things to remember.

Remember that nothing lasts forever. This knowledge will save you many tears and disappointments. Remember even the best day, the most perfectly pleasant, can end badly and bitterly. This knowledge will eventually stop you from getting carried away in ephemeral bliss. Remember that you can fully control no one and nothing. This knowledge will keep you from believing that your personal expectations will be materialized. Remember that you can only know yourself and that even your own entity can at times be perplexing to comprehend. This knowledge will make you aware that you can never fully trust another person's love for you -- you can never know how faithful or how hurtful that person will be toward you. Remember that you are not in total control--remember that your intentions alone will never be enough no matter how noble they are. This knowledge will lead you to tread with caution. Remember pieces of your heart will inevitably be chipped away. This knowledge will numb your aches and ameliorate the weak and tender spots. Remember no one can love you more than you can love yourself. This knowledge will toughen your skin and your mind. Remember you are weak so that in that knowledge you may become more keen about appearing strong.
JJR

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Certainty is Always Uncertain

I feel an anxiety to have something I thought I already had, but had forgotten I had. I feel the nervousness of starting something new and the bittersweetness of seeing something pragmatically and realistically for the first time--something that I now realize I interpreted with naivety. JJR

Success

In order to succeed you must have a clear vision of what you ultimately want, you must understand there is no easy way to get there, you must be willing to work very hard and at times do the seemingly nearly impossible to continue on the right path towards your goal, when you are close to defeat you must remember never to allow yourself to be defeated. Finally, more than even believing in your ultimately goal, you must believe in yourself for whether you reach the goal or not rests in your confidence in yourself--in believing in you and you alone. And at that point you must believe you are the best, that no one will surpass you, that no one will ever defeat you, and that you can do whatever it may take until you reach what or where you want. Though others will defeat you at times, it will be in a mere battle, it will not be absolute defeat, and you must know that because you are undefeatable. If and when you arrive at your ultimate goal prepare to begin again--again on yet another journey toward fulfillment. The strongest can never let ambition die--without it there is not enough push, not enough drive, not enough strength to make it. And to make it is what you want.

JJR

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REMEMBER

When things are low, bad, or too busy remember you just don't have the time to be blue. Remember there is no time to cry or speculate. There is no time to let yourself sink lower. The only option to to work and move on to a better place. Sedative sadness is an impossible luxury.

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THANK YOU

I AM THANKFUL FOR:
1- THE SOUND OF WATER
2- THE BREEZE AROUND ME EVER SO LIGHT AND PERFECT
3- TIME
4- MY ABILITY TO READ
5- ALL MY SENSES
6- NATURE


JJR

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SENSE

I wish I could just walk about with my eyes closed and nothing to guide me but my scent, my sense of touch, my hearing, and the