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The less you say in an argument, the higher your chances are of winning it.
In the Christian’s mind, arguments aren’t for winning.
Social media is an opioid and should be treated as such.
One time in college there was a guy drunkenly loitering in my apartment. He said he was tired and wanted to sleep on my couch instead of walking back to his place. I didn’t want him there even though we were friends so I told him to go home. Being a guy, he settled in an armchair with no intention of leaving. So I took his hands, pulled him off the chair, and dragged him by his arms like a heavy trash bag across my apartment floor into the building hallway. He was 6’ 5” and 180lbs of dead weight. The moral of the story is that sometimes, when someone is in your space, don’t make things complicated. Don’t try to convince them to want something they don’t want. Just drag them out (literally or figuratively).
People who consistently post their grandiose material belongings and lifestyle are not as well off as they think they are. Feeling the need to show their life to people who couldn’t give less of a damn about it to feel validated not only destroys their gratitude for what they have, but also diminishes the worth of those things as well. Look at what I have. I spent money on this. My parents bought me this. My house is this big. This is what I’m wearing today. Dinner time at my favorite 5 star restaurant. Boasters completely miss the purpose of life and have no shame in telling that to the world (this is embarrassing).
Humility is the most powerful trait to exist.
I miss a person so intensely I wonder if he can feel it from wherever he is at that moment. If when I think of him, there’s some tremor in the air that makes him uneasy. I wonder if some invisible connection is made between us. I am a lunatic.
Whoever says “No one is coming to save you except yourself,” is a big fat LIAR. We have already been saved. Someone came to save us long before anyone even knew what that meant. The narrative that we are the only people in control of our own lives is dangerous because it creates an, or THE, impossible task for each individual. THE task meant to be failed. We aren’t saviors, and to label ourselves as such will ultimately cause reoccurring disappointment in ourselves. The one who can, will, and WANTS to save you is Christ. He was whipped until his intestines hung outside of his body so that we may be saved. Don’t listen to the self-centered narrative. Don’t listen to people who can’t even live up to their own blasphemous statement.
Office sirens undermine the honor of womanhood.
The loudest person in the room is the emptiest.
What is it that scientifically changes the moment you realize someone is more than a crush? I mean the switch in your brain that feels like a lightbulb when you make the realization. What causes that change? It’s not a decision. It’s a recognition. But what is recognition? Why does that happen?
What does the parking lot look like at the Paralympics?
People are so determined to hook up with “randoms” and then almost every time come back saying it was a bad experience, they were scared for their safety, it wasn’t worth the effort… Why actively seek what is damaging and not good enough? This is dumb.
For the writer/artist/creator: If you don’t like something you’ve made, it just means you aren’t finished.
For the writer: You can’t edit a blank page.
For the realism artist: Draw what you see, not what you think you see.
If faith and reason are both equally necessary to know God, then can intellectually disabled people know God? How would Kierkegaard answer this question since he doesn’t agree with the first part?
The pool is always ice cold until you move around. This isn’t about pools.
Anti-intellectualism is running rampant in the younger generation and is becoming extremely dangerous. The vice of passivity is believed to be a virtue and largely stems from self-centeredness (a lack of mindfulness for the common or highest good). Out of sight, out of mind. If it doesn’t directly affect me, it’s not important enough. In most cases, individuals are completely unaware of this. It can largely be credited to the internet.
Funny people never die because you can visit them on every wave of laughter until the end of time.
Being left out means God didn’t want you there in the first place. A win is a win.
Playlists made for significant others do more harm than good because once that person isn’t in your life anymore, all those songs serve as a mental prison. Every time except for once, that special person will eventually no longer be in your life. So don’t make the playlist.
One’s biggest sin is a clear representation of which of their traits would be most powerful if only they dedicated it to God. Addicted to gossip? God’s fruit is eloquence. Lust? Respect and brotherhood. Lying? Connection. Overconsumption? Gratitude. Self hatred? Recognition of art. Skepticism? Trust. Sin can be made into beautiful fruit.
The behavior of honey bees is determined by scents and vibrations; most determinate of which are created by the queen they are serving. Without the queen’s direction, a hive can die, meaning each bee’s sense of scent guarantees it’s instincts and therefore existence. I once saw a video of a beekeeper who deposited a lone honey bee who didn’t belong to any hive into a fully formed and functioning one. She was completely trapped in a spiderweb. Panicking, she buzzed her wings and flailed her legs trying to get free. No doubt she emanated a scent that would have caused the colony to viciously attack and kill her, but for some reason, the bees acted beyond their instinct and worked together to chew away at the spiderweb encasing their fellow bee. Afterward, they accepted her into the colony. I don’t know if bees always do this, but in this case, the instinct to save the life of a stranger was far stronger than the instinct to hurt it. Vibrations, the source of a bees life, were ignored to spare the life of another. Maybe I’m missing some information. Nonetheless, I think we have a lot to learn from bees.
Young girls, teens, and grown women are not only not taught about their cycles, but are also actively prevented from knowing more about them. “Big Pharma” is selfish of the menstrual cycle and does not want women to know how to care for themselves. That being said, any doctor who immediately suggests or prescribes hormonal birth control when a female expresses concern about her cycle should not be a doctor. If these statements furrow your brow in confusion, I will be the first to tell you: there is so much you don’t know about the fundamental nature of 50% of the world’s population.
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What if theres like a 9-1-1 chemical scent that’s universally understood across the whole species of bees as a cry for help? Then it would make complete sense that the foreign bees helped the little stranger bee despite it not belonging to their colony
Elaine, this is so, SO fruitful. My goodness. I was just thinking about that common saying (in #8) yesterday and how, I too, do not feel it is supportive to reiterate the notion.