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April 2 - April 20, 2025
“Maturity is when you accept that everyone has their own perspectives”
Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little.
"the problem in the current world we live in is that good people are feeling inferior, while those causing harm to the world are walking with complete confidence."
“Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.”
Boy: "What is important? The journey or the destination?" Wise man: "The company"
"Some will, some won't, so what? Someone's waiting."
Your fear of rejection is tiny compared to the benefit it will do for someone else's life.
"If we don't find meaning, we start to distract ourselves."
So, stop holding yourself back and reinvent yourself. Do what you believe is great work.
Reading books is not a fashion statement, a social approval act, or to prove anything to anyone. Reading books is about the curiosity you have within.
The concept of spirituality is to overcome the ego.
It may give you temporary relief, but rather than distracting yourself, accept the fact that you are confused. By accepting this, the situation may not change immediately, but you start to calm down. You get out of the anxious state and enter the mental state of being comfortable with the confusion.
we are in the business of making art, not seeking approval.
A bad plan is better than a no plan;