and i'll never love again, oh friend, you've left me speechless.

"everything is about to change."


wrong.


everything is always changing. it's never going to be easier or any less exciting, either.


each time i know that a big change has to happen, i try to lose myself in a thousand other premeditated changes. now i think that's a mistake; the real courage in a change is making it, and continuing on with the same life you've been living...plus or minus whatever was keeping you from flourishing. the distractions are one way to cope, but they take away from how effective the reduction of that one item is on your life. if you want to notice a difference, you need to take notice, and you need to take charge.



there is so much talk to be heard from the people around you, so many ideas for how to get through the muck in this life...but there is only one moment where your ears will be open to listen. no one can hand you that moment; your heart and mind need to be in agreement, and that is a handshake that only your own hands can make.