Meaning of Life.

What is the meaning of life?
Well whether or not there is a god or a supernatural creator or all powerful being, you are here. Trying to understand a purpose of life does not make you any less alive or any more. In fact, if one was to truly 'find' the purpose of life, it would probably be an individual perception of it.

I mean isn't it fair to say that it would not take two of us existing if we both existed inherently for the same reason. I believe that there can not be one general answer to the meaning of life because if you were to give a singular answer you would imply that the meaning holds true for each human. If I had the same reason for living as all anyone else then my very existence is useless and the purpose could be fulfilled by a single human, so why are there 6 billion if the meaning of life is the same for each of us.

If you think of it this way, you may realize now that you are asking the meaning of something that truly has no particular meaning. This is what makes life unique, it's what makes life pleasurable and surreal. It is because each of us has no defined meaning in life that we are able to enjoy it at all. If we were told the individual meaning of life the moment we could comprehend it, we would then consider it a chore, a job, or something undesirable. As humans we seek knowledge but only to find that it never is enough. Once we know a leaf is green we want to know why, and once we know why it's green we want to know what causes the occurrence that creates the green. If we were to know the meaning of life, it would no longer have meaning.

It is why it is very important to appreciate the little things, and to be observant. Life is about finding who you are and understanding yourself as an individual and your place in the world. Life is about being who you are and being proud of who you are. In life we must value the smiles and the good times, as well as appreciate the hardships that shape who we are. If we stop to ask what the meaning is, it is simply because we are forgetting to just live our lives. Life is one of few things that don't have a meaning, and because it has no meaning, it exists in all its complexities.

In fact, a more whimsical perspective may even suggest that that is why our lives flash before our eyes when we die. Because everything pieces together and we recognize the reality that life has no meaning except the one you give it, and the meaning of our lives can only be known at the end. The meaning of life is individual to one's self and because of this we must know that it is important to just live our lives; be happy, be strong, be proud. Until our last breathe, we must make the best of everything we have. How can you find the meaning of life if you forget how to live anyways? 

Summer

Okay so I had a busy summer, and was very preoccupied school starts in two weeks and I'll be back on my toes and probably post on the blog more. Sorry for the wait I just was very sidetracked.

I fragment of my book. Not edited but a piece of it to be refined later.

The fact that humans are so fragile is extraordinary, they are so easily broken and it is unfortunate that they allow others to break them. It’s as though each of us is a glass masterpiece waiting for someone to attempt shattering who we are in hopes of making them self stand out. I mean all that we believe in remains true while disbelief creates lies. So why would anyone believe that they were anything but perfect. Maybe it has to do with how rare it is for people to accept one another and just respect our differences. People are fond of judging and criticizing but it seems to be a challenge to compliment someone or to accept who they are. I guess that’s what happens when you fight yourself all the time. I guess being uncomfortable with yourself is a good enough reason to insult others, you know? At least many people act like it is. There is nothing wrong with organization in the world, there is only fault in control. People try to define beauty and glamorize features but no one is sensitive to what it may do to others. If we are all glass masterpieces then it makes sense that we would try to break others to stand out. Though I think many fail to see that we strive to stand out because we don’t recognize how beautiful we are. We all to often hold on to attention and what other people say to determine who we are but I think it’s essential we decide this for ourselves. We are all capable of beauty we just must believe so to make this true. What is the point of trying so damn hard to fit in if the moment you finally do you want to stand out again.  People just need to be themselves again, most are lost trying to be someone else. They will probably stay lost I mean you only have directions to being you so it’s probably best to follow the ones you have.

Nothing to lose.

