What’s The Meaning of Life?

The realization that our days are numbered have done wonders for the way we view our existence. Hit up a busy street & ask for their view on the purpose of life & you’ll hear responses ranging from the spiritual, apathetic, ambitious to depressed.

Some of us look to the past to figure out why were put here, and the ideas are grand. When you start to think of existence, it can get overwhelming, and I do see the appeal of prescribing to ideas that have already been though out & articulated.

Others look to nature, and decide that we should be doing like all the other creatures are doing. That’s pretty simple & logical, but we do definitely stand out amongst the animals on this planet.

Speaking with some folks, they’re motivations have much to do with continually distinguishing ourselves from the rest of life on the planet. I think this is the origins of morals as well, setting a tone to ensure we’re not just like any other animal, or at the very least, giving meaning to what we generally consider instincts.

I think the meaning of life is whatever you choose to give it. Moreover, The meaning you give it may not be the meaning others want, so let them pick their own (it’s a bit idealistic to assume people would actually respect other peoples’ rights to live differently, I know ;p )

I love riding my bike through the woods because the being surrounded by the habitats of others reminds me not to worry about things so much, that I’m just as significant as the ants on the tree and the dead squirrel on the side of the path. We are chunks of organic material that all share this dot, and the rules of nature still apply to all of us.

I know some of you reading this are living a life dictated to you, either by your parents, society, media etc. Realize you have the freedom to break out of that, with freedom comes responsibility though, so breaking free may make life a bit more difficult to maneuver. Even then, you have the freedom to make that choice.

Your Present is a Gift

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beautiful butterfly

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The Questions Are More Important Than The Answers

“know-it-all-ism” is a great indicator of youth & immaturity. Though it’s comforting to think there’s someone out there with the answers, it’s much more beneficial to seek them out for yourself. Your journey in life is unique, and the path you take can be partially followed & partially created by you.

Following a recipe of life prescribed by others is path of least resistance. It requires very little thinking on your part. These days with global access, you can find a recipe of life to dictate almost everything you do from what to wear, what to believe, who to admire, what to eat, and who to associate with.

The folks that ‘guide’ us often times are older, and older people just look wiser, they traded away their youth for knowledge & wisdom right? I have a couple decades on my belt, and I can tell you, though there is much learned along the way, older doesn’t necessarily mean much. The world is changing so fast, the only folks who have anything relevant to say, are the ones trying to keep up.

The smartest folks are the ones who are aware of how little they actually know.

It’s the pursuit of knowledge which you should follow. Folks who are on a continual journey to acquire new knowledge generally have a mind open to accepting new ideas, and the bravery to discard the old (and sometimes comfortable) outdated ones.

It’s OK if we don’t know everything, it’s NOT OK if we’re closed to learning new things. I’m fortunate to be of Sikh heritage, which continually promotes learning, growing & sharing (though there’s a boatload of folks who turned that into something else as well).

We’ll never have all the answers, and everything won’t make sense. If anything, as we get older, things become more complex, and we’ll find ourselves longing for the ‘simpler’ days which generally refers to our youth when we had simpler views.

This idea is a bit scary, but it’s also exciting. You are a vessel, and though your parents did a thorough job filling your head with a bunch of stuff similar to the stuff jammed in their brains; you are free to drain it out and start populating it with new things.

Personally I would recommend traveling, and if that’s not in your budget, meeting brand new exotic people & just listening to what they have to say. It’ll be a skill to mine for the gold within their words.

We’re all growing up, and each of us is at a different stage of development. Don’t follow those before you, seek what they were seeking. I think mentors are great, because their hindsight can be your foresight, but even then, make it your own.

Never stop asking questions & never be in a committed relationship with any of the answers.

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It’s just a that f*kin simple Holmes

You need to forgive…

It’s an absolute essential practice to ensure you’re not holding any grudges. Those grudges pull you down.

Forgiving others (and I mean TRULY forgiving them) is not condoning what someone did to you, it’s making the decision that you will no longer allow that bullsh*t to hold you down.

