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May 2nd, 2008

~ Life ~

 

"After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean possession and company doesn't mean security.
 
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
 
And you learn to build your roads today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans.
 
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much, so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
 
And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, that you really do have worth, and you learn, and you learn..."
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“ … et après tu apprends la subtile différence entre tenir une main … et emprisonner une âme.. et tu apprends qu’aimer ne veux pas signifier posséder … et que la compagnie de quelqu’un ne veut pas représenter la sécurité … et tu apprends que les baisers ne sont pas des contrats et que les cadeaux ne sont pas des promesses … et tu commences a accepter tes défaites avec la tête haute et les yeux grands ouverts avec la grâce d’un adulte et non la douleur d’un enfant … et tu apprends a écrire tes chemins aujourd’hui car la terre de demain est trop instable pour des projets … et après un certain temps tu apprends que même le soleil peut brûler si tu prends de trop … alors tu plantes ton propre jardin et décore toi-même ton âme au lieu d’attendre que quelqu’un t’apporte des fleurs … et tu apprends que tu peux endurer … que tu as une force incroyable … que tu vaux bien plus que tout au monde … et tu apprends, tu apprends, tu apprends … "
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May 2nd, 2008

~ If tomorrow never comes ~

A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success.

“Never leave that till tomorrow”, he said, “Which you could do today.”
 
This is the man who discovered electricity.
 
You’d think more of us would listen to what he had to say.
 
I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d say it had a lot to do with fear.
 
Fear of failure. Fear of pain. Fear of rejection.
 
Sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong?
 
What if you make a mistake you can’t undo?
 
Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true: that by the time the pain of not doing the thing gets worse than the fear of doing it.
 
It can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumor.
 
And you thought I was speaking metaphorically.
 
“The early bird catches the worm”; “A stitch in time saves nine”; “He who hesitates is lost”.
 
We can't pretend we haven't been told.
 
We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to ‘seize the day'.
 
Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves.
 
We have to make our own mistakes.
 
We have to learn our own lessons.
 
We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves like Benjamin Franklin meant.
 
That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping.
 
And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying.
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