i think many people would agree with me on this as well.

something shifts within the human body when you face death at 22 years old. suddenly the fear of being smothering or too much pales in comparison to the fear of all those times it was left unsaid.

three words that are sometimes hard to say.

my sister told me i was brave. i didn't know how to explain this was not bravery, it was required. and what else could i do? how does suffering mean i'm brave?

all i remember is worrying about how i would finish my college degree while being wheel-chair bound for several weeks, unable to drive myself.

you almost die. and you're worried about assignments and bills stacking up.

It's always morally correct to deface advertisements but please be respectful of other peoples art

For the first group the consequences of your actions are real, they're directly related to your action. These rules can be broken only if you accept the risk first, maybe you want a burnt hand idk you do you

For the second group the consequences are imagined and enforced by authority, they aren't directly related to your actions people in power just want you to think they are. You should break these rules as often as you can get away with

All rules can be put into two groups; those that have a real consequence and those that have a manufactured consequence enforced by an authority, right?

Calvin: yeah...

Calvin's dad: don't pirate music? Manufactured. Don't touch the hotplate? Real. Don't walk on the grass? Manufactured. Don't climb into the tigers enclosure? Real.