phoenix rising

“Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.”

“Worthy is the one who sees me before I show myself.”

Some are tempted to brace the darkness that resides within every living being. While others refuse to acknowledge its presences, choosing without a doubt to believe that there lies only good. I’m not a monster for seeing both sides and yet you treat me with hostility, like the devil. If you can’t open yourself to other perspectives, to other possibilities, if there’s no self-reflection there’s no growth. You will be how you always were, how you always will be. There will be people who will whisper sweet sounding words for you to hear. To be agreeable with everything that you say, because you are always right, fortunately, that’s not me.

Even when all the cards are placed right in front of you. You can never really know what’s going to happen. The only thing you can do is trust that no matter what happens, you’re going to be okay - take the plunge into the unknown.

“If you vote, you have no right to complain. You wanted a master, and you got one.”