What’s the one luxury you can’t live without? The second most expensive gift nature or Providence provided you at birth, right after the gift of Life, is the luxury of company. They say that you need to make yourself indispensable if you want to be appreciated by others and never lack for work. But what … Continue reading On Loneliness
Daily writing promptWhat are the most important things needed to live a good life?View all responses Perhaps the best way to carry the burden of life like our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ carried the Holy Cross, is to think of nothing else but the interests of others. Because if you were to examine the … Continue reading A Selfish Mindset?
Give me Freedom or Give me Death!
Daily writing promptDescribe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.View all responses There is only thing that brings me joy in this solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short life of ours: helping & teaching my daughter how to be a good, moral, and self-reliant person. There is nothing else that matters … Continue reading My Daughter
Daily writing promptWhat are you good at?View all responses Such a charged question, eh. What are you good at? Depends, as always, on who you ask. If you asked my uncle the question 25 years ago, he'd tell you that his nephew was going to amount to nothing. If you asked my dear departed mama, … Continue reading The Pesky Eyes of the Beholder
Do you have any collections? Memory not Sex is what made Humanity Strong. Memory is the recollection of time. It’s the raison d’être of Ab Memoriam, those slaves or freedmen who used to follow around, like Dune Mentates, accompanying Roman Emperors, generals, powerful people in their daily dealings. Memory is the only thing that makes … Continue reading On The Basis of Memory
What sacrifices have you made in life? The biggest sacrifice I made is when I left my country of birth: Romania. I had to do it for my life was going nowhere. I left behind a middle aged mother, an ailing grandmother, my friends some of whom were about to get married... and I crossed … Continue reading Abandoning my Mother
What's the oldest things you're wearing today? The oldest thing I wear today is my soul. It is also the heaviest. The burden of my soul is crushing. To be a moral person today is difficult. People around you confuse responsibility for themselves with that towards the nation they belong to. We are born as … Continue reading Heavy is the head that carries the Crown
Are you a leader or a follower? Most leaders are not born. They are formed, shaped by events, thrown into command by outside forces. They fight it with all their might but they soon lose that battle because of responsibility. Most leaders take power reluctantly and the lucky ones recognize the poison of authority and … Continue reading On Leadership
I often ponder upon the nature of Freedom. Is Freedom unobtainable in this little world of ours? Is Freedom even needed when some perhaps are right to think that it can easily be replaced by a sort of balance. Like you give some of your security to the State, some to the police, some to … Continue reading Anarchy is Freedom
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