Introduction

       You are about to read philosophy. My philosophy. Now this will not be a conventional philosophy reading. In fact, quite the contrary. This is simply an introduction to the daily thoughts of Orange Mist, me. I don’t hold these thoughts to be all inclusive nor do I think they are necessarily right. These are my thoughts on life, society, and the way we think. Often I will see something, or something will happen to me, or I will think of something, or I will meet someone who inspires these thoughts. What you are about to read is meant to provoke thoughts. It is up to you to build upon them. Perhaps they have some truth, perhaps they are simply the ramblings of someone who just wants to write what he thinks. I think it should be obvious to  the reader so far that I do not hold myself to be right. I understand I am ignorant in many matters. Perhaps, in reality there are no all-inclusive philosophies. Perhaps there is no such thing as universal laws. Maybe life is just mystical and completely random. Nevertheless, it is obvious that patterns do appear to exist in this universe. Therefore, I will try to explore such patterns as based on today’s society because everything I think and feel is based, in one way or another on what society has showed me. I will attempt to rise above society, to philosophize without any prohibitions.

Expectations

      Expect nothing and hope for everything. This single sentence, if you implement it in your life, will save you much grief. Expectations can only lead to disappointment. Hope is nothing more than a wish, but it will make someone work hard for his or her goals. Take for example a test, if you go into a test expecting that you will receive an A, but end up getting a D, then you will probably be very frustrated and angry. If however, you expect to fail the test, and when I say expect I mean you truly make yourself believe that you will get an F, but you do in fact still hope for the A, then the D will be somewhat of a relief because you were expecting an F. Hope is critical. Hope gives you a sense of direction and can make you determined to see a goal through. It is expectations, however, that has the power to disappoint when goals are not reached. When one expects nothing, and something comes, then that is a positive thing, no matter how small that something is. Although it is hard to truly expect nothing, one can in fact effectively persuade oneself into expecting the worse. 

The Completeness of Nothing

      The notion of nothing is an interesting one. Can anyone truly comprehend what nothing is? Even black space is something. With this said, lets examine the importance of nothing. Take for example the universe: scientists know that within this universe there is a finite amount of matter - the rest of the universe is void of matter. Outside the universe is an even more incomprehensible form of nothing - a void of everything that can possibly exist. Now take into account that by definition, the universe would have to be surrounded by an infinite amount of "nothing". Remember, nothing is not something, but as I will soon show, it is so much more important than everything. So now that we have established that there is a finite amount of matter, the rest must be nothing, and there is nothing (if there isn't infinite matter) forever. So we have this entity, a system that is made up of the universe and the infinite nothingness around it. When we take into proportion some finite number, no matter how large it is, and compare it to infinity, the infinity will be infinitely larger. So in the scale of things, everything is nothing. The (proportionally) small amount of something is nothing compared to the large amount of everything. As metaphysical as that might sound, this is truly remarkable. It implies that if one understands nothing, one can understand everything since the "everything" really is no more than nothing.