10/25

There are consequences to our action and inaction alike.

Yes—perhaps it is indeed impossible to achieve the change we want to see in the world. But if we haven’t truly tried—if we aren’t continuously trying—how can we know?

We are all complicit in the failures of humanity. The only factor is whether we choose to feel a sense of guilt about it or not.

10/19

It may seem brave of me—to go out in the world and stand for what’s good in the face of evil, for what’s right in the shadow of what’s wrong—but what do I truly have to lose? What am I afraid of?

I am here for this very purpose.

If I recognize what is right, with mindfulness, patience, intention, awareness, and discernment,

I will say what needs to be said,

I will do what needs to be done,

and I will never take back the words that come from this mouth,

and I will never regret what I choose to do.

10/17

We’re all wrong in some way.

Though what actually matters is that we remember that we’re all also right in some way.

To search for, and to find that truth ensconced deep within us—this is the purpose of our existence.

10/15

Remember—it is a privilege to struggle.

We must savor this state of being, of having to overcome something, of this uncertain, liminal space between suffering and happiness.

10/8

What we should be patient for? And what we should be desperate for?

What can wait? And what cannot wait?

These are unavoidable questions at the core of the human condition that we must answer somehow, and in some way.

The only thing is that we usually get those answers wrong.

10/6

If I cannot handle the struggles of this present moment,

If I take all this luxury, comfort, and abundance for granted,

If every small misstep is a catastrophe,

If I cannot bear this tame and transitory suffering,

especially that which I have wrought and manufactured by my own doing,

then how will I ever be ready for when the world truly needs me?

10/4

Why do I toil and exhaust myself, trying so hard to not be proven wrong—when it may just be the very thing that I need the most?

10/2

There are no easy answers. And if we’re presented with one, we just might be better off rejecting it.

9/29

There are infinitely many valid reasons to be dejected, angry, or frustrated with this existence.

There are also infinitely many valid reasons to be happy, grateful, and content with it.

If we can choose either, and still be right, why choose the one that will make ourselves miserable in the process?

9/28

No—not everything is going to be okay, and we should stop deluding ourselves that it is, and nor should we haplessly chase a state of status quo or mediocrity. Okay is not a state worth pursuing. Nor is merely good. To find good amidst—or despite—suffering, is the very point. It is an inescapable truth of the human condition.

We are blinding ourselves to the rampant evil that prowls among the shadows.

There is work to do.