aisi sera groigne qui groigne

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed with the insatiable desire to learn. To know astronomy and geography and language and architecture; to recognize each constellation, planet, and star; to speak and understand all languages, be able to decipher ancient Greek and Latin text; to grow my understanding of how the human body works; study the differences and similarities of each religion; recognize the use for each herb and seed and sapling.

“Maybe it’s okay that you don’t know what’s going to happen. Maybe you should stop predicting and controlling and enjoy each moment as it comes.”

gentle reminder

“I don’t know how to want without consuming.”

“Listen. Pay attention. One day all the confusion will be over, all the torment and the unexplained, you will learn to live in the great absent-mindedness, that opens all doors and windows, so that the light can flow in and lead you away. Where? Do not ask where. Live your life, that is the answer. Don’t forget to remember, it leads you forward. You are still a child, you have such happy, attentive eyes. Don’t lose them. Be inquisitive. Pay attention. Do you promise?”

what 2014 taught me: