Monthly Archives: November 2012

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.” -Christopher Morley

What does this quote make you think about?

Well, for me, it says that we are all inadequate at life. And…I agree.Living life for us is like learning a language from our infancy on, we get plenty of lessons on how to do so, and by a certain age we are convinced that we are fluent. When in reality we flaunt our occupation of living life like we’re pro’s, but many people never really feel like they have lived by the time they die.  Of course there are many exceptions, many people feel happy with their lives, but I feel like the majority spends their life striving for the perfect dialect & never really master this “foreign language”. I expect that people will have opposing opinions and argue otherwise, but for my part I give lots of credit to this quote.  It allows for recognition of the flaws of man & the way we live. It’s getting recorded in my imaginary book of “Realest Quotes”. 🙂

“It’s just an American wedding
They don’t mean too much
They don’t last enough
We had an American wedding
Now what’s mine is yours
American divorce

Well, you can have my Mustang
That’s all I’ve got in my name
But Jesus Christ, don’t break my heart
This wedding ring won’t ever wipe off
But if you stay
Oh, if you stay…
You’ll probably leave later anyway
This love made in the U.S.A.”

-Frank Ocean “American Wedding”

Now, this is quite a powerful song to me, considering the majority of it was talking about American weddings being something spontaneous and good and done out of pure love. Then here comes this “american divorce” line and everything gets all real and depressing. I’ve always loved this song, despite it’s depressing nature. It really goes to show what we’ve done to alter to sacred origin and intent of marriage into something whimsical and fleeting. They say that half of all marriages end in divorce in the USA these days, if that isn’t a sad thought I don’t know what is. It makes us wonder, is marriage even worth it anymore? Is love just a passing thing?

“One may eat a cake with icing either straight or sidewise. It will taste sweet either way. As one can ascend to the top of a house by means of a ladder or a bamboo or a staircase or a rope, so diverse are the ways and means to approach God, and every religion in the world shows one of these ways”

-Ramakrishna 

I will argue that whatever higher power there may be (people have just given it different names and qualities. Let’s use God or “he” as universal for now), he has made different religions to suit different aspirations, times, countries, customs, & belief tendencies.  I’ve learned a great deal in my religious studies class and one of those things i’ve learned is that EVERY religion is defined by the TIME and PLACE in which is arose. Yes, there are many religions seemingly so completely different from one another, and yes humans twist and turn and edit their religion based on what they think or want to do. But I believe that the core of each religion is based on the same basic principle:  to be consolation to us. There are many ways in which this may manifest, but it’s all the same in my eyes.  How you reach God is not important, it’s why you choose to do so.  I don’t think people should persecute ANY religion. Each one at it’s core has purely good intentions, no matter how they show it. You wouldn’t judge a person because they like chocolate cake and you prefer vanilla, why do the same with religion?