Facts

The facts of life I obey may be a bit different than yours.

1. When you look in the mirror, what you see is never the truth. We are all so self-absorbed that we only see what we want to.

2. The words we have are never enough. We cannot portray every aspect of humanity through a series of basic shapes and sounds. Yet, we still try.

3. We reinvent ourselves based not on our own desires, but on the desires of others.

4. To say we have a future is to be sure in our own ability to learn from past mistakes.

5. Every thought we have ever had is based off of every thing we've ever seen. Nothing is original. You cannot create something from nothing.

6. What we call morals is guilt making up for self-preservation.

7. Being self-sacrificial and being suicidal are two completely different things, yet they often end the same way.

Author's Note

Like #5, these are based off things I've seen, people I've met, and experiences I've had. I appologise for any typos, I'm posting this on my phone.

Reviews

[Kaitlynn A. Black]

One... The truth is waiting for us to find, even though we may not see it right away, it is there waiting.
Two... I agree. Can never give up along the lines of self expression
Three... I disagree. We may by a synthesis at some levels, but it's choice to let other's desires effect us.
Four... Yup! Nuff Said. =)
Five... If this is based off the idea the God is the only creator... and all we do is imitate and adapt from what he did, then I'll agree. But personally. I believe that though we may be a compilation and synthesis of many experiences. We all have it within us to come up with idea's, expressions and a host of other things that are unique to our own individuality.
Six... I don't think I've ever thought about it before...
Seven... While jumping in front of a bullet for a friend is noble... It's still an act of selfishness as there are always more than just two people involved. Suicide is simply the action of those that are more afraid to truly reach out for help, than ending it...A stupid act in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing! =D

[CarcinogenicDreams]

Thanks for reading! Reading your comment I can see we have very different points of view...
read moreThanks for reading! Reading your comment I can see we have very different points of view...

Five I mainly disagree with, since I personally don't believe in a god or any form of religion. I explained this in a another comment, but I see it in the sense that every thought you have has been thought by someone else before, whether or not you/they know it. The exception being, say, trying to imagine a new colour or number. Everything you think of is a variation on something pre-existing. You can think up a decimal or a shade, but not a new colour or number entirely. But, like I said, that's just my way of thinking.

I also disagree with what you said about 7, mainly because I think to truely understand it you need to understand not just why one would jump in front of the bullet, but why they would turn the gun on themselves in the first place. Suicide is not always done out of fear, but sometimes just as a last resort. It's something that unless you've experienced it, you can't possibly imagine.

But anyway, thanks for sharing what you thought about these, I love hearing others' points of view on things like these.

[AlchemicPlutonian]

Seven very random facts, although very interesting choices. I absolutely agree with #2, but unforrunately, #5 kind of pokes at me, considering I believe that while even at the depths of our subconscious, most ideas are bred from previous memories, the act of bringing thought to frutition is divine within every individual, and that there is something to be said for pure inspiration. Even if as we grow older, it has a tendancy to deminish through neglect, and almost societal abandonment.

[CarcinogenicDreams]

Yeah, they're not all very connected. I think of #5 a bit differently. A good example I use is the fact that we can never imagine a new color. Everything you think of is just a shade of another. So, every idea you have, however original it seems to you, has been thought of my a million other people, if anything only a tad different.

But anyway, thank you for reading! I've read your work and I really like it, as well.