A place to vent

“So what are your goals?”

“Well I want to start my own business one day”

“No no no, not your career goals, what is your other goals?”

“I guess I just want to be happy”

“I don’t think you understand, do you want to be rich, famous, maybe ahve a big house?”

“No I just want to be happy”

“So you ahve no other goals? You don’t want to maybe travel, see someplace new like paris, or anything?”

“No, Just being happy is more than okay with me”

“That’s pathetic”

“FUCK YOU!”

Since when was happy fucking now good enough!
I can’t seem to understand, how your not happy just begin happy.
Why do you need a big hose, why do you need a nice car,
why do you need to be rich to be happy?

Maybe it’s just me, but stuff is just stuff, and it doesn’t make me happy.
I don’t need it, I don’t want it, I only need my friends with me,
Because stuff is just stuff, and it doesn’t make me happy,
maybe it’s just me, or no one else can seem to see
that stuff is just stuff, and it won’t make you happy.

and why would I leave, where would I go,
all of my friends are right here,
I guess if they came we could tare up some place,
but then again were easy to please, we do what makes us happy!

Maybe it’s just me, but stuff is just stuff, and it doesn’t make me happy.
I don’t need it, I don’t want it, I only need my friends with me,
Because stuff is just stuff, and it doesn’t make me happy,
maybe it’s just me, or no one else can seem to see
that stuff is just stuff, and it won’t make you happy.

“Get out”

“Fine!”

Bullseye

I walk these halls with a target on my back,
called so many names that I’ve started to lose track,
of who I am(Who the fuck am I!)

They all take aim and I stand and wait,
Time to see who will hit today,
won’t someone help me (Won’t someone stop this suffering!)

Put up with this shit every day,
no one does a fucking thing
To try to help me (I DIDN’T EVEN DO ANYTHING!)

I’m sick and tired of all this,
my hands ball into a fist,
and as they start to shout
I PUNCHED A MOTHERFUCKER IN THE FACE!!!!!

Tao te ching 70

My teachings are easy to understand
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you’ll fail.

My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their meaning?

If you want to know me,
look inside your heart.

Tao Te Ching 69

The generals have a saying:
“Rather than make the first move
it is better to wait and see.
Rather than advance an inch
it is better to retreat a yard.”

This is called
going forward without advancing,
pushing back without using weapons.

There is no greater misfortune
than underestimating your enemy.
Underestimating your enemy
means thinking that he is evil.
Thus you destroy your three treasures
and become an enemy yourself.

When two great forces oppose each other,
the victory will go
to the one that knows how to yield.

Tao Te Ching 68

The best athlete
wants his opponent at his best.
The best general
enters the mind of his enemy.
The best businessman
serves the communal good.
The best leader
follows the will of the people.

All of the embody
the virtue of non-competition.
Not that they don’t love to compete,
but they do it in the spirit of play.
In this they are like children
and in harmony with the Tao.

Tao Te Ching 67

Some say that my teaching is nonsense.
Others call it lofty but impractical.
But to those who have looked inside themselves,
this nonsense makes perfect sense.
And to those who put it into practice,
this loftiness has roots that go deep.

I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.

Tao te ching 66

All streams flow to the sea
because it is lower than they are.
Humility gives it its power.

If you want to govern the people,
you must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead the people,
you must learn how to follow them.

The Master is above the people,
and no one feels oppressed.
She goes ahead of the people,
and no one feels manipulated.
The whole world is grateful to her.
Because she competes with no one,
no one can compete with her.

Tao Te Ching 65

The ancient Masters
didn’t try to educate the people,
but kindly taught them to not-know.

When they think that they know the answers,
people are difficult to guide.
When they know that they don’t know,
people can find their own way.

If you want to learn how to govern,
avoid being clever or rich.
The simplest pattern is the clearest.
Content with an ordinary life,
you can show all people the way
back to their own true nature.

64

What is rooted is easy to nourish.
What is recent is easy to correct.
What is brittle is easy to break.
What is small is easy to scatter.

Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.

Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm
at the end as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.

Tao Te Ching 63

Act without doing;
work without effort.
Think of the small as large
and the few as many.
Confront the difficult
while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task
by a series of small acts.

The Master never reaches for the great;
thus she achieves greatness.
When she runs into a difficulty,
she stops and gives herself to it.
She doesn’t cling to her own comfort;
thus problems are no problem for her.