When you keep asking yourself what if, when you want so badly to do something but fear what it's outcome may be, and when you know that doing something will either bring you ultimate enlightenment or severe disappointment, just know that these are the moments where you have nothing to lose. You can face your fears now, or forever worry about what could of, what would of, or what should have been. In our moments where we have nothing to lose we usually are held back by the severe disappointment we don't want to face. But you should know that the answer you are looking for should never severely disappoint you. This isn't the last chance you will have to get the answer you want, it's never the last chance to find what you are looking for. It is simply a wrong turn in the maze of life, it is a dead end that must be found in order for you to move on through the maze until you reach the finish. If you never find the dead ends in the maze you will leave so many paths unopened. These paths are the roots of unhappiness, they are the creators of depression, they are decisions you will always ask yourself, 'why' over. Why didn't you just face your fear to find out?

In our pursuit of happiness and understanding we must recognize that often times when faced with tribulation, we have nothing to lose. If we let fear scare us away from opening the paths in our mazes, we will never find a way out. We will run circles, surrounded by unsatisfied curiosity, we will allow fear to engulf the happiness inside of us, we will lose ourselves.

Learning

Failure and learning are one in the same. Failure comes from regretting our mistakes, but if we let our mistakes have reason, we have learned, not failed.
Marc Waterman

Society

“How can society continue to imprison physically destructive people, as though society didn’t emotionally destroy the people first?”

—	Marc Waterman

You.

They called me names. I decided what those names meant.

Reality

“There are three things in this world that I know with absolute certainty. First, you should know, you are you, and that there is no reason to feel you should be more or less or different. Second, happiness hides inside of you and it is imprisoned when you question who you are. Third, individually we create our own reality, as a result of this, we are all created with the ability to create every moment with absolute happiness and transform circumstance in to reason. And last, all though I can not prove this, I strongly believe that these three things stand true in each and every one of our realities.”

—	Marc Waterman

Maze

As humans we are all lost, lost in mazes where we search for the right place to be, the correct path to take. Though, few realize these mazes are not our own. That when we defy the walls others erect around us the maze walls will collapse. We will realize that we are exactly where we are supposed to be. That only we know who we are supposed to be.
Marc Waterman

What is ugly?

People are incapable of being ugly. When we use the word ugly, we must understand the it is not to be used to describe anything that is merely being itself. The only thing with the ability to be ugly, is our opinions of ourselves. Luckily, we are able to change those opinions.


Marc Waterman

Fools

The fools are not those who are fooled. The fools are those who never find out for themselves.
We mistake our mistakes as folly, but in all truth, they are what teach us about reality. If we are cowards to choices of risk and never find out for ourselves, we become overwhelmed with regret and depression. Why do you think narrow minds are the most ignorant? It is because they regret not finding happiness on their own. Why? Because the same narrow ideas they hold on to pulled them away from who they once were, who they wanted to be. It is sad to face dreams you once had, but let fear take away from you.

Marc Waterman

Key to Success

If you want the youth to be successful, to be passionate about what they do. Build their confidence. When they believe in themselves they will enjoy their journey of learning, they will love the challenge and take pride in their work, they will have no reason to limit that which they aspire to achieve.
Marc Waterman

Ideas on Homophobia.

Just some jotted ideas behind homosexuality.

Well if you hate the product , call the manufacturer. You're parents can't blame you for their genes. Those who think it's a choice can blame society, media, and the sexual frustration it induces. Those who are religiously phased by it need to ask how many gays god will create before people understand he doesn't mind them being here. That idea is alike that of a state representatives while they were discussing gay marriage in I think the state of Missouri. I am not sure though.

Being you. (2)

Let us not forget those who got us where we are, but let us not hold on to those who expected us to be anything but ourselves.
Marc Waterman

Is there Freedom in confinement essay.

Is there freedom in confinement?

