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Tragedy can happen anywhere. We have to learn and grown from it, but we can’t let it paralyze us.”
“Once they surrender to either side, then they continue their journey until they’ve either reached damnation, or nirvana.” He pointed to the faces of joy and harmony in the top right. “That’s where I see you guys. I feel like I’m somewhere in the middle and want to get to where you all are. You guys are my heroes.”
Point is, your addiction is in the corner doing push-ups. It’s just waiting on life to throw a curveball at you, so it can sneak up from behind and whisper insidious little ideas in your ear.”
Focusing on a solution and developing a plan of action was the only way to solve a problem, rather than continuously overanalyzing what had gone wrong.
Crying is symbolic of closure, and in order to start a new chapter in life, we must close the last one.
does no good to worry about the past or the future because it only prevents you from being useful in the present moment.
this world is full of bad, scary things…and…sometimes, you might not see…any light. That just means it’s your turn…to be the light.”
thing about absolutes is that they have no motive. Whether something is absolute good or absolute evil, they are these things because that is their nature. They just are. If someone was acting with motives of vengeance, pleasure, or rage for example, they would just be a normal, flawed human being. One could look at their acts and find a reason for why they committed them. Absolute evil has no motive. You will only drive yourself mad trying to prove the contrary.”
You have no power over the past or any mistakes you’ve made along the way. What’s even more troubling is that you can’t completely control what happens in the present, either. If the world decides to be nasty, it’ll be nasty. You’ve been through a lot—more than most, but less than some. Good and bad things happen every day, but here’s the truth: you can’t control what happens in the world, Derrick…you can only control how you will respond to it.”
