Alleviation - freedom from a burden/pain
My best friend and stopped at a cafe on the way to her parent's bakery. I bought a raspberry drink called a "kinky reggae". Those who don't know the reference will be shot...those who survive will be shot again. It is named after a Bob Marley song that i used to love. I hummed it as we walked downtown. Adrianna (my best friend) loved the drink as much as i did. I met her parents at the bakery. They gave me lots of baked goods out of the kindness of their hearts....good people. They showed me in cookies and breads. I'm in love...and it just might get serious. After we parted, we arrived at a very empty bridge and walked around for a bit. We thought about our pasts for a while...breakups, secrets and all that. Stumped by the pain of past affairs...we left this place and went to a playground. It was made of foam. There were two water fountains which soaked a large area and two huge slides. We stopped and ate a snack and continued talking about things we would soon forget. The laughs were memorable. We soon left this place as well...As the sun went down, we arrived back to Adrianna's temporary home by the river. She suggested that we toss rocks into the river...each rock bearing a revelation. Some rocks were things we through away and others were things we embrace.
1 rock for senseless violence...
another for for ignorance and its many faces...
another for wasting energy changing the unchangeable
another for being being a product of your circumstances
another for peer pressure
another for our self growth and a brighter future
another for putting ourselves and our well being first...
another for looking towards the positive and finding it in the dark
The last rock...was for purification and a step out of our negative experiences...
This was a ceremony for our pursuit of happiness...everyone deserves to do something like this. For some this ceremony starts with white clothing...some start with a prayer...others start with a chant or a hymn...a select few start with a friend and a kinky reggae...Let go of the things you don't need or your burdens will break you. Embrace the things you need and let go of the things you don't and the load will lesson...and it feels good.
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Jahmal
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Because you said you would kill me if I didn't...
ReplyDeleteI think that it helps the most if you stop thinking about what you are going to do better and just live your life. Later, looking back, things all just kind of work out in the end. Like that Beatles song that I can't currently remember the name of and am too lazy to look up.
But that's just me.
P.S I'm still waiting for you nice comment about me. Haha
theres a jewish tradition sort of like that
ReplyDeleteexcept we use bread crumbs to get rid of our sins around this time of the year
i had something else that i wanted to say but i don't know how to put it in words and communicate it through the computer so you'll just have to wait
This is a test to see if my comments have decided to work...
ReplyDeleteIVE HAD THE KINKY REGGAE! its so good
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