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Name: Dustin
Birthday: 5/20/1987
Gender: Male
Interests: Guitar. Girlfriend. Food. Band. Music...and most importantly my savior, Jesus Christ.
Expertise: Guitar. Food.. Playing shows. Band practices at The Shed. Being with friends. Working...
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Other
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Member Since:
12/8/2004
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| why do we fool ourselves into living in ways that are not the best way possible? into doing things that are completely pointless and without direction, only to wake up and hope to do them again? why are we in this endless cycle? | | |
| how do we get it so wrong so much? and i'm the worst. | | |
| so i use myspace, but i'm also on my xanga more now to. so for
those of you that actually read these things, and even if you don't, o
well, i'll post on both, but it'll be the exact same thing on each, cuz
i'm lazy. here ya go.
have you ever wondered what motivates people to do the things they do,
especially in regard to the arts (such as music, films, books,
paintings, etc..)? i mean, sometimes, i talk with people (and even
myself) that try to analyze things to such a point that it ruins
whatever art it was before hand, but, then there's the times that we under-analyze
things and completely miss the point or attribute it to something other
than what the creator intended. and then comes the arguement of
different opinions. i mean, can we really take the stance that each
person can interpret every piece of art the way they want? or should
we atleast try to comprehend what the author/director/painter is
actually trying to say? i mean, sure, there are many limitations on
this-the person might be dead or live in china or something, but it is
not necessarily impossible. and even beyond this idea of art, could we
then apply this approach to what we're told by our parents, by our
teachers, by our peers, etc...? i think all to often we believe that
we can each decide whatever we want to decide and then leave it at
that, but i do not feel that this can be the case. i mean, think about
it. if your boy/girlfriend writes you a note that says, "i love you,"
we will not try and think over those three words and come up with a
meaning other than what they were implying from the beginning. is this
making sense? i guess what i'm getting at is that we need to really
listen, instead of hearing what we want from people. instead of taking
things however we so please, we should instead try and think through
what people are actually telling us, or what they've written for us. i
guess it just makes sense to me. i'm done now. thanks for reading, if
you did. haha, i guess if anyone actually reads that sentence, it is
implied that they did read it. oh, i'm an idiot. o well, have a great
week.
and then....
soon, life takes off. my future rests not in my own hands, and what a scary
thing, although it should not be at all. but, i'm living life to the
fullest (john 10:10). unfortunately, i often times feel as if i have
not been living to the fullest, and that i've waited until this moment
to start doing so....why is that? why wait until a later point in life
to begin what you really want to? why sit around and wait until you get
your drivers license, or that new job, or graduation, or that promotion
or for college or marriage..i could go on forever. why wait? live now.
think about tomorrow, but live now. | | |
| is it just me, or are these things teaching us to be so impersonal when it comes to a human to human, point to point interaction? i guess it makes me feel superficial, and forgive me if i appear that way the next time we converse. in this endless network of friends and random posts, it seems like we're creating a 4th dimension of ourselves, but on a digital, cold, impersonal level. all i know is i want to be a farmer on some sweet farm when i grow up and have friends over for dinner instead of posting on their page. anywho, most people will not agree with me on that, and i know everyone is entitled to an opinion, but even that is a cold and unloving statement. Tolerance can be one of the worst human ideals and can lead to accepting anything and everything as true and right. but if this were true and right, our world would never have came into existence. if there were several different forms of our beginning, millions of different stories and tales that have little if any basis on anything... how do we know which one to believe? but tolerance teaches us to each his own, and so be it. this could not and should not be taught or believed. i don't and will not believe that this life is limited only to this place, this life, or that everyone of us has our own truth. i will never tell my girlfriend, (that i hope one day to marry) that i will love her until i die, or worse yet, that i will love her until i no longer feel that our love is right for me. that would be completely moronic for one thing, because she would kill me, but it would also be totally empty of any feeling or emotion, and especially empty of love, which in fact is neither a feeling or emotion, but that is an entire different topic. no, my love goes beyond myself, and even beyond her. i have already fallen in love with the fact that i will one day have children (or i certainly hope to), which is just an extension of my love for my (future) wife, and also an argument against abortion. (the choice for abortion is not made after discovering the child, but is decided the night two people decide to engage in activities that were not only designed for pleasure but also for reproduction, which i myself may have little room in which to speak. This therefore shows that a child is indeed important and has "life" {in this case, it is loved before it has actually been born} even in the womb! and i am merely a human! what little love could i possibly give anyone when i myself have many moments of loveless words and actions?!? but i know One that is able to state and perform this act of love. but one's tolerance of my beliefs will probably have them slowly scroll to the "x" box of this window and question my intelligence or possibly my sanity.) now, after that tangent, do you see how tolerance may very well soon be a down fall of man? i am not saying that we should shoot those that do not believe the same as us, but we should atleast attempt to show them love, instead of saying "well, that's your opinion". such a statement (and i have heard it often), leaves me feeling rather offended, but even more so hurt. and, from my experiences, the supposed "listener" had tuned me out long before i had even had time to establish any sort of point or argument. i just want people (myself very much so included), to show more love and to actually take the time to listen to what those around them are saying and wanting. and, hopefully, (although i am presently contradicting myself. ah, to be a hypocrite!) this listening is done in person, and not so much on the internet. if you actually read to this point, i appreciate your time and your concern. and by all means leave a comment if there is little chance of us seeing each other, but more importantly, talk to me in person if possible. at a show, at school, at a church, at park, wherever, i would absolutely love to listen to your comments or anything else you want to say about anything. thank you, and please do not think me a jerk for writing this. believe that i know i am a sinner, and that i am far from deserving God's grace, let alone yours. | | |
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