Sometimes it's hard to focus on one, so I end up doing nothing. When there is something pulling you from every direction, you don't move. If you stay in that way too long you get ripped apart. One direction, move forward, that's the way to go... easier said than done, though.
Keep going
Sometimes life is boring, repetitive, tiring, uninteresting, painful, frustrating, and upsetting. But keep going, one step in front of the other, one minute after the other, one day after the next, until you get to the next good thing. Even if you don't see it on the horizon, it's out there.
Manipulators
I've begun reading The Talented Mr. Ripley and am finding the character, Tom, very interesting in a 'look at that crime scene' kind of way. I only vaguely remember the movie, but so far the story of the novel is about a small time con artist, and very charming man Tom Ripley being sent to Europe …
Orlando, by Virginia Woolf
Orlando tells the story of an English nobleman living during the reign of Elizabeth I. At the age of 30 he mysteriously turns into a woman, then lives on for 300 further years. He is an aspiring writer and poet, and meets many people over his/her life. At the start of the book, he falls …
Nature is angry
The air is filled with smoke. Ashes fall like snow. It's hotter than it's ever been. Winds and waters destroy our infrastructure, explode our factories. Is it hubris to think we can do whatever we want and still thrive on this planet? Look to the future. It's time to change ourselves.
Jonas David 