{"id":46141,"date":"2017-04-08T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=46141"},"modified":"2017-04-08T21:27:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:27:02","slug":"damn-it-feels-good-to-be-fucking-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-fucking-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Damn It Feels Good to Be Fucking Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eric<\/p>\n

Damn it feels good to be fucking alive,
\nTo jump and jive
\nto realize
\nthat I am alive.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

I am capable of love and joy
\nto play with my niece
\nto be like a grown-ass boy<\/p>\n

To create and explore
\nto understand new worlds
\nto watch inspiration film
\nto make soulful beats
\nand to bite into the meat
\nof life<\/p>\n

\n

\"IMG_1428-173-trix1600-sea-water\"<\/p>\n

To make photos which uplift my soul
\nwhich feed my curiosity
\nWithout my creative blood
\nthat would be the loss of me<\/p>\n

\n

Everyday
\nevery morning
\nwhen I wake up in bed
\nI look at the ivory ceiling
\nmy calloused hands<\/p>\n

I roll out of bed to the right
\nturn on the bathroom
\nbright white lights
\nbrush my teeth
\nboil some water
\nput on my black clothes
\nmake coffee
\nsit down on my firm chair
\nand start putting my fingers onto the keyboard
\ncool shit happens.<\/p>\n

\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

To me, coffee is proof that God loves us
\nto me, curiosity, love, and life is the greatest blessing
\nto me, we have no limits
\nno boundaries
\nno glass ceiling.<\/p>\n

We can just put on our jetpack
\nexplore the world
\nand be anything
\nwe want to be<\/p>\n

To explore our minds
\nour souls
\nover rough terrain
\nand to gain
\na deeper
\nknowledge of the earth around us
\nand the universe, which uplifts our souls to the heavens.<\/p>\n

\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Damn it feels good to be fucking alive<\/p>\n

Let me never waste a minute of my day
\nwith some petty bullshit
\nwith being angry
\nwith being upset
\nwith feeling indignant.<\/p>\n

Rather, let me focus on my work.
\nLet me hustle hard
\nlet me work on work that uplifts me, and will hopefully empower and uplift others.<\/p>\n

Let me break off the golden-chains which imprison my own mind
\nto sip the thick sweet syrup of divine wine
\nthat drips from my lips from the kiss
\nof my beautiful wife
\nCindy.<\/p>\n

\n

\"buckminsterfuller-inbackyardwithleaf\"<\/p>\n

Let me stand in rapture and awe
\nin the beauty of nature
\nin the majesty of trees
\nthe power of weeds, clawing its way through heavy rocks and thick smog<\/p>\n

Let me keep gaining nutrition from the digital soil
\nto nourish my mind
\nand let me mind
\nthat my time
\non earth is limited<\/p>\n

\n

120 years at best.<\/p>\n

Let me rest each night
\nknowing that I did everything in my power
\nto use my time right
\nTo stay bright and glow
\nand to show
\nothers
\ntheir inner-light.<\/p>\n

\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Everyday I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hustling
\nfor the greater power
\neach hour<\/p>\n

Let me not cower,
\nor be afraid.<\/p>\n

Let me put on my bullet-proof vest
\nand get ready
\nfor the venom-laced bullets
\nthat will attempt
\nto pierce my chest.<\/p>\n

\n
\"95880004-erickimphotography\"
My mom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dear friend,
\nyou got this inner-beauty
\nthis inner-soul
\nthat is crying out to you: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Set me free\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Let your soul be
\nbeautiful
\nradiant
\nshining.<\/p>\n

Quit rowing negative shit from the past.
\nYou are not your past.
\nYou are your now.
\nYou are your future.
\nYou are your creative actions and work.<\/p>\n

Never let nobody twerk you
\nfrom the path you take in life.<\/p>\n

You can pave your own path
\ngo off-roading
\nand explore new ground.<\/p>\n

Disregard the sound
\nof the jeers and the hate
\nof all those around you.<\/p>\n

Believe in yourself,
\nstay strong
\nand revel
\nin your oblong shape.<\/p>\n

You weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t born for a similar fate like others.<\/p>\n

Your fate will be great.<\/p>\n

\n

\"doves5-1\"<\/p>\n

So keep lacing your creative thoughts
\nand digest your wholesome ideas
\nand produce your own sweet honey.<\/p>\n

To not give a fuck about money
\nhonors or rewards
\nyour creative work is the reward in itself<\/p>\n

\n

meaning, the privilege to do your creative work is worth dying for.<\/p>\n

\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Sorry for this long drawn-out freestyle poem<\/p>\n

\n

but I want to tell you, you got everything in your heart and soul to do the work you were destined to.<\/p>\n

You just need faith in yourself. You need strength.<\/p>\n

So put on your winged helmet made out of bronze. Put on your bullet-proof vest. Let your muscles uplift you out of your self-imposed stupor and fear. You got this shit. You really got this.<\/p>\n

Be strong,
\nEric<\/p>\n

Learn more: Stoicism ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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