What is the purpose of life? What is the reason for our suffering, success, ingenuity? It’s quite the question to be asked, but there is a simple answer. If death its self is fear and theory than the purpose of life is that which we give it. This is the gift which separates a life where one  is living from a life where one is surviving. In the 20th century novels, Slaughter House 5 and The Jungle, we see how those living a life of surviving unknowingly implement a chain of human despair and suffering. Both authors exemplify the consequences of choices made in confinement and complete fear. Although the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard imply that in the life of surviving or confinement you can find happiness and reason by escaping fear or despair. Consequences of these ideas and the ideas of Camus have unarguably made their faults quite obvious. In confinement and despair people become controlling, stubborn, and tyrannical. Greed surpasses values and people become self absorbed in the communities they are in. Everyday people are labeled charlatans to the narrow minded ideas of religion, government, and standards. Even as I write this paper I must bend the requirements and stretch the rules, it is what I must do to avoid despair myself. To lay faith in anything but yourself is simply naive, for it is only your mistakes and successes that truly define what you know. It was said, “Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where she had been told there was none” (Unknown). If we are to truly contain a purpose and a reason for our existence than it is moronic to mistake rules and standards for actuality; they are simply indications that those controlling your future are labeling you an impostor to your own beliefs. It is impossible for us to live a life of freedom if we are imprisoned physically or emotionally. I will live my life naively, if that is what people consider it. Yet, I will do it in respect to those around me, with tolerance, acceptance, flexibility, and in all of this I will continue staying true to myself. In choosing to live your life you accept who you are and learn from your mistakes, you will become respectful to those around you; you will become humble and loving to your family and your friends. You will become accepting of peoples differences. The imagery that the novels and philosophies expose us to seem to imply that within confinement there is happiness and freedom. These images are not of people being free, they are of people resorting to only their ideas because they lose their concern for others. This confinement is simply a way of limiting your possibilities. In limiting your own you inherently limit those around you. No man should limit the possibilities of another.

