The writings of some random dude on the internet
Put on my helmet,
Get on my bike,
And off I ride.
I feel the rush of the wind pass me by.
I feel free. I feel like I can do anything.
It’s amazing.
It’s a great feeling.
I can see the scenery, nature, and what people are doing.
I can go at my own pace, since it is not a race.
I love to ride my bike
They say the craziest shit.
They think being forced to wear masks in stores is a form of oppression.
They get upset when people of color barbecue in parks.
They call the police on the neighbor’s dog.
They choke their pets while telling the police they’re being attacked.
They yell at retail employees if their service is not fast.
They’re everywhere, and they’re a pain in the ass.
It’s ridiculous. There are even male versions of them.
They are the biggest snowflakes imaginable.
They are racist, sexist, insensitive, and privileged.
Moral of the story is: don’t be a Karen.
Embrace failure. Missteps and roadblocks are inevitable but are ultimately an opportunity to learn, pivot, and go after your goals with new perspective. – Jenny Fleiss
You may sometimes hear, usually after you fail at something, that you have to accept it and move on. It’s possible for one to accept it, but accepting failure does not necessarily mean that you have completely moved on from it. No. To move on from failure, I believe there is something more that is needed. What is that, you may ask? That is to embrace failure. Yes, you heard me right; embrace failure. Now, at first glance, that may sound masochistic as heck, but hear me out. People aren’t perfect. We have flaws, imperfections, weaknesses, things that we may not be good at, and things that we may not like, and that’s ok. They all are part of what make us unique. Life also isn’t perfect. There’s almost always going to difficulties, challenges, and hardships we need to overcome. The universe and nature are also not perfect. Things break down, things become unstable, things become chaotic. Nothing is perfect. Because nothing is perfect, and because no single individual is perfect, that means, at some point, we are all going to experience failure at some point or another. In fact, failure is biologically guaranteed, because once we die, that’s it! Game over. No more do-overs. Death is inevitable. Even if one were to live a life with little to no challenges and hardships, death is the ultimate failure, because once you stop living, you stop being you. You stop being able to actively do things in this world. You are no longer able to be a part of the world in living form, and because of that, that’s a failure, and it’s a guaranteed one, as well. Thus, in a way, we are all born to fail the moment that we are born. Now, i know what you may be thinking to yourself. You are probably thinking that it sounds depressing as heck, and it definitely may sound that way, if you look at it from a certain perspective. Now, i don’t know what your perspective or outlook on life, death, and failure is, but let me tell you mine. Because we are guaranteed to fail when we die, what can be worse than that? The answer is nothing. And when you take that into account, it really puts one’s problems and troubles into perspective. It sorta makes one’s problems seem small and temporary. Nothing can be more permanent and long-lasting than death. Thus, every failure, every challenge, every shortcoming, every hardship asides death itself can be overcome. Sure, everyone handles failures, challenges, and hardships differently than others, and we may not know how much hardship, failure, and challenges we may face in life, but by remembering that nothing can get worse than death, I believe it is possible to make it through anything that comes your way. Thus, that is why i believe embracing failure will allow one to be able to overcome it. By embracing the ultimate failure that we will all one day die, it has so much potential to minimize the severity of other hardships and challenges we may face in life. Not only that, but by embracing failure, we are also embracing change, because change can come in the form of failure. By embracing failure, one can start seeing failure differently. It could allow one to start seeing the positives that can come about from failure, and it can do so by minimizing the negative aspects of failure. Embracing failure is not an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of time, patience, resilience, and strength to be able to just accept failure, let alone embrace it. However, i believe that one of the keys to happiness is embracing failure, because if you are not worried about the ultimate failure in life, then it is possible to make it through other hardships, challenges, and failures that come your way. Lastly, by embracing failure, it helps one learn to fail gracefully. When one is able to fail gracefully, they are able to pick themselves up, and use their failure as a learning experience or a blessing in disguise.
I will end things with an excerpt from an article that discusses about embracing failure. I will link the full article below.
Here are five ways embracing failure can work for you:
1. We learn some of our best lessons through failure.
2. Failure inspires us. If we look at it properly and don’t allow it to define us, failure can be a great source of motivation.
3. Failure teaches us humility. We feel humble after losing and recognize that we are indeed human.
4. Embracing failure allows us to take more risks. Once we come to terms with having failed and survived, we can take greater risks.
5. Failure makes success taste even better. We have a better appreciation of success having failed a few times on the way up the ladder.
Social distance;
We need the persistence
To remain hidden
From the virus pandemic
That is sweeping the nations
And to keep fellow citizens
Safe from the virulent
Virus that’s killing
Without prejudice.
It’s a sad sight to see
COVID-19
Destroy families
And put essential employees
At risk of catching the disease.
When will this end?
Who knows when.
The world is on fire. It is currently burning. The temperatures keep on rising. It’s becoming alarming. This changing climate is becoming a crisis, and it’s a crisis that’s very frightening. If we don’t solve this soon, the world could come to an end. Maybe not the planet, but everything that lives in it. There would be no more humans and no more amazing creations. Monumental monuments like The Statue of Liberty would eventually become nothing but dust and debris if humans were to go extinct. Eventually, the same would happen to buildings, and everything else in between. They’d all turn into dust, just like us. If we were not here, anything we created would not matter at all. Anything that was floating in space would come crashing down to the Earth, setting everything ablaze. Eventually, nuclear reactors would start to meltdown, and all of the radiation that’s in them would all get let out.
