Life has a way of teaching us things with or without consent. The best thing I heard in a long time was that beliefs do not tell us who you are behavior does. I am not here to defend myself in anyway. Sometimes I sit back and find it entertaining how people have this set notion of who they think you are. They have built so many assumptions, preconceived ideas and judgments in their heads. The biggest suggestion I have in getting to know someone is to drop all judgements and assumptions. Then and only then will you get to know someone. If you don't, you will constantly be frustrated and wondering why they don't fit into your own selfish agenda. Embrace someone that is different from you. Accept it. We do not have to immediately attempt to repress, control and discipline others based on our own fear and ego. Entertaining.
D ia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a colorful festival celebrating the living. In the United States and in Mexico's larger cities, families build altars in their homes, dedicating them to the dead. They surround these altars with flowers, food and pictures of the deceased. They light candles and place them next to the altar. The Aztecs and other Meso -American civilizations kept skulls as trophies and displayed them during the ritual. The skulls were used to symbolize death and rebirth. The Aztecs and other Meso -American civilizations believed that the dead came back to visit during the month long ritual. The natives viewed it as the continuation of life. Instead of fearing death, they embraced it. To them, life was a dream and only in death did they become truly awake. The ritual has evolved to include other cultures like Native Americans and African Americans doing their own dances. This was my third year celebrating this event. Each year Hollywood Forever Cemetery comes ...
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