Is it possible to live out our lives being successful and prosperous while being aware and respectful of those around us? To live a respectful life we must recognize that often, in our lives, it is safer to assume most words are better unsaid. In confinement and despair we see people close off ideas and become inflexible; they become controlling over those around them because they single out their way of doing things as the best. Often times this creates an aggressive method of expression one’s beliefs. When an idea narrows in the mind of one person they tend to become oblivious to the ideas of others. Why? It is simple, throughout history our failure to apologize and forgive and our distance from understanding and accepting one another has created ignorance. Ignorance that we, even today, excuse as human nature or part of life. These confined ideas and ignorant opinions are harmful to people. Some philosophers strenuously study people in attempts to explain what really makes us free. Sartre would argue that it is in confinement that we are truly free. That when oppressed we find who we are and we find the truth and acceptance of people for who they are. That in imprisonment we are mentally free. However, in his own philosophical writings he not only contradicts his point, but ultimately empowers a quite opposite idea. In the dialog of his story, the guards, who are simply implementing the confinement and mindlessly judging and executing prisoners, say things such as, “What happens afterwards is none of my business...” and, “They arrest everybody who doesn’t think the way that they do” (Sartre 14). The guards responded with a lucid oblivion as to why they were even imprisoning soldiers in the first place. While being unsure of whom the prisoners were and what they had done or even why it was wrong, they persisted on carrying out violence and hateful actions toward strangers. This absurdity is a direct result of confinement. If it were not for the confinement that superiors and controllers oppress us with than we would never conspire hatred and violence toward each other. The human became one of, if not the most, intelligent organism(s) on our planet. Though logically this could not have been so in order for us to continue to be as inconsiderate and stubborn as we are now. We were not made to be malicious to one another, but it is those who excuse profanity and defacing of others that make us harmful. Influenced bias is inevitable in the upbringing of youth. Though, if we do
not attempt to fight ignorance and mindless words with reiterations of peace and forgiveness, then we will both prolong its infectious ways as well as expose innocence and purity to its methods of destruction. In Slaughter House 5, the author, who is now notorious for his satire of society and war, sends a message of his own through the books character. He says, “ I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee” (Vonnegut 19). The reason this message is so important to me is because it clarifies my previous statement, “we will prolong its infectious ways as well as expose innocence and purity to its methods of destruction.”  What is a child to you, what is your limit as to what the potential is in a child? A child is anything, a child is a believer a dreamer, a child is a emotional mixture of influences and interpreted understanding of things that they see around them. A child sees the hate we embody, and if we continue to allow it, it will infect them as well. Every day we see adults confine children with their beliefs. We also see media narrow the vision of beauty and the qualities of being ‘perfect.’ How can we honestly say that in confinement we are free when we live in a society where our inability to truly be ourselves contradicts any definition of freedom. In confinement people use their ideas as excuses and defense. They solidify their beliefs and unjustly use them as weapons against others. If we are free in confinement we are becoming ignorant of those around us. We stick to our way of doing things and our beliefs. We become stubborn and controlling of others beliefs because we have confined ourselves to our own. There is no thing stronger than truly finding ourselves and finding what we believe in. But if we confine our beliefs and do not respect other people’s beliefs then we are infringing on the freedom of others.
How is it, that one can become so self concerned, so greedy and oblivious to other people?  Greed and imbalance of wealth has become a predicament for people in our confined societies. As of now it seems impossible to change the minds of those who hoard money and bathe in luxury. However is confinement the culprit of greed’s huge role in the thievery of everyday people’s freedoms? Have the egotistical tendencies and selfish actions simply been caused by confinement that humans went through themselves? We fight because we’ve been fought. We hurt others when we have been hurt. We judge when we have been judged. It’s quite obvious that the influences and actions upon us while growing up play huge roles in our personal morals and values. The confined materialistic ideas have slowly but surely destroyed a once prosperous society. Our emphasis on beauty and fashion along with our insistence on current trends has severely confined our definitions of values. In The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, the tyranny of those in charge of the meat packing industry, housing, and even small businesses show how sick greed really is. These people , these controllers or superiors, don’t have any concept of human values. Their confined outlooks of happiness involve money. They want fashionable clothes, flattering jewelry and accessories; they want cars and houses that reflect a superior status.  Those with money have the abilities to sway opinions and to confine the ideas of others who greatly need that money to survive. In fact, most people don’t even realize that the same money they buy phones with is the same money that others may be fighting to survive with. A socialist speaker in the book referenced a similar idea when he said, "'I find that all noble impulses of humanity, the dreams of poets and the agonies of martyrs, are shackled and bound in the service of organized and predatory Greed!'" (Sinclair 322). Today the structure of government and the power holders of many countries allow and assist the control of people by the rich. Why must everyday people fall victim to the oppressions advertisements and materialism create? We will never be free under confinement. We will never accept ourselves if we are told what we are is wrong. We will continues to confine the happiness of each other until those living a life of greed stop deteriorating our confidence so we consume their products. Their value is money, not people. If we let go of the confined ideas of materialism then we will realize true happiness is something inside of us. It is not about things. It’s about putting our puzzle together. It is about accepting what we are and letting that shine through. With that happiness we influence others to be themselves. We live with freedom but also with reason. We understand how important people are and how much fun life can be. If we succumb to the confinement of others we will lose values of community, friends, and family. If we let greedy abominations tell us we are ugly we are outdated or we are unacceptable, then we will lose our confidence. We will become self absorbed because we feel judged by everyone around us. Confinement is no source of freedom. It is only a source of greed, ignorance, and selfishness.

