Armed With A Mind

I don’t care who does what with their bodies in the individual sense.

On the whole, I believe that society is far too reliant on drugs and alcohol for weekly survival and fun. I think its an easy way to escape fucked up things in your life and I think its an easy way to forget little things like how boring your job is

In this sense it inhibits people, instead of getting home from your shitty job and trying to find a way to change your life and do something with doing, people come home, have a few beers, forget about it and do it all again.

Other than that I believe there is so much beauty, adventure, fun, so much to discover, so many people to meet, so many stories to hear, so many conversations to be had, not to mention the ton of shit that needs to be fixed, in the world we have. Yet people spend every weekend lost in a different world, in a different self etc trying to do something ‘fun’ and ‘different’ to their boring week that they miss every part of this.

I just don’t understand. I believe there are far more fun things as well as far more important things our brain power, time and effort should be getting put into.

Straight Edge because I need to think clearly to achieve the most for myself and this world.

Man, this is a big question. I believe I have a.ton to be proud of from my changes in the past two years. I am in no way ashamed of saying I have changed.

I have made big decisions that can be labelled very simply into things like becoming Straight Edge, Vegan, an Activist, a feminist, a volunteer etc. But these things literally mean everything to me.

I have always grown up thinking I will save the world, I will be fighting and achieving every day. Unfortunately for years I never knew how to do this and I never understood quite what true ‘equality’ that I wanted to fight for meant.

I have had to realise that equality and understanding is deserved by literally ALL beings. Animals, ‘sluts’, gays, alcoholics etc. Everyone. I’m still going through this process as my current ideas still conflict with what I need to do sometimes. Eg, I wanted people to be free to be themselves and do as they wished, yet I would slut shame, it didn’t make sense.

I have changed because I am forcing my mind open. And every day with the new information I receive I am trying to think of ways which I can actually put my goals into action and spread these ideas. These past two years have been critical for becoming who I believe I really am and am going to be.

These have been some of the best, scariest and most educational years. I’m so excited for what is to come.

If you ever come to Australia, ill let you sleep at my house and show you our one vegan restaurant! Hahaha its really not that bad, but you guys have cool shit and I want it!

:’) haha

Took this last night and forgot about it :)

Only to find out that they lived off soft drink and two minute noodles and never touched a vegetable in their lives.

Veganism didnt make you sick, your own stupidity made you sick.

Fuck you for spreading false bullshit because youre too stupid to do some research.

And they stayed for a week and then flew home to Sweden.

Sigh.

I put my hand up and said hippies might become depressed thinking about how much wrong there is in the world and feeling like its their responsibility to change it.

Everyone thought that was funny.

This is my life, right now.

‘I like it’ is not a real answer.

Vegan haters, prove something. I dare you.

I love my friends even when they don’t care about shit.

But its pretty lonely thinking about how much there is to fix in the world when only a handful of people I know want to do anything about it.

Being part of a ‘movement’ is not just about a nice shiny label and a place to feel safe in your choices, its about moving forward.

Straight Edge Is not about being sober just for yourself. It is about opening your mind to see the destruction drug use and abuse causes to our already crooked world. And doing something about it. Leading by example to present a positive alternative.

But Straight Edge is a means to an end. It is not the end. Yet so many people choose Straight Edge and then that’s it. That’s the extent of their efforts. Congratulations, youre sober. Now what?

We have all these free and clear minds, yet they’re achieving nothing.

A sober mind has the time and ability to think and see what is wrong with this world. Not just drug abuse, but the many forms of oppression and destruction.

Drugs hold people back right?
If this is your arguement, you need to prove that your sobriety is worth something. You can’t be held back if you weren’t achieving anything in the first place.

Edge kids. Open your mind again. There is so much you’re ignoring.