Incense and flame

        When the incense smoulders, it exhales its perfume, becoming fog and light. Its essence spreads into the air and makes reality restless. After its burn time, the incense becomes ash and twisted wood.
       Our lives seem like that when we open our eyes to the world, like a stick rising to shape us throughout our lifespan, to be perfume and light in the world. However, some of us will be perfume, while others will be only twisted and burned wood.
        In fact, we are shaped by different forms of consciousness. When we awaken to life, we have no idea about what we will be or do, because we are only desires. We can identify among us those who exhale an intense perfume, even when they become twisted wood. Even though the best fragrances are in small jars because they are rare and made of beautiful wood, some of them are not able to bewitch the world.
       Only a special fire can reveal the most elaborate perfume. Can we set fire to ourselves, or do we need a reason or someone to encourage us?
       Brave decisions are made of surprising and inconsequential incense. These moments may reveal heroes who are inconsequential and set fire to themselves to save others. They are the cause of our admiration, and it is possible to feel the essence that they exhale to become perfume to inspire and drive our lives.
     At times, the most beautiful people are not able to perfume the world all the time. They are woods that burn very quickly, and their perfume goes with the wind. Some perfumes are cheaper and ordinary, while others are rare and hard to obtain.
       Some people wear perfume to be someone they are not, and others do not need something else to be what they are.
      The incense needs a flame to be what it is. On the other hand, we need to find someone who will set fire to us and show us what we are capable of being.
       The flame of love will not always awaken its perfume. We can have an internal fire to light us and show us how far we can go. Our internal flame is our best, and the one that will prove what we are skilled at and help us escape the limbo of consciousness.
       We need to keep this internal fire burning to encourage us to learn more and more, because our appearance will change over time, like a stick that will go with the wind. We will need to keep this open flame alive because, without it, our incense will be only twisted wood.

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