Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

I know which one I am; introvert and Proud! Unfortunately, being an introvert can be looked down upon in our modern, western society, but some of the greatest writers to ever hold a pen or finger jab at a keyboard have been introverts, also many leaders and public speakers. So why do we view it as weird, strange or ‘un-cool’ to be one?

Extroverts are looked up to by introverts a lot of the time in relationships, social circles and the workplace. Certain introverts will cling to the coattails of their favorite extrovert as they bask in their reflective glory. But there really is no need at all to do that my introverted friends! You too are equally as interesting and worthy of a human body. So, be who you've been born to be by the force of nature and embrace it! 

I personally grew up with a very extroverted parent, who made me feel slightly at odds with the world growing up, because that’s who I looked to for guidance. And, unfortunately, some of the time extroverts can unwittingly scold the introvert for just being who they naturally are. For example; not getting up to dance at a party, not clapping along to the musical show, not running head first into the crowd laughing and joking as loud as you can to prove you’re equal to it. Okay so the last one is over-the-top, but you get my meaning. Extroverts are driven by their extroverted ways and do not know any other, so they want everyone around them to be the same, or it makes for an uncomfortable environment. But uncomfortable for who? Not for you, in essence. No, you like nothing more than to have a one-to-one deep and meaningful conversation rather than mass chit chat and feigned laughter. No, it’s uncomfortable for them, so do yourself a massive favor and never let that be for you, for you and ‘them’ are different and that’s nothing to be ashamed of!

The worst thing an introvert can do, or allow someone else to do to them, is to feel bad or be made to feel bad for being who they are. Extroverts can get away with doing so as they are deemed stronger character by society. But, they’re not, they’re equally as strong or as weak as the introvert, they’re just different people, with their brains wired in a different way. So trying to rewire your own brain is always going to lead to stress. And we all know where stress leads, anxiety, depression etc.. 

So again, I say embrace who you are and run with it! If you don’t like large social gatherings where other people appear so at ease, and happy, don’t go. You’re not missing out, you’re only missing the stress you don’t need. Or, if you do want to go, make sure you've had enough ‘you time’ to recharge those internal batteries first. And then, when you’re out and it feels those batteries have been drained again, just say your goodbye and leave with not an ounce of guilt. Never make excuses for who you are, and how you were born to be, just… Be. 

We’re all infinite miracles formed of stardust and need to realize and appreciate that on a daily basis, then thrive at what we are. Use our given talents to make ourselves happy, and thus making those around us happy, those around them happy, eventually the whole world happy. “Be The Change.” … But don’t change what you are. 

Electric Fields

When the hue of earth takes on golden mother's birth, we shall live electric.
Grazin' lazin' sun gazin'... Fuckin' amazin'!
The tramp's eyes reveal society's lies to all who can see, all who don't wanna be, someone, something; be everything, we're all in every thing.
Electric fields of human energy yields our true calling, the sun will shine again, the power will dismantle itself undoing wealth to the few. Welcome people, open arms.

I believe some call this ghost writing, no thought should go into it just that of the immediate. Write it down, if it rhymes great, if it doesn't even better.

Mornings

The soreness to my eyes in the morning, never seems to not be there, unless, I wake past 10am.
This unexplainable fact does not bode well in a world which loves to start work between the hours of 8-9am.
The answer is to become fully self employed and make your own hours.
Hmmm, an odd variation to the unexplainable 'fact' just came to mind, they do not sting when I'm awake early for a holiday; the answer there in lies, I think.
A contributing factor to the soreness may be the fact I resist going to bed early, for I feel I'm missing out on the night; so what is to miss about the night rather than the morning? Complete and utter freedom I suppose? But is that freedom not there on a weekend morning? Yes, but it is there to get extra hours of sleep that have been missed in the week for the love of nighttime freedom.
Well then it now makes complete and perfect sense why my eyes aren't sore past 10. Change your working hours to ten, for a good few years, and they'll be sore until past midday.
Cruel, cruel world.

Are you a night owl or an early bird? (Genetic apparently)

It's Snow Joke.

Yes, it looks pretty. Yes, you can build a snowman. Yes, you can throw snowballs... Yes, you can make it turn yellow.
But it's also a massive pain in the backside, sometimes literally; Slipping, sliding, skidding. Not to mention it being freezing, wet and freezing...
I for one hold the government fully responsible! In this day and age, where I can write a blog from my smart phone, whilst smoking an electronic cigarette, you're telling me they can't build a (Simpsons Movie style) dome to cover the country when it snows? It's absolutely disgraceful. We should be out on the streets, banners waving, underwear burning! Just think of all the tax we pay! Council, road, VAT, income! And they can't invest a few quid into a decent bloody dome!
Cameron it's time to step down! You incompetent tit.

Karma

Karma -  कर्म

I recently received a review for my book Poisoned Saints, in which the underlying message of karma, which plays out heavily beneath the main storyline, was highlighted. 
+Glenda Bixler (The Reviewer) used a maxim from her own religion of Christianity to explain karma, 'live by the sword die by the sword'. This is a definite and absolute message pointing firmly towards the law of karma, as is - 'reap what you sow' - 'what goes around comes around' - 'do good and get good' - the list goes on. Most of us tend to believe there are consequences to our actions, whether we believe there is a god, or gods, or none at all, most people accept there will be reprisals for negative actions. 
(There is of course that small minority within our society with complex mental disorders, the type of which leaves them incapable of feeling, or owning a conscience; they are not included in this generalisation.) 

Using the case as an example, of arguably the most detrimental crime to humanity, murder, I'd like to explore what stops everyday people carrying out this evil crime? Do we fear the repercussions of law? Do we fear the feelings we expect to come after; guilt towards the victim or their family? Do we fear having the eternal and damning label of 'murderer' pinned on us by society, and how that would make us look and feel as a person living in this society? Or, do we simply have an inbuilt compassion that stops us from killing? All of the previous would probably be true of an average person to some extent, but is it also a fear that lies in a much deeper, more spiritual understanding of things, that stops us from becoming killers. A feeling that someone or something is watching and keeping track of what we do and giving us back what we give out. Or the feeling that the universe and all that is contained within it, are subject to certain laws, like the law of attraction; what you 'put out there' you shall receive back, all those positive and negative atoms floating invisibly around and within us, can they be controlled to our advantage? And can they also work against us? The latter of the two ideas definitely gives more power to the individual (rather than it all being in the hands of an almighty creator), but it still recognises a greater force than our own being at work around us. 

Were these ancient laws and philosophies created to make us toe the line, so we can prosper as a healthy and progressive society? Or were they written down from experience, as a warning? 

Personally, I'd like to think there is a law of attraction, no, I believe there is a law of attraction, I also believe this law should be put to good use, not for the opportunity to please an all seeing deity, just simply to better your own life and that of the people around you.
I don't think there's any question that we all want to be happy, deep down in the core of our soul, is there? And the world could certainly do with more happiness right now, don't you think? Happiness and love, good living, these things have a knock on effect, so we're all responsible for everything that goes on in this world. Through our own positive actions we can cause a positive reaction that resonates around the rest of the world  not only by donating money, or writing articles, or protesting in the street, but by changing our own individual outlook entirely to that of positive actions, thoughts and speech. 
I'm not saying we all need to become saints, but we could attempt to be a little less poisoned by learning from those wise teachers of old, whose timeless messages still ring true, perhaps now more than ever.

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.” ~ Gandhi.

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