Many of today’s problems are direct results of past confinement. Today many people are overwhelmed by societal standards and criticism from religious beliefs and other personal values. Although it is often ignored, there our extreme emotional consequences to confining the beliefs of others. More so, when we actually can convince someone that being who they are is wrong. When the confined ideas of religion, government, and social standards or ‘norms’ become conflicting with one’s ability to be who they are, then confinement itself is not creating freedom it is creating a false image; one that may be liberating, yet additionally destructive to those around you. One of the most arguable forms of confinement is religion. However, it’s influences have caused it to often, more-so than not, play a large role in state and government decisions. When we fail to make a strict depiction between religion and state we form decisions that are supposed to be for the people. In reality these decisions are often made favoring the beliefs of a politician; each decision that is dependent on beliefs takes away freedoms of others. Kierkegaard put a lot of emphasis on  escaping despair with a leap of faith. In other words, a religious belief. He even says that those who makes choices on their own, those are the ones to, “ face the agony of having to rely on their own judgement while never knowing whether this judgement is correct. The despair one faces at this level is overcome only by a leap of faith that total infinite commitment to god” (Kierkegaard). The idea of escaping fear or despair with a leap of faith  is another example of confined beliefs restricting ones freedom. If we were to believe in ourselves we don’t question our judgement we don’t fear the lessons to be learned with our mistakes. Whether someone recognizes their own moral conflicts young or if they realize it later in life. This confined religion and use of societal standards makes it very challenging for people who have been raised a certain way to actually go the way that feels right in their heart. We create emotional pressures and demolish self confidence in people everyday. Religion itself is not wrong. Kierkegaard may very well be right that we can get through despair with total faith in god. However, if we are to teach the youth this in confined manners, then where do they stand when they disagree with the manner that is influencing them the most? It is quite possible to escape despair by choosing to accept and lay total faith in ones self.  For when we reach total acceptance of ourselves and understanding of the power within us choosing our own fate, we additionally accept our reality whether we are predestined to live it or not. Camus’ opinion on this is tangible from his work, The Myth of Sisyphus. In this myth we are told the story of a man who rolls a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down. He must then, push it up again. An excerpt from the piece says,

'I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy (Camus).'

We are not free in confinement. Like Sisyphus, we are free when we accept who we are and we focus on the joy in the moment, not our future fears. We are free when we fight to be who we are and when we have something to live or die for. Quite the opposite of Sartre’s story where the guy finds freedom because he had nothing to live for any longer. Humans do not need a leap of faith or another persons beliefs for us to get through troubling times.  We need to believe in ourselves. To be free, we need societies where people are comfortable to become free in being them self; a place where we are no longer strangers in our own skins.

So how can societies of millions of people be free while respecting the beliefs and freedoms of others? Is such a task simply incomprehensible? We fear complete havoc and anarchy nowadays, we fear that if we loosened the grip societies tense to control us with, we would act somewhat barbaric. Though like I have explained previously, this will not happen if we do not confine people’s beliefs. We will not be hateful and ignorant unless we are exposed to a source of this spite. We have reached a moment where we can no longer use confinement as excuses for our fears We must make drastic changes to fix what is happening.  One of my favorite stories explains this with a magnificent example:

The Starfish Story

By Loren Eisle

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed

a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.

The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?

You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish,

and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…”

I made a difference for that one.”

To me the significance isn’t just that the kid chose to do something so unselfishly. It isn’t that the adult was a bully to the kids wonder. The significance is similar to that of charity and that of the accomplishments of those who give up lives of wealth and take paths of virtue and recognize the values of helping others. This man came up to the boy saying something based on a confined idea that the boy couldn’t make a difference. The boy believed in himself and what he wanted to do and he pointed out to the man that it does make a difference even if it is only one at a time. Confinement is anything but freedom. We can’t be free when we are in rooms, rooms with millions of walls, each one pushing in on us at a certain point. We can’t be free where we are confined. We find freedom when we understand ourselves. When we recognize that everything that once may have been suffering is now worth it. It’s worth living for, it’s worth dying for. If we are confined from being ourselves happiness will become rare. We will fear death and we will continue to question our purpose of living.

Happiness.

Happiness isn't about materials, it isn't about things. Happiness hides inside of us and its infinate is unlocked when we put our puzzles together. It's about finding who we are.

Fear.

I fear me, because of you.
-Marc Waterman

Who We Are.

It is because people steal who we are from us that when we search for ourselves, we aren’t ready to accept what we find.
Marc Waterman

Find yourself.

When we stop listening to what others think of us, we will finally find the most beautiful thing there truly is. We will find, who we are.
Marc Waterman

Achieve.

“In the moment we think we can do something, there is the strongest drive to achieve it. It is the process of doubt, reason, and fear that interrupts the transition of our thoughts to actualities.”

