Without focusing and getting to clarity you cannot lead. You cannot motivate. You cannot plan. You cannot communicate.
A need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.
I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.
If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try.
Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.
What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.
That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.
If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.
I have lived my whole life with high intensity.