In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem.
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.
If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.
Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.
Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.
It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.
When people don't understand that being uncomfortable is part of the process of achievement, they use the discomfort as a reason not to do. They don't get what they want. We must learn to tolerate discomfort in order to grow.
I will sit here but an hour or two, then leave. " I yawn. "So very long as that?" When he answers, there is a wry note in his voice. "I do have my reputation to protect.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
Watch out where the Huskies go And don't you eat that yellow snow
A lot of people are not used to having death in their lives or anything like that and I think that's not incredibly natural either. So it definitely can take its toll. At the same time I think it's important to face your own mortality, which I do most every day by doing the show, to realize that your life is short and to take the opportunities that you need to take and be fearless.