Rent Free Thinking

  How do we find our place in this world? I think we all struggle with the idea of purpose, goals, and what is expected of us from time to time. For some people, it can be a career. For others, it can be a calling to something greater than life itself.  What are we to do when we feel like this? Most people can't change their circumstances. Sometimes we have to accept our place and do our best to move in a direction that is just slightly more tolerable than the last. But is it all worth it if we are just moving to a place of slightly less irritation? Is it worth the trouble? How do we know it will get better? Well, the truth is, most of the time, we don't know. In school, at least for my generation, we are given certain expectations to hold on to for years. From the time we can say the alphabet, to the time we take our final exam in our last class for the last time in High school, we hold onto those expectations. But the world doesn't care about our place. And we aren't ...

When we think of cats, we often do not realize that they have some significance in a particular lifestyle or world view. The way they present themselves, their behavior, and how they make those around them feel. Cats can be silly, unpredictable, cunning, and mischievous. But also they flow with life like water flows down a stream. Instead of forcing themselves through the rock, they frequently just simply go around it. Cats do not concern themselves with what is right and what is wrong like us humans, and since we developed morality, or perhaps it was bestowed upon us, we tend to see things differently than our feline friends. Cats are very indifferent to life, unlike us. We are typically searching to be higher beings, or to make life better for ourselves or those around us. Cats are simply satisfied with being cats. Is it our ability to think critically or our self realization that causes us to want to be greater? Why not be satisfied with what we are, and who we are? Some say ignoran...