Here's A Question, Here's A Thought

   Remembering life, the way it was, the chances that came and went, mistakes and the smallest insignificant signs you thought you were always aware of until they came and went. A shallow pit in the heart runs deeper once you discover what has been leaking through underneath. Days gone by and they always seem to end the same way. We struggle with our own immortality, some do drastic things to prove they are living, others quite simply embrace the time for what it is.    Life was never short and sweet, I grew with a lot of pain and for years I was depressed, and I am sure everyone knew but like a shattered heart I hit the ground running every day, I lived to make people laugh and smile. I wanted to mend the world, starting with those around me, sacrificing anything I had to do so. Often, I am remembered for a person I long forgot. What memories I must share only paint a picture only too familiar with who I never was. I chalk most up to being a child and typical teenager, but then again

  What individualizes us that makes us desire such opposites, what balances those things and makes us unique. What of those things can be considered sane, and at other times insane? The definition seems to change based on social status, money, and overall surroundings.  What about era, what was considered one thing is not considered the same. You have large amounts of violence that we see on TV and Video games and that is considered normal because we got used to it, and yet back only years ago there were fights and even riots about freedoms to have these values of expression.    We found ourselves always conflicted because of things like war. It is one thing to play a violent video game but when it comes to war, depending on what view you have and what background you are from it could be the very foundation of what you believe is necessary and vital to life. The same can be said about animals and how much of the world eats meat and dairy products.  Would our kids watch animals slaughte