Before and After (Before and After, #1)

by Andrew Shanahan

There was no doubt that modern technology had truly improved the quality of life for a shut-in.

I understand momentarily why people drink – to spark that sunshine inside themselves – creating internal sunsets as they willed.

promise me that you’ll think about all the things you can go towards, rather than think of all the things that are holding you back?”

she wanted to try leaving. I think she meant that she wanted to give herself the chance to change and that sometimes that can only happen somewhere else.

This world is broken, but it doesn’t mean that I must be broken too. I have a chance to be better.

If the overall trend is going up and I am celebrating each new personal best, then that is all I want.

There will always be problems, all I can do is to focus on what I can solve now.