{"id":1396,"date":"2011-08-31T08:23:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2011-08-31T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:41:00","slug":"what-is-it-to-be-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/what-is-it-to-be-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is It To Be Alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at the edge of the city, surrounded by the twisted buildings, grey from the ever-constant smog, suffocating the life out of remaining surviving trees, and watching helplessly at the sight of utter misery dwelling of poverty;<\/p>\n<p>Poverty has name, a cruel almost\u00a0indescribable\u00a0brand, the word that people dare not speak of, a word darkened by spite, a meaning of rot and social carnage; Ignorance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/what-is-it-to-be-alive\/make-poverty-history\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"make-poverty-history\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1413\" title=\"make-poverty-history\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moui.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/make-poverty-history.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The sky lacks the light, the air is fermented with an arrogance of greed, while everyone conforms to a single perception of compliance, but where is the value of life?<\/p>\n<p>Try as much as possible to be whole; to breathe the life that we take for granted, to walk the alleyways with honesty shining through our eyes, and with a\u00a0genuine and profound respect for the living and the dead; Try.<\/p>\n<p>The appreciation towards your, and everyone&#8217;s, existence is fueled by the hellish realm that we live in; Oh Yes, shaking our heads to ward off the anguish, and the denial of what you and me stand for; life begins only when mortals have felt the tip of compassion sinking slowly in the heart;<\/p>\n<p>You will wake up soon I am sure of this, when the thought of humanity floods your consciousness and you laugh at sadness and cry at joy; yes my friend, please do so, you will be dead soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fmoui.net%2Fblog%2F2011%2F08%2Fwhat-is-it-to-be-alive%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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