"Don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we ( Read more... )

I have a bad track record when it comes to my birthdays. I mean, I've had some great ones, but most of them are rollercoaster rides of ups and downs. I think this is partly because I place too much weight on having a "special day," looking at it as my one yearly opportunity to do something that I really want to do. Then, inevitably, something ( Read more... )

Still feeling very introspective. My sister spent the night last night, as she had a film to watch for one class and had to be back at school at 6:00 a.m. and didn't want to drive 2 hours north just to sleep for four hours and get up and drive back. She brought a bottle of wine as a thank you for the use of my couch. Which is kind of like ( Read more... )

Reality is highly subjective. I've been reminded of that a lot lately. I just keep getting that wake-up call: my world is not the same as anyone else's. I realize that I can't understand someone else's world because it bears absolutely no resemblance to mine. People who were, or still are, very close to me, can experience the exact same ( Read more... )