"Our lives only improve when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk is to be honest with ourselves."
walter anderson
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I accept that there will be disparities in the world. I accept that life is not fair. I accept that resources, power, opportunities will not be shared equally. But I hate that we live in a world that these disparities are based not on the limits of people’s abilities, but their circumstance [tricia’s addition—circumstances that were created beyond their control and engineered by policies and networks of the elite]. That’s what I want to help change.
Acepto que habrá diferencias en el mundo. Reconozco que la vida no es justa. Acepto que los recursos, el poder, las oportunidades no se repartirán de forma equitativa. Pero odio que vivimos en un mundo en que estas diferencias no se basan en los límites de las capacidades de las personas, pero su circunstancia [tricia-Además de las circunstancias que se han creado más allá de su control y se han creado por las redes y políticas de la elite]. Eso es lo que quiero ayudar a cambiar.
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"There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in."
"All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement."
"I’m thinking that sometimes you just have to make the decision to be happy. Just realize that things aren’t ever what you hoped they’d be. Not ever. For anybody."
"If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things until your nerves unfold and you can finally put up your feet. But it can all be a lie. There are no guarantees, even when people mean what they say at the time. People change their minds. People die. And the hurt is as real as a baseball bat."
"..That was what made traveling appeal to him—he always made new friends, and he didn’t need to spend all of his time with them. When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of the person’s life. And then they want that person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."
