them that Karma would have fun with them so it was really no rain on my parade. I wonder if the fact I believe in Karma goes against the fact I don’t believe in fate? I guess I just feel like things you do usually have a way of coming back to you full circle.
I also believe in Karma but not so much in fate. I simply feel very strongly about being accountable and responsible for your life, and the abuse of approaches like “It’s in God’s hands now” seems like a sanctioned way for some people to give up responsibility and hide behind their faith. This is not to say that there aren’t times when actions seem futile and there needs to be some peace in letting things play out.
That said, I believe in the “power” of prayer, in a way. I think that when we pray about something, it takes on a weight in our thoughts and subconsciously helps us to focus on it and create our own change, even to a metaphysical point. So, I don’t mind it is said to me, though I really do not appreciate being preached at. Under such circumstances, I usually tell folks “I will keep you in my thoughts.”
1PM
“If you’re looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are six times as many Americans seeking work as there are job openings, and the average duration of unemployment — the time the average job-seeker has spent looking for work — is more than six months, the highest level since the 1930s. You might think, then, that doing something about the employment situation would be a top policy priority. But now that total financial collapse has been averted, all the urgency seems to have vanished from policy discussion, replaced by a strange passivity. There’s a pervasive sense in Washington that nothing more can or should be done, that we should just wait for the economic recovery to trickle down to workers. This is wrong and unacceptable.”
Paul Krugman (via azspot) (via shorterexcerpts)
The urgency to bailout “too big to fail” banks and the lack of urgency to bailout people who WANT to work is criminal.
(via soupsoup)
Here, here!
November132009
“If for one minute you think you’re better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn’t know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.”
Gerard Way (via gotwisdom)(via musicismyboyfriend) (via meganwest) (via awesomejuice) (via lindahl) (via laurenkay)
Gerard Way = instant reblog.
November32009
Confession
I enjoy irreverent humor, I really do.
But Family Guy blows my mind. I legit cannot handle it.
