Well, this won't be a real journal-entry. I just wanted to present a song, which really made me think about (my) life lately: Linkin Park's Leave out all the Rest.
[This is a linked music video on youtube for those who don't know the song or those who want to listen to it once again: [link] ]

Leave Out All The Rest
-Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
'cause no else cared
After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here
So if you're asking me
I want you to know

CHORUS
When my time comes
Forget the wrong what I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed
Don't resent me
When you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you
So if you're asking me
I want you to know

CHORUS

Forgetting
All the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

CHORUS

Forgetting
All the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are

I think the song is really powerful. It's not a typical Linkin Park song, not comparable to any song on their older albums "Hybrid Theory" or "Meteora". It's more thoughtful and reflecting in a way. Still, it deals with a thought every human has to face at least once in life: Do the things I do really matter? Am I living my life to the fullest? Or am I wasting it?
Please don't get this wrong, it's not that I am depressed right now (even though I failed my last exam, but that's not the point here^^), but I can't stop thinking about one thing: Do I matter at all? Am I of influence to others? And will people remember me as a good person if I am gone one day? Some may say that this should not be of my concern. But I believe that in a way it should be our concern. The fact that we give birth to children, the fact that we educate them, that we share our values with them - everything has the goal to keep our motives, emotions going. We're not only passing on our genes, but our ideals, the things we love, we hate. We influence our children - and this way we give proof to others and ourselves that we were of influence, that we mattered.
Oh my, I am loosing track right now XD. Still, I think I could make my point: We should live our lifes with the goal to leave something good behind - or we would've failed in a way. The song did not make me realize that - but expressed my mood right now. That's why I wanted to share this ^^.

@ BeautifulExperience: I know you will find yourself reminded of a discussion we had a while back: Are we part of a grand plan and do we matter as an individual being? I know we had our differences, but I wanted to add this journal into the discussion. Yes, we do matter. Maybe not as the individuals we believe to be, but we give our genes and memes to the next generation. Therefore, we take influence in things - that's why we matter.



Again, a presentation of my favourite artists here:

1.my absolute favourite artist here didn't change, he still is brilliant:
[link] Alexiuss

2.a very talented photographer:
[link] Zardo

3.is a newcomer, I love his texts – most of them are German, though.
[link] BeautifulExperience

4.I stumbled over her gallery by accident, but she is such a great artist:
[link] Ravenskar
my current wallpaper is her own character Raven, [link] awesome picture!

5.my best friend here:
[link] AmbraLuna

6.and last but not least hiliuyun, who is really amazing: [link]


Besides, I mentioned World of Warcraft a few times during my last journal-entries: I am aware of the fact that most people here will play on American/Asian servers, but for those playing on European servers: The upcoming Ulduar-Patch (WotLK 3.1.) will include the possibility to talk to people from other servers within the same realmpool and as far as I know even from other countries (I am not sure about this, though!). That's why I will add my server and my ingame-nicknames to this journal:
EU-GER-Realm Destromath
Mimiru (lvl. 80) protection-paladin
Jowy (lvl. 80) beastmaster-hunter
Valeriya (lvl. 26) shadow-priest