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Empire State Building, New York City (photo: Patrick Lydon | sociecity)

The Seeds

There are those who know well
the nature of humans;

of our shortsightedness
and of our lust

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One: The Road in Front of You (photo by Patrick Lydon | Ireland)

One: The Road in Front of You

To begin on a path of unlearning all you have been taught seems a frightening undertaking a lonely undertaking an aimless undertaking But it is only these things before you see the road in front of you   For the sake of human kind May more of us be temporarily frightened lonely and aimless that [...]

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One: What is True (photo by Patrick Lydon | Poland)

One: True Self

The true self is in living for your being and allowing others to live for theirs   The true society is in caring for others without placing prerequisites on how, when, and to whom that care should be distributed   What are we, then, who limit, regulate, and profit from the care of our neighbors? [...]

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One: True Freedom (photo by Patrick Lydon | South Korea)

One: True Freedom

From our birth, each step we take in this modern world is a step away from true freedom From our birth, we have no chance to realize what we must do to live truly   We believe that being true to society is being true to ourselves but when is society a reflection of us? [...]

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One: Wealth in Simplicity | Businessman walks along a beach in Haeundae, South Korea (Photo, 2011 | Patrick Lydon)

One: Wealth in Simplicity

In the past few years of traveling and living as a citizen of the world, I have come across many people who live many different lifestyles. In doing so, I have found certain truths which most members of modern society would laugh at until they die before they accept them as valid. The following, in four [...]

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Green and Building - Hong Kong (photo: Patrick Lydon)

The Difficult Part of Simple Life

The act of simply living life as we were meant to is really quite easy. It’s the part where we must shed our beliefs in everything that modern society has taught us which is difficult.

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Right, Wrong, and Tolerant: Easter at a Gay Bar in San Jose (photo: Patrick Lydon)

When Tolerance is Wrong

If a people are taught tolerance, they live to be themselves and to let others be themselves
Tolerance is part of life, and the people live in harmony with eachother
If a people are taught right and wrong, they live to do right…

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Only Kids Notice

Only kids notice the things that go on above their heads. They are the curious ones, the open-minded ones, the not-yet-enlightened ones. As adults, we make habit of looking straight ahead. How nice it would be if — every now and again — we might observe and accept our surroundings as children do.

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