Of Sanity And Repetition

The definition of insanity is the repetition of a continuously failed act coupled with the expectation of a different outcome. If your choices in life have caused you great pain, it is only common sense to adjust your later choices to grant yourself a more conducive future.

Of Angels Bound And The Devil Who Waits

If I were to dance with the devil within me, all the more infernal would my song truly be. Though angels be found amidst the sweet sound, they lie 'neath the pillars to which they are bound. If hell is a comedy and heaven a tragedy, then I'll strike up a blaze and laugh with great levity.

 

Of Hubris And The Fall

One must never allow foolish pride to take precedence over that which was once a shameless love. The satisfaction of such a selfish victory is fleeting and not at all worth suffering the maddening ghosts of one's deepest regret.

Of Darkened Reasoning And The Loud Fool

Take care that your blind zealotry does not cause you to abandon reason in favor of offering evidence to support ridiculous beliefs.
 

Of Polytheistic Ambitions

The problem facing our society is the amount of value we place in monetary gain rather than cultural and philosophical growth. We measure value not by the quality of a man's character, but by the quantity of his acquired wealth. Women often seek that which offers luxury and comfort, not that which is emotionally fulfilling. Men seek to gain respect via the girth of their coffers rather than the caliber of their thoughts and ideas. We must find deeper value within ourselves lest we become as petty and superficial as the Gods themselves!

 

Of Visitors And Opportunities Passed

Perhaps that which you still seek, and that which you once held in your hands are one in the same. Such impending regret must be staggering indeed. Only a fool would protest upon the absence of that which they have turned away at their doorstep.
 

Things Such As This

Things Such As This

If I were to scream into nothingness, would the sound deafen God's ears?

If I were to converse with a star, would it embrace my thoughts? Or would it simply cast them aside for the brilliance of the Sun?

If I were to sift through the refuse of human memory, would I unearth some form of substance or would I find only broken lines of withered communication? 

I often think upon things such as this when reality is too grave to bear.

I often think upon things such as this when the storm of life grows heavy and wild.

If I were to touch the sky, would it shatter like glass and rain slivers down upon the earth?

If I were to fill my eyes with all there is to behold, would it staunch the river of madness within my head?

I often think upon things such as this when love is fleeting and time has ebbed.

I often think upon things such as this when my sanity slips and the hour nears.

By Justin Huskey copyright 2013

Of Obsolete Relics And The Illusion Of Progress

I grow so very tired of the elderly and their ever-adamant, albeit quite erroneous belief that morality only exists in the past tense. This empty claim holds no truth and affirms nothing but the fact that they are either unwilling or incapable of adapting to the changing of the times. Morality, as with all things, is relative to the massively accepted opinions on the subject within the time frame of the inspection. For instance while same-sex marriage was deemed immoral at one time, it is now considered immoral to deny an individual their basic human rights based solely on their sexual preferences. To insist that all that is good in the world existed only in one's own time period is ridiculous indeed. Advocates of the WWII era love to speak of a much more sound world with morals and standards which have greatly fallen today. I wonder if the persecuted Jewish people would feel the same were they alive today to protest. What of the African Americans forced to take a literal backseat due to the color of their skin? Would they share the same opinions of morality in the past? Thinking such as this is proof that these individuals have indeed outlived their usefulness in today's society. I must mention that most of the relics found spewing such ignorance are also themselves advocates of such "moral" behavior as racism and hypocrisy. It is a sad day for humanity when mankind seeks to justify such atrocities.

Of Haunting Pasts And Chained Regret

The ghosts of regret are ever persistent, but in all their chain rattling and frightful shrieking, they are still merely apparitions; remnants of grief and nothing more. The darkness of the mind and all of its irrational thought will sustain them, but the light of reason shall reveal them for the sheet-draped nothingness that they truly are.

 

Of Poor Thomas Paine

If there ever was a pitiable man in this world undeserved of his poisoned reputation, it would have to be poor Thomas Paine. He was abandoned by his former brothers not for being a raving lunatic, but for being the most sane among them. His "anti-Christian" views proved too embarrassing for his once adamantly unified brethren... With the exception of Jefferson, of course. However difficult this may have been to endure, he remained firm in his Deist beliefs (Which these days is closer to Atheism than Theism) and perished with his pride intact. Thomas Paine is an illuminating example of an intelligent man being persecuted for surpassing the broken reasoning of his society. It is for this reason that he remains one of my most constant sources of inspiration. If you have not read his book "The Age Of Reason" I suggest that you do. It is a masterful work of logic for a world conditioned to insanity.

 

Of Ghosts And Morality

One of the greatest misconceptions held by Christians is that Atheists lack morality. This is of course based on their belief that anyone who denies the existence of God MUST be morally bankrupt due to the fact that they do not have the "Holy Ghost" to regulate them. It is precisely because we do not believe in such nonsense that we are in fact better equipped where morality is concerned. We can make our own decisions based on common human courtesy rather than follow often contradictory and prejudice scripture.

 

Of Possessing The Freedom To Display One's Own Ignorance

I often hear various individuals protesting against the right to free speech. I believe the freedom of speech to be the most significant right we possess. Were it not for the right to express ourselves through writing and vocalization we would be unable to recognize the blatant ignorance of others. If people insist on living in stupidity, we should at the very least provide them a pulpit from which to display it. In this respect we gain priceless knowledge concerning who to avoid at all costs.