Music Notes & Late Ponderings

“When it hurts, observe. Life is trying to teach you something.”

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

“I have a million things to talk to you about. A million things we have to talk about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”

“Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life – a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.”

“Deep in your wounds are seeds waiting to grow into beautiful flowers.”

“A bad chapter during childhood was enough to make me believe that my story was a sad one but here I am still waiting for a happy ending.”

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.

We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge — and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves — how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves?

... there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. 'I am alone and they are everyone,' ...

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.