For She Was the Light
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Last published Sun, Oct 17, 2021
The way things seem to unfold is an unchanging theme. It is not one of suffering, or one of success, but one of constant evolution. Some live in simpler times, while others live in an era of famine and war. The cycle is unchanging, and unchangeable. You are born, you will live to the best of your ability, and you will die. You may live in an era of self-realization and enlightenment, or in an era filled with blood-thirsty conquistadors aiming to push you ever so forcefully from your only home. You may be born to the oppressed or born to the oppressors. You have no choice in where you are born and where you die, but you have a choice in how you live.
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