01-22-2013, 12:04 AM
My only friends are mentally ill people. Everyone has problems. But some just cling to comfort, the comfort of luxury or groups or ignorance. Yet my friends, not wanting to take prescription drugs, opted for other drugs. And with other drugs, you tend to join that group, that drug scene: for connections, and because they can all relate to each other based on how their lives revolve around addiction. So they ditch me for drugs.
Most people will talk about being different, and act like they're proud of it. But then they don't like how people treat them, so they say one thing about their thoughts and feelings and beliefs, and then they let their actions be dictated by the people they dislike: because those people have more friends, more drugs, or more money.
The most intelligent and decent person will throw all their beliefs and all their dreams away, the moment the group mentality sets in. I know, I feel myself tempted into the comfort of group thinking. And it happens before you even realize it.
So like the Jewish philosopher, Groucho Marx, said: "Whatever it is... I'm against it!"
Talk of religion is going on here, too. When Christ said: "I bring not peace, but a sword..." that whole part of his speech is important to the fact that people are easily and subtly influenced. "You think I've come to bring peace. But I say, I've come to divide..." Great stuff he said. Men are fickle, weak, and easily molded. But you can find your own self... chase your own soul. And discover how easily you're tempted, and know exactly what you're fighting.
Most people will talk about being different, and act like they're proud of it. But then they don't like how people treat them, so they say one thing about their thoughts and feelings and beliefs, and then they let their actions be dictated by the people they dislike: because those people have more friends, more drugs, or more money.
The most intelligent and decent person will throw all their beliefs and all their dreams away, the moment the group mentality sets in. I know, I feel myself tempted into the comfort of group thinking. And it happens before you even realize it.
So like the Jewish philosopher, Groucho Marx, said: "Whatever it is... I'm against it!"
Talk of religion is going on here, too. When Christ said: "I bring not peace, but a sword..." that whole part of his speech is important to the fact that people are easily and subtly influenced. "You think I've come to bring peace. But I say, I've come to divide..." Great stuff he said. Men are fickle, weak, and easily molded. But you can find your own self... chase your own soul. And discover how easily you're tempted, and know exactly what you're fighting.