#ohtrue

"If the game is already rigged, why can't I level the playing field? I mean, if everyone else is cheating..." "You want to take a shortcut? Remember this: you lose a chunk of your humanity every time you compromise your values."

An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth Would care to know my name, Would care to feel my hurt? ... Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin Would look on me with love and watch me rise again? Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea Would call out through the rain And calm the storm in me?

...and as it often happens, a trivial remark related to some unknown topic coiled and clung to one's own intimate recollection, a parasite of its sadness.