Elemental Participation

I am going to preface this with an acknowledgment... I just read back through Thoughts on the Breeze and  noticed that for some reason I replaced there with their and vice versa... I should let you all know that I just type these on the fly and don't edit them, so as to give you the fullest extent of my mind... And filtering oneself is a move for those who are unsure of where they stand.

Anyway with winter approaching I thought it best to draw attention to one of my vices, smoking. I love smoking for many reasons, but none shine so bright as winter. Winter is my favorite reason for smoking. I love standing outside, alone, apart from even the other smokers. I stand in the snow as the sky-fluff lands my face, tickling my nose and distracting my eyelashes. I love the bite of the cold, a slight breeze is always welcome. I like to watch the little ice-angels dance in the fog and half light of the moon, adding my own clouds to the mix.

The thing I like about smoking is how much one can participate in spirituality, especially in the winter, while smoking. The cold earth under foot, the slight breeze that is ever present, the water of my breath weaving in and out of the menagerie, and of course the fire that I draw into my lungs. It is great knowing one is the quintessence of the universe, the unit that ties it all together. The unnamed binder in the cosmos. There is nothing as peaceful as just participating in the rampant loneliness that is permeating yet strangely sentient.

Anyone that has never taken a moment to be alone long enough to find a friend out of the emptiness has missed out on many sights that were only meant for them, be aware and seek the lonesome.

"So you ask me how I'm on fire, all I do is turn around and smile, baby girl not everyone can fly." - Wild Child

The Lonely King of The Elements
 King Badger

"What is your stance on meat, factory farms, the food supply, and related topics?" - Unknown

I like meat. I like the smell, taste, texture, and nutrient value. It takes a lot of protein to run a body built like mine. I hate factory farms, I hate keeping my meat penned up, waiting for the time the hammer falls. Meat taste better if it has been able to wander, to live, to experience the sun. I might be a little tougher sometimes, it is definitely more expensive due to other aspects of upkeep it requires, but I think that extra money is worth the price.

As far as the food supply goes I feel it is well larger than necessary to feed the entire world and with that if more people were to put forth actual effort to help the third world we, as a species, could become a far greater threat to the rest of the universe than just ourselves. I think we need to spread the food we have now, and then work as one unit to make this planet a place worth living. Petty squabbles over nonrenewable resources, status, "worth," is pointless. Global communism, if it could work, would be the way to ensure the Human Race becomes a force to be reckoned with. We are far to strong and intelligent to die here playing in our own filth arguing about who has the shiniest rock in the shit pile.