“It is a subtle violence, the violence of absence.”
-Lily King, The Pleasing Hour
It’s the presence that gives something to fascinate, and it’s better in the long run rather than just making something happen or going with the flow.
But when things don’t work out it might be because there is something that is what is called absence.
The absence of teamwork to make things work together.
The absence of consistency.
It’s the presence that is worth looking for because being present might be confusing given that it’s not going to make things better.
Yes of course you do the job well, you go to school and are always present always but do you do the work that matters that gives you goosebumps in a way that changes something for the better?
We live now in a confusing state of problems that in years, decades, or centuries are still being talked about to have a solution.
But here we are now in the present we still talk about the problems without a solid solution to them.
Living now with peace is what matters but don’t make the wrong idea that to gain peace is by not speaking up to stand for something that is right.
Focusing is what I call it when a human being understands, listens, and has empathy for others.
Show up, do the right thing, and be the artist who makes a craft that touches a human being.
Mark Tacastacas 
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