We’ve all been done horribly by others, and honestly, we’ve may have also done horribly to others. Think about how toxic it is to continue reliving those moments, filling your present tense with regret, pain and eventual depression.

Mental anguish has physical consequences, that can take days off your life. Do it for yourself. Holding this stuff on your shoulders is a burden only you hold, not the person you’re holding the grudge against.

Nelson Mandela said it’s like ‘drinking poison & hoping it kills the other person’.

More importantly, forgive yourself. We all f*ck up, continually beating ourselves up over it is just that, beating ourselves up. Letting go of the past will give you more of everything to create your future.

This is in no way, shape, or form easy, but it’s worth it. I still hold pain for transgressions of the past, and it’s a daily reminder to ‘let it go’, I’m only hurting myself reliving them. Forgiving is a personal exercise, and doesn’t need to be announced or shared. You need to truly forgive to feel it, we’ve all done it, there’s things we cared about 5 years ago, and laugh off now. Make the choices that you can laugh this stuff off earlier.

I love y’all for taking the time to read this, and It feels awesome to know that y’all dig the writing, that further motivates me to share the stuff that helped me. There will always be people in the world that will exploit your need to care & share. Don’t let them kill that in you, take risks, keep meeting new people, you’ll meet people that deserve & appreciate the love you want to shower, it won’t be all of them, but that’s life.

Forgive for yourself & forgive yourself, you deserve a life free from such pointless burdens.

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give a man a gun…

Not everyone wants freedom

Freedom isn’t easy, it’s simple. The more freedom you have, the more responsibility that comes along with it. When we have an inherent urge to pursue the path of least resistance, we’ll opt to have things taken care of for us. This applies to everything from the apps on your phone, the way you get food, and the thoughts you think; it’s always easier if they’re provided for you.

You choose the path you want, with a lack of freedom comes a lack of stimulation. With an abundance of freedom, comes a lack of company. I know folks who don’t prescribe to a god, but you’d never know because they never discuss, for the simple fact that they would be shunned by their loved ones. Freedom isn’t easy.

Freedom isn’t a light switch either, there’s degrees & layers of freedom, and the most helpless (or happiest) are the ones that are unable to see the lack of freedom they have.

With a simplistic idealist mindset, treating everyone equally makes sense. The reality is, we’re all unique & respond to different stimulus, and for that simple function, we benefit from being treated different. The word here is equity, and it’s a progressive idea for fairness more than blanket uniformity. This idea is relevant to the freedoms people pursue & long for. Some of us want financial freedom, others want freedom from our families, while others simple want freedom to live their life the way they please, outside of an oppressor.

Obtaining freedom & keeping it isn’t easy, but if it’s all you think about, there’s really nothing else worth pursuing. Often, elements of freedom are more a mindset than circumstance, and we can choose to liberate ourselves from things that are shackling us by simply letting go.

Letting go of ideas, peoples, grudges, emotions & beleifs can do wonders to your freedom.

With everything I write about, I never say it’s easy, but I always promise it’s worth it. I’m confident in that promise because I know working on freedom from the inside first, makes the chains on the outside much lighter.

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we all a lil’slutty

Brazilian boy Diego Frazao Torquato playing at the funeral of his murdered violin teacher, Evando Joao da Silva. Diego will die a year later in a failed surgery related to his leukemia. Do yourself a favour & live the moments you have. F*ck the petty problems & create the existence you. A healthy existence is a luxury so few are afforded, find/create reasons to cherish it.

Mama Earth, Mama Toronto, Mama Poet & My Sisters…

For every mother that birthed us, raised us, taught us, punished us, protected us, educated us, and loved us like no one else could… We Love You

To the beautiful people in our lives that may not be afforded the luxury of having their birth-mother around. may the rest of us spread the abundance of love we have their way.

There’s nothing we can do to give a mother the day off. Once she’s assumed that role, it’s a lifelong position that fills her entire being with perpetual concern for those she created. There’s no off switch, which for the rest of us is a blessing.

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these sucker’s softer than my beard, but don’t flow as nice

Three Kings