All of the animals that are alive right now would be on their own, if they were not wiped out. There would probably be a few. Most of them would live underground. The ones that were above ground would most likely all die out if the climate were to get chaotic. They would thrive and populate underneath the Earth’s surface, and eventually they’ll reclaim the surface. Eventually, the radiation would decay, and the greenhouse gases would get replaced, and the planet will heal itself like it had a bad sickness. We won’t be here, and neither would a lot of other species, but there would be new species. They’d be survivors. They would survive us. They could potentially be the ones that reach our level of intellect. They could be reptilian. They could be arachnids. They could even be gigantic cockroaches. Whatever they are, they have the potential to take this planet to the stars if we ourselves don’t get to. They could learn from our mistakes. They could be better than us. They may develop intricate societies that have a diversity of species all living in harmony. It would definitely be an amazing sight to see.
They’d eventually develop space travel, and take us to the Moon. They’d take us to Jupiter and Venus and even Mars, too. They’d even probably take us all the way to Pluto. Who knows? They could possibly take us to see the entire Milky Way! We may discover different species living on other planets, and these species may be as smart as us and them, and have a complex intellect. It would be so cool to see.
The question is, would Earthlings be seen as threats, or will they be welcomed? Is it also possible that they’d be enslaved and treated like pets? There are so many questions that one has to ask when dealing with the possibility of becoming an intergalactic race.
All I do know is, I hope they would learn from our mistakes. If our species dies out, and does not get to see the future, I hope that whatever species in the far distant future that reaches sapience learns from humanity’s own shortcomings and mistakes. That is what I hope if humanity loses all hope.
However, we still have hope. We still have hope to achieve all of those great and amazing things. We could explore the vast reaches of the cosmos and explore all that there is to explore. We could travel to wherever we want to go to, and potentially find a new home. I don’t know. All I do know is that we need to become aware that our climate is changing. Our planet is in need, and we need to save it. There is a way to save it. We need to stop emitting greenhouse gases, and we also need to stop polluting our planet. We need to find an alternative fuel source and stop using oil. We need to make steps to go vegetarian or vegan and make our diets more plant-based. There is so much we need to do. The first thing we should do is educate ourselves. Once we do that, we share the information we learn to others.
Sexism is terrible.
It is horrendous.
It is disastrous.
It’s the treatment of one sex,
Usually women,
In a negative way
For what’s between their legs.
It is male privilege
That perpetuates
This messed up system.
Racism; it is a system
Where a person is treated different
For the color of their skin pigments.
It is a system
That has oppressed millions
For many generations.
The only way to end it
Is to fight against it.
In order to do that, we must acknowledge
The existence
Of white privilege.
Privilege; it’s a thing that exists.
You can have privilege for being white, male, or cis.
There’s also privilege for being pretty, tall, or thin.
There is even privilege for being fucking rich.
Privilege is everywhere, and it is fucking shit.
It is a system where you can get judged for the color of your skin and pigments.
It is a system where men can’t show their emotions.
It is a system where rich men can pollute the environment.
It is a system where businesses can lobby the government.
It is a system where you can be demonized for being an immigrant, poor, or homeless.
It is a system that causes great division.
But do not despair; not all is hopeless!
There is a way; a way we can fix this.
We must make people aware; aware of their privilege.
We must make people realize that the problem is systemic,
And that privilege is not just simply something that one is born in.
Privilege is something that society has decided.
Privilege can give people an unfair advantage,
And can also promote hypocrisy and double standards.
Those with privilege can get praised for something,
And if marginalized groups do it,
Those with privilege have a fit.
It’s bullshit.
This shit needs to end.
It’s time we give a voice to those who are voiceless.
Climate relocation has the potential to affect millions.
As sea levels rise and temperatures climb,
It’s only a matter of time before we will all but lose this fight.
But don’t give up hope. We can clean up this world like soap
Cleanses all wounds. We can all stop acting like fools
And treat this planet with care, for it’s the only one that’s there
Where we all live on and rely upon.
It is our home, so let’s fight until the break of dawn.
We don’t want to lose our homes, not here and not ever.
You wouldn’t want your house to be destroyed in a flood.
Think about all of us and the planet that we love.
Would you want to be forced to leave the Earth behind,
While the humans, plants, and animals that remained were all left to die?
If the answer is no, then you must know
Our time to act is now. We must not take a bow.
We shouldn’t give up or else our time will be up.
We must save this world. We must not go and furl
Up the sails for our voyage
To go and save the Earth.
This is our journey,
And for sure as heck, we won’t quit!
We will fight until the very end
To try and save the environment.
Our time to fight is now. Let’s go and show the world how.
My name is James, and this poem’s about change.
Climate change is real. I know you don’t want to hear
That humans are to blame for a climate that’s insane,
But it is the truth. We were the ones to pollute
The planet with greenhouse gases
And lakes and rivers with deadly toxins
Such as nuclear radiation,
Medical, drug, and coal waste,
And all sorts of other things that can hurt the environment!
It was on us. This is our mess.
In order to stop this, we must fight this.
We must work together to make the world better.
In order to do that, now is the time to act.
If we wait, it will be too late.
There may not be a world for future generations to inhabit.
This is our one shot to get it all right.
This our world, and this is our fight!