Showing posts with label World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2014

The Land of Waterfalls! Brazil: Foz do Iquaçu.


As we neared the Foz do Iguaçu Airport, we flew over miles and miles of trees. I thought that we would be staying in the jungle as I tried to do as little research as possible, so that I could be surprised.




Then, a river came into sight with what seemed like a large hole in the Earth. It was the waterfalls. From above, I had no idea how we were going to get there, not knowing all the roads were hidden by the tall trees.






Walking out the doors of the airport, I could feel the thick cloud of mist as I inhaled the fresh rainforest's air. We took a highway surrounded by miles of trees until we reached a small town. It was quaint and pleasant with many shops and restaurants.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Child's Play


Ups and downs. Punches and kicks. Flowers and Gifts. Which is it? Confusion of the unknown. The fear of the future. The search of the true meaning of this World. Surrounded by children running a country of children that play dirty on the playground. Those who have mercy fall off the monkey bars and land in the mud. Those who are conniving push and pull to climb to the top. In the end, they slide down alone anyway. We are a species of copycats with an exception of a rare few. We follow in our parent's footsteps creating a never-ending cycle of bad behaviour through generations. The internet has come to change our ways, our misinterpretations, our loneliness and our inability to assess a situation without emotional involvement. The future is here, and yet the stubbornness is holding us back. Peter Pan possesses all of us. The clock is ticking. The future is waiting for us to become the people we are meant to be. We can't seem to rid of these useless thoughts that make our egos bleed, creating a wall of soldiers to protect us. How could we have become so emotionally unstable that we have built this devil called the "Ego". They say that ignorance is bliss, but do they know what it is like to be on the other side? To see yourself as not a self. The self is your own experience of phenomena, your very own perception, emotions and thoughts. How did those come into existence? By the outside world; the people that surround you, the situations you were lucky or unlucky to be part of. Appreciate that you are alive to be graced by those people who pass by your life teaching you extraordinary lessons. In return, you can share that knowledge. We humans have devoured this world whole. The fighting must stop, the selfishness must disappear. Look into yourself like you would look into the eyes of an animal. You should see all the things that you believe people can't see. Purity and loyalty. Stare at the evil that lurks in your thoughts, those addictive thoughts. Stare at it until it can no longer stare back, until it gives up and disappears. No one said it would be easy but it can be done. The pain that sticks like pins and needles in our hearts are all memories from the past. The past is history that exists only to teach us what to avoid and not to repeat. Holding a grudge can only hurt you more than anyone else. Your body is your home and your soul are the lights, you only have one for this lifetime, use it wisely. 
Julia Quis

Live for the Moment, Not by the Past.