Marc Waterman

Believing

If a kid wants to believe he or she is a unicorn, than at least allow them to prove it wrong. If they never do, at least they lived their own dream, right?
-Marc Waterman

Acceptance.

When you became aware of your friends, your preferences, your sexuality, your desire, when you became aware of who you are, can you honestly say everything you naturally love, hate, or enjoy, are the way they are because you chose them to be? Did you say things like: love the color red, love boys, love girls, hate niggers, hate faggots, hate jews, love god, hate god? Did you consciously   promote hatred and confined preference? No, because our likes, and loves come naturally. The things we enjoy are what they are because of what we make of them. These are not our choices, they are not the choices of others. These are simply who we are and what we become. Though, often we ignore the reality that when we say we hate other races, sexualities, and religions, when we discriminate and hate anything, we are attacking what others are. We are destroying the confidence inside of them, the beauty they contain. We are attacking who they are. They  hurt because they are the ones who understand that it wasn't their choice. They are the ones who suffer helplessly because others let ignorance be excused by their own confined ideas. The cage they hid from themselves in long ago. Let love bring bliss. Let love overpower hate. Let the love and acceptance of who we are rain infinite forgiveness on the ignorance that clouds the sky above. Let love put out the fire that ignorance and intolerance fuels. When they knock on your doorstep, let love be the only thing that is there to answer. They will envy your happiness, they will regret their idiocy. They will change.
-Marc Waterman

Diamond.

A diamond in the rough does more than attract your attention. It opens your eyes to its surroundings which otherwise would have been unnoticed.
-Marc Waterman

Time.

"Time tells stories, fear tells nightmares."

-Marc Waterman

Portfolio essay Intro.

What is the purpose of life? What is the reason for our suffering, success, ingenuity? It’s quite the question to be asked, but there is a simple answer. If death its self is fear and theory than the purpose of life is that which we give it. This is the gift which separates a life where one  is living from a life where one is surviving. In the 20th century, in the novels, Slaughter House 5 and The Jungle, we see how those living a life of surviving implement a chain of human despair and suffering. Both authors exemplify the consequences of choices made in confinement and utter fear. Although the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard say that in the life of surviving or confinement you can find happiness and reason. Consequences of these ideas and the ideas of Camus have unarguably made their faults quite obvious. In confinement and despair people become narcissists and tyrannical. Greed surpasses values and people become self absorbed in the communities they are in. Everyday people are labeled charlatans to the confined ideas of religion, government, standards. Even as I write this paper I’m imposed to write an extraneous essay to avoid despair myself. To lay faith in anything but yourself is simply naive for it is only your mistakes and successes that truly define what you know. It was said, “Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where she had been told there was none” (Unknown). If we are to truly contain a purpose and a reason for our existence than it is moronic to mistake rules and standards for actuality, when they are simply indications that those controlling your future are claiming you are an impostor to your own beliefs. I will choose naively to live my life, but in respect to those around me, with tolerance, acceptance, flexibility, and staying true to myself. For in choosing to live your life you accept who you are and learn from your mistakes. In doing so you will become respectful to those around you; you will become humble and loving to your family and friends and accepting of peoples differences. However, the imagery the novels and philosophies expose us to seem to imply that within confinement there is happiness and freedom. Though confinement is simply a way of limiting your possibilities. No man should limit the possibilities of another.

King of his world.

He was quiet, he was teased, he was smart, and he was shy. He was questioned on his plans, he was questioned on his goals, and he did not reply. He grew up to have a family, spouse and kids. He was a very successful in life though he limited his words. He never spoke too much. His reserved being was only understood before his death. He said, 'I was king you know, I was king of my world and decider of my fate. I enjoyed my choice and regretted nothing. Yet, I did this all in respect to everyone around me. I spoke no words of arrogance, I spoke no words of hostility or hate. I spoke words of encouragement, love, and pursuit.' I believe he lived a life of purity. I believe it's possible to achieve success without harming others. I believe that, that which he could not understand is that which he would not speak. Those words better unsaid were not uttered. He overcame accepting others by accepting himself. I aspire to be like this man.
-Marc Waterman

Forgiveness.

