Intricacy Within Simplicity

in today's world it is completely acceptable to believe whatever your told. it doesn't matter if your source is The New York Times or Twitter, society has made it acceptable to rely on those sources for facts.  due to this reliance it has caused societies perception of truth and lies to become distorted. everyone believing what they are told has caused the term "truth" or "fact" to have little to no value. people base opinions on world topics, food, people, or religion off of what they see online.  this is an issue. this is a crisis. the moment society stops thinking for themselves is the moment we accept our fate and destroy ourselves. our ancestors questioned, experimented, researched, tested. they looked into things and worked to find the truth in the midst of everything. they worked to discover facts and they checked to make sure they were accurate. yet today we would rather just go with what we're told.  WHEN DID WE BECOME SO LAZY?  when did we as a...

choices. I have no clue how to make them. whether it's what I want for lunch or decisions for my future, I can't decide.  as college continues to loom over me I realize that very soon I will have to decide. I will have to decide my future without knowing all the possible outcomes. it's like when you see the participants on game shows choose a door without any knowledge of what's behind the other.  that's what life is like. a game show. a constant game of choosing a door without any idea what you're choosing. people tell you decisions get easier with time, but why must you make such big decisions regarding your life at such a young age? I couldn't tell you what I wanted for lunch, much less tell you what I choose for the rest of my life.  but you see, it's not just choosing colleges. it's choosing friends, jobs, classes, clubs, relationships. it's choosing the things that will forever make or break you. it's life forcing you to decide your fat...

Behind every perfect photo is 4,000 horrid ones that make you second guess your entire life. The lighting is off, too many shadows, its blurry, you think your face looks funny. But in reality all of the photos have a common denominator, YOU. In today's society people believe they must always put their best image forward. Society has made it to where the only things deemed socially acceptable to share are your very best days, your most intelligent thoughts, your best pictures. This stigma causes individuals to hide their innermost feelings or thoughts, it causes people to second guess themselves to the point where they don't know who they are or what they stand for. This is creating a population of fake smiles and fake happiness, so in summary FAKE PEOPLE. It's causing society to be something they aren't in order to fit in and be accepted. The urge to be the best and seem flawless has led society to become a plethora of cookie cutter images. It bothers me that now pe...