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SOMETIMES I THINK that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights could be only moments away from disaster. That everyone’s life, no matter how unremarkable, has a moment when it will become extraordinary—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen.
I still think that everyone’s life, no matter how unremarkable, has a singular tragic encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. That moment is the catalyst—the first step in the equation. But knowing the first step will get you nowhere—it’s what comes after that determines the result.
Has anyone had this encounter?
The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.
Nothing lasts folks, remember that. ;)
Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.
relatable!! Words could be your friend or worse enemy. >:(
She was achingly effortless, and she would never, in a million years, choose me. But, for the next few minutes, I contented myself with the magnificent possibility that she might.
that just sounded soo romantic! <3
‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do/With your one wild and precious life?’”
made me start thinking....🤔. Any clue what you guys want to do in life? Any clue on what your personal legend is?
But we had plenty of time for youthful indecision, both apart and together, for limping into the future past the unforgettable ash heaps of our histories.
Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that’s all. I don’t know if he’s right, but I do know that I spent a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.
How do you guys intend to life? I’m still searching for the answer. c:
