Kissing While the Eifel Tower Crumbles
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  • Reads 132
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 10
  • Time 11m
Ongoing, First published Nov 12, 2015
Today's media, particularly Hollywood itself, is obsessed with the different ways humanity will be wiped off the face of the earth. Apocalyptic situations seem to be people's obsessions, fascinations. Maybe because it shows them how fragile we are as a species, but in a way where they can pay eight dollars to waste away an hour and twenty minutes out of their life and then forget about a possible truth that was hidden right before their eyes. 
    There seem to be two different type of people in this world: the one's who thrive on knowing they are earth's weakest link [without all of their technology] and those who realize that fact and it scares them, and rightfully so. Those who are not like me, and those who are like me. For those who are like me, we are terrified of the facts we force ourselves to accept, then look at the world and go, "we are doomed." Then we see just one, simple act of kindness on a day out, and all of our faith in humanity is again restored. 
    This book of random writings is about how one must take the pile of shit you are given, and make it fertilizer. It exposes the truths everyone hides their eyes from and then reassures you that in the end, "every little thing. . is gonna be alright". Life incarnate is this weird mirage on our soul's horizon; it is temporary, fleeting, and full of flowers of hope among the weeds of uncertainty and turmoil. The writings in this collection are here to tell you that even if your world is crashing down, even if the Twin Towers fall--even if the Eifel Tower crumbles--this is not the end of the road. The little things are the miraculous things.
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