3 ms·
> Idk I used to look at em to remind myself/ground me of what I am You doing ok? I embrace my cosmic insignificance for sure but it's more freeing to me that I
by ilikecakeandpie 1y ago
> Idk I used to look at em to remind myself/ground me of what I am
You doing ok? I embrace my cosmic insignificance for sure but it's more freeing to me that I don't have to measure myself by anyone's standards (within reason) except my own and those who I love vs to remind myself that I'm just going to be less than a blip in the timeline.
- ge96 1y agoI'm alright, I'm distracted in life by debt/trying to meet a partner. But I can get the overview effect looking at the stars/unplug from the system I know I sound like a crackpot. System being the 9-5 standard life, I want to not have a job/be retired I guess (although I would do what I want to do full time eg. work on robotics hobby). I mostly mean hard to empathize when the pain is not in your face like watching combat footage of what's happening in Ukraine. People shooting themselves in the head instead of waiting for the grenade to drop from the drone and mangle them. Other stuff to watch Cartel videos just brutal stuff damn, separates animal from civilization/higher mind when you experience trauma like that. I might just be jaded from reading the news everyday time to go back into the sand.
- ilikecakeandpie 1y agoYeah there's a lot of terrible shit happening everywhere all the time and it's made worse by the fact that news outlets know they get more interest by showing the horrors instead of focusing on the good. I'm not saying that we as a people should put our heads in the sand and ignore or minimize what's going on outside of our sphere/echo chamber, but there's a lot of wisdom in the serenity prayer.
- ge96 1y agoI will add on to this, when you look at a skull, you are also reminded of what you are/what will be