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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
-Steve Jobs
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process.
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I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling throughIt’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
Words I never said – Lupe Fiasco
The verse above is from the one song that caught my attention from Lupe’s music.
He’s quite right. Sometimes the biggest regrets I have aren’t about things I’ve said or done but rather not having said or done things when I really should have. When considering this, then I do have many regrets – some of them are quite recent.
As lame as it sounds, this song has inspired me to stop shutting up, to stop being diplomatic, to start speaking out, to start expressing myself and to be controversial if the situation warrants it. If this makes others feel uncomfortable then I’m sorry but I can’t keep quiet when I witness things that are not acceptable.
In my lifetime I’ve heard some racist comments, I’ve seen people get teased, bullied. I’ve seen people get abused, worse yet, I’ve let myself be abused (verbally) by others. Well at 26 years of age, I say “f**k that!”.
There are things I can’t tolerate and I will no longer keep the peace by being quiet. Our only weapons against wrongdoings are our thoughts and our voice. I choose to now speak up on issues I care about and defend those who need assistance. I can never be proud of myself for not acting when I should. I don’t mean we should all impose our views onto others but we should step in when things aren’t right.
Fear is what’s holding us back. So instead of keeping thoughts and opinions to myself and not acting when I should, I will now act in accordance with my own personal values and morals. Sorry if you don’t like it but I don’t want to live with these regrets any longer. As the song says I can’t take back something I never said in the first place.
Words are deceiving,
actions are not
Happiness is a journey, not a destination….
Father Alfred D’Souza
You shouldn’t be working toward and waiting for a point in your life when you will be happy. You should be happy now and every day while you attempt to achieve your goals. You should at least be excited that you’ve got a dream to follow.
Life is like an ocean, you have to ******* drown in it to feel its intensity
Que el viento siempre este a tu espalda
y el sol que brille en tu cara
y que las alas del destino te lleven hacia el cielo
para que bailes con las estrellas
There are two types of people in this world. Those who write their own script and those who have their script written for them.