It is absence of forgiveness, the fear of apologizing, and the saturation of hate that drives us to our destruction. These are minor concepts to a kid, yet it seems so many have been raised poorly and irresponsibly. So much so, they will expose the youth to this nonsense until it permeates into the minds of youth. A chain of hate, intolerance, and ignorance.
-Marc Waterman

Never hold back.

Child of ambition don’t ever hold back. If you fail to attempt your wildest dreams because your fear of their failure, they will compile in your nest and tare at you. Tare until you have nothing left. But if you attempt everything you want, regardless of fear, than those which succeed will carry you on. Not only that, the mistakes will help you reach the infinite of understanding.
-Marc Waterman

Follow your gut!

We must recognize and kneel down to the absurdity of even laying faith in that which we know. For we truly can know nothing but that we don’t know anything. In this reality we must face fear and uncertainty. Consequently, it is foolish to live in the past of the future rather than the moment. For if you follow what you impulsively believe in, if you learn from your own mistakes, than you don’t need to know the unknown or stress over fears. Now, in the multitudes of mistakes and successes you can actually look back and know that everything you did was exactly what you wanted at the time.
-Marc Waterman

You think God would hate like you do?

If God is truly all knowing, why did he make you hate me? Simple answer, God is not upset with me for being myself. In fact it’s those who make others feel worthless and wrong that he is upset with, upset that you guys can be so naive and ignorant. So afraid that you simply believe what you’re told.
-Marc Waterman

Thoughts and Quotes...

Government is no longer for the people when it creates crimes with no victims. Does this not make them criminals, tyrants, liars? It seems a foundation for the people has leaned to one for the controllers. The people are now playing their games. 




Sometimes you must look beyond those who are ignorant and see that their roots were infected just the way they try to infect yours.
-Marc Waterman




Let’s all stop for a moment. Take a breathe. Now let’s laugh because we have tried to fit in while also striving to stand out without realizing the only way we stand out is by being ourselves. There is no need to fit in if you stand out.
-Marc Waterman

Adults often ask.

They cut because you cut, they cry because you torture, they die because you kill.
-Marc Waterman

Humans like eggs.

People are like chicken eggs. Our true potential is what is hidden on the inside. The importance society has deemed us with is on our shells. We’re seen by the outside of who we are: the judged, the ridiculed, the mask . It is until we stop eating the shells of people that we will cease to be collectively sick.
-Marc Waterman

Limits?

Those who aspire for change, and succeed in making change in the world, are the ones who stopped fearing , those who stopped cowering to ‘here-say’ rationality and reasoning. Simply, because what others find that reality to be is only what they have lowered it to be. But for dreamers, limits are another way of saying you give up.
-Marc Waterman

Naive.

It doesn’t matter how naive we choose to be. For it is those moments of stupidity that we have purpose. It’s those moments where we see what others see as stupid as something to die for, it’s unexplainable, it’s that special.
-Marc Waterman

Beauty is what you make of it.

Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where she'd been told there was none.
-Unknown

Yet this quote meant a lot to me.

Find, you.

If I go into the unknown, holding the threads of influence everyone around me pins into my understanding, than I will only come out unrecognizable to myself. I will lose who I am. I will no longer be living, I will be trying to survive. I guess it’s time I chose to go alone. Sever the threads and fall into the abyss with nothing but my own being. Only in this choice will I ever understand who I am. My threads that were lost will intertwine while the threads of others still reaching to find themselves no longer can penetrate the holes in my purpose.
-Marc Waterman

Empty.

At times, I seem to be able to see right through people. At other times it seems no one is there.
-Marc Waterman

Help others find who they are.

