40. Under Pressure

4 sep 2018

Under Pressure (1981)

Freddie Mercury, David Bowie
RIP Freddie Mercury (1946-1991)  & David Bowie (1947-2016)

(thots)

what's on the mind? 

some days are unutterable.

prolly better if blank 😂

one word stands out today... 

"context"

news of someone's untimely death can do this sometimes. rip. ❤️

loneliness felt by the isolated. 

but but but... 

one can be lonely in a crowd too

obesity, loneliness, depression, anxiety, inferiority complex etc etc... familiar conditions today. how rampant? 

prolly symptoms. root cause? 

solutions? 

Under Pressure - Lyrics excerpt

"It's the terror of knowing

What the world is about

Watching some good friends

Screaming 'Let me out'..."

under pressure

https://youtu.be/YoDh_gHDvkk

"Why can't we give love 

that one more chance

Why can't we give love 

give love give love give love

Give love give love give love 

give love give love

'Coz love's such an old fashioned word

And love dares you to care for

The people on the (People on streets) edge of the night

And loves (People on streets) 

dares you to 

change our way of

Caring about ourselves..."

under pressure

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jannah: why don't the LGBT community worldwide get together and start their own country ? 😂😂

me: yes, that's possible! wow u never know, might happen!

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thank you LL for your thoughts and the document :) and that is a good read too. 

it's a difficult topic and i find it challenging to put thoughts into words.

if anyone read my comment as a personal attack, i'm very sorry for not being clearer. perhaps i will share my thoughts that had made me sad, please bear with me or skip the read below.

i have been asking myself... how will i behave or act if my own son tells me he's gay and insists on living life that way? will i take my stand, treat him as a criminal and throw him in jail - wouldn't jail prevent him from living this life? is throwing him in jail an act of love? idk. do i force him to change then? do i force him to marry a girl? do i beat and punish him if he refuses? ostracise him and disown him? forcefully kick him out of church even though he's been a faithful church volunteer? do i tell him to stop calling me "mommy" until he changes his ways? do i persist on changing him by forcing him to follow my heterosexual values because his homosexual lifestyle is against my beliefs? what would other mothers do? what would the church do? what would jesus do? js... i bet jesus knows exactly what to do. i definitely have no clue what to do if i faced this. i will just feel very sad. truth is, these horrible thoughts actually go through my mind. well, that's me. and that's why i chose not to sign this petition. however, i hope to find a petition to amend 377A - to offer a way for people to reach out to one another rather than to tear society apart. thanks for listening. 

i hope our own views and thoughts do not cause any rifts among us but allows us to have stronger ties and feel safe to share without being afraid of tearing us apart.