Layers.

More and more, I'm seeing the layers all around me, the layers that make up everything that drives our lives. I'm peeling the layers back, one after another, and finding that most of them don't matter at all. All of this stuff, stuff we think is necessary to our survival, just suffocates us. It takes up all of our time so we forget what is really important. TV shows, what we wear or eat, where we live, what kind of labels we take on, the music we listen to, art we make, books we read, this, this writing for blah blah blah.

We forget that what is most important is living a life that doesn't damage others, doesn't damage our planet, a life in which we give back at least as much as we take in. To be self sufficient and truly responsible for our own selves. This I beat the drum about all of the time, personal responsibility, and yet I barely try. Taking money from a government I despise (any government, all governments) to pay to live in a society I despise, because I've been convinced that I am broken and can't do it on my own.

Well, I'm sick of it. I feel myself slowly sliding back into madness because it is all TOO MUCH. At this point, I need to really take hold of what is important and let the rest just blow away. I need to do what is right, and do it now.