I love you, but I am not here to exaggerate your loveliness. I’m here for you to recognize it. Think of it as though you were the most intricate and beautiful puzzle. Now, you are broken, broken because people failed to love and accept you and out of frustration left you in pieces. I am your instructions and I am your coach. Pull yourself together because when you do, you will realize you are truly perfection. I will be here for you now, and I will be there for you if it happens again. Broken, rebuild yourself. Displaced, center yourself. Left and lost, I will appear. I am here to guide you to your happiness. I am the instructions to being yourself. I will remain those until you know who you are by heart. And then and only then, will you know that the only reason you’ve been broken is because other people are puzzles too. Until we fix our own and have faith in being our own selves, we will continue to tare apart those who aren’t. In result broken puzzles break others so they are less alone. Open your eyes. You’re not what they claim. You are perfect at being you. Let some one know they are perfect. Hold your instructions dear to your heart and encourage others to find their instructions in themselves. Never do or be something other than what you believe in. Follow your gut, follow your heart, lay hope and faith on believing in yourself. These aren’t the strongest feelings of life for no reason. It’s because they are the instructions we have and they hurt when you ignore them.
-Marc Waterman

Perfection?

I keep getting told that nothing can be perfect. Compliantly I assume they aren’t completely correct.


They Say’ that nothing in the world is perfect. Yet each and every person is born with the gift of being perfect. If you be the you, you want you to be; you are the perfect you. If you ever listen to what ‘They Say’ when you don’t believe in it, then you are not being a perfect you. You are becoming one of the ‘They sayers’.


-Marc Waterman

Being you.

I was inspired to be a teacher, begged to be a listener, I was assumed to grow up as a doctor or lawyer. I was told to run for office. I was told to pursue medical school. Though it really came down to what I was meant to be. Only I could decide this.


-Marc Waterman

Wisdom

Many great quotes are respected as examples of wisdom. It takes more than wisdom to implement the ideas of the wise. It is time to carry through in our desires for change, it is time to speak up for our disbelief, it is time to speak up for ourselves.
-Marc Waterman

Thoughts.

We forget the strengths that giving a hug, an honest smile, and even giving subtle acknowledgement has on one another. It doesn’t matter whether a friend, stranger, or enemy exhibits the action. The resulting feeling of overwhelming bafflement and joy is what makes the difference.






It is sad that some people live without feeling loved. If there are billions of people in the world, it only takes every one of those persons to love one other person that isn’t loved for everyone to have someone there for them. It is solely irresponsible to love no one but yourself.




Hate is a tribulation of sorts. To utter a position of hate against someone it is showing you care to a point of it being necessary to let them know you hate them. If you mutter it indirectly that is not true hate but if you direct it at someone you are simply saying, ’ I hate the choices you are making or the things you are saying and doing; I hate the way I care about who you are to me.’ In the end saying you hate someone is saying you care about them dearly.

Bias

As humans, we will never fully understand the minds and thoughts of one another. As a result, bias and preference can only lead to the destruction of each other.
-Marc Waterman

Piece of a letter I sent to WA State, Governor.

 We need to be there for each other always. Whether we are family or not, whether we share religious beliefs or not, whether we are gay or  straight, whether we are black or white, whether we want to be naked or clothed, whether we are rich or poor, whether we like one another or not. If you are alone in the world you are truly nothing. You are something there but nothing because there is no purpose. If we are nothing to each other we are nothing all together because we are alone in our own worlds. If we as a country and as people with common sense can come together in this world. Then we really are something. We are a family that fights through the tough times for one another and we don’t carry our spite and cloud reality with fear but we look at the good times together and we treat those as our ambition and make them our goals.

Who Are We?

Who are we to label anything or anyone? When in reality we struggle to find ourselves until the day we die.
-Marc Waterman

House of ego.

I watch, I watch as society tries to educate new generations. I watch how they tell them what to learn and what to think. I watch as the new generation’s minds stand idle, and their dreams lay unnoticed. I watch as the passion of youth hangs its own self in the rafters of society’s house of egocentrics.    
-Marc Waterman

Believe

Believe in yourself, listening to other’s discouragement doesn’t overcome the obstacles ahead.
-Marc Waterman