BabeOfBlasphemy

Yep, life is all about perspective.

My sister all her life has been massive. When born she was nearly 14 pounds, and to this day she's 6 foot pushing 385.

In high-school she was ashamed of her body and horrified by swim class. She hid in the stalls crying about how fat she was. A girl came up and told her she wishes she had her fat legs. My sister uncovered her face (she was crying into her hands) to tell the girl to fuck off, and found the girl in a wheel chair, with no arms and legs....

In that moment, my sister realized how lucky she was to have her fat body.

And that girl became one of her best friends, it's been 30 years since they graduated and they still hang out.

Everyone suffers on some level, suffering is relative to severity and person. And if one spends time reflecting on how worse things could be, the things they DO have that many do not, they can learn to be happy. Because happiness, truly, is learning how to find contentment in simple things.

Ancient people were pretty well aware the earth is round. Prior to the dark ages (the systematic destruction of earlier knowledge to suit theocratic rule) ancient Egyptians discoveted it by planting poles in the ground to stake out their structures. They noticed the pole shadows arched.... Doesn't take much but math to realize from archs that the earth is in the LEAST rounded...

Amen! Canopies of the Forrest's are what allow everything to thrive. Deforestation is the number one threat to everyone. The rainforest produces hella oxygen for this planet and eats up much of the carbon cities produce.

I think that's best. Many indigenous can catch diseases because their bodies do not share the same immunities that city dwellers do.

There was a whole art movement from the 1800's-1900's depicting white people's horror at how industry was cutting up the pastoral landscapes. Many white people suffer anxiety, exhaustion and a host of other disorders at the toil and lack of natural life. I myself am a white person and hate going into cities because I get sick looking at tall buildings and concrete everywhere. It makes me feel inhuman, I need trees and green to feel normal, like an animal who belongs to this earth. Many whites feel this way which is why they sprawl away from cities into country sides to escape the craziness of cities.