boy genius

I don’t think ‘want’ is the word. I guess I gotta try. My father told me once, he said, “If you see something wrong happening in the world, you can either do nothing, or you can do something. And I already tried nothing.

                        I  w i s h  we had  m o r e   t i m e

James T. Kirk in Star Trek Beyond (2016) dir. Justin Lin

“Mediocrity scares me. It’s the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.”

I think the most dangerous word in the English language is ‘should.’ “I should have done this.” Or “I should do that.” “Should” implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.

Insp. by “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by W. B. Yeats, requested by anonymous

Yeah, that little trick doesn’t work on this precious pine cone either. I am no less distracted, sir. (GIF picked up from @missmysteriousm)

insp.

Being a successful person? I think you have to listen to yourself really well, you have to really, really listen to what you want. If success, let’s say, is defined by happiness, I would say if you’re a happy person, if you’re happy in life, that is successful.