Blink by Katia Kiefaber
Thought
How can someone go under and be out of body without drugs? It’s weird that someone else can control your thoughts that well, enough to convince them your body is in another place.
The subconscious is crazy.
Isn’t that scary, to have someone control your thoughts?
Regret
There’s all these sayings that you should never regret anything, that everything serves a purpose. But I can still not like that purpose they served.
Does that count as regret?
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She sits, curled into a ball, on the floor in the dimmest corner of her jail cell. The cold concrete seeps through her pants and feet, chilling her to the bone. The only beam of light from the small window above her gets swallowed up by the loneliness permeating the room. She is isolated and completely alone.
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier, and simpler.” – Nietzsche
A feeling is just an emotion, but your thoughts are what make that feeling last. Scientists say each emotion you have only lasts about 10 seconds, but people keep thinking about the emotion so they continue feeling that way, making themselves purposely upset. Scientists have also said that people tend to get depressed when they think too much. Does that mean people are naturally pessimistic, though, like Hobbes said?
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” – Vonnegut
Those depressed, crazy people maybe they aren’t so strange We shame them, push them aside but their point of view can enlighten our brains Sure, republicans and democrats offer a plethora of opinions and ideas But wouldn’t you like to hear from someone Who embraces death and other common human fears We embrace diversity: different race, religion, sexuality so it’s time to learn from those “psycho” people and give them a space in our reality
“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt
No one’s experience in life is completely the same as another person’s because everyone has different experiences to shape their worldview. We’re all like snowflakes, no two internally alike even though outside appearances may say otherwise.
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
So many desires Most believe their world is incomplete without the one trait they desire. “Everything would be perfect if I could only be skinny daring confident truthful.” The grass is always greener on the other side. We always want what we can’t have. People don’t change. We either accept that reality or waste our lives straining to reach an unattainable goal.
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I’d been self-conscious about my nose ever since I was old enough to realize everyone else’s noses pointed straight ahead while mine curved off to the right side.
I just wanted to be normal, look like the boring but pretty girls with brown hair, brown eyes, and average noses.
I imagined everyone was talking about me, calling me the ugly girl with the big crooked nose. I took that insecurity with me to college and it continued until one night when I was sitting in the library, my face buried in a book.
Nope. I look up and there’s the hot guy who volunteers as the librarian’s aide staring down at me, smiling.
Someone tapped my shoulder and I thought it was a librarian telling me I was blocking a book they needed.
He introduced himself and quite frankly, I can’t remember much else he said, I was so nervous.
I was lost in my own self-conscious thoughts until he said “Will you go on a date with me?”
Instead I escaped to the library or my bedroom, willing myself to be as invisible as possible so I wouldn’t have to watch people’s pity as they stared at my face.
As I went through middle and then high school, I shied away more and more from social events like dances or football games.
I was stunned this amazingly attractive guy was talking to ugly old me.
I was so shocked the first thing I blurted out was “Why?”
His answer changed how I perceived myself forever.
He replied simply, “Because you’re beautiful.”
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motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
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Frustration
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation
Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
Fixation
Formation of internal narration inflation of duration destination condemnation Preparation temptation of elation
Frustration
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation
motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
Fixation
Formation of internal narration inflation of duration destination condemnation Preparation temptation of elation
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Formation of internal narration inflation of duration destination condemnation Preparation temptation of elation
Frustration
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation
motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
Fixation
Formation of internal narration inflation of duration destination condemnation Preparation temptation of elation
Frustration
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation motivation
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation
motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
Fixation
Formation of internal narration inflation of duration destination condemnation Preparation temptation of elation
Frustration
Frustration
Creation of a damnation starvation
Dictation Deflation
motivation Exploitation
deformation conservation
Deviation in ration
Fixation
Formation of internal narration
Dreams...
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Rock climb a 5.12 Help somebody Fall in love Live in Hawaii Have a career I love Own 10 cats Write a book Try every flavor of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Be a happy, wise old person