cloudy

there is so much love in friendship, people forget that

i’ve been saying this to myself this morning and i’m going to say it to you in case you need to hear it: you are not here to be physically attractive. that is not your purpose. you are here to learn new things and be kind to people and listen to your favorite music and pet cute dogs and read big books and drink good coffee. you are here to see beauty in the world and create it when you can’t find any. you are not here to impress people with how you look.

i guess a simpler way to say it is: you cannot enjoy the future, you can only enjoy the present, and if you spend your time by putting off enjoying the present, you will be so used to ignoring the now for the future payoff that when the payoff does arrive you won’t even be able to enjoy it properly anyway. delayed gratification is not a way to go through life, and the fact that it’s a skill which makes very productive and successful workers should be all you need to know about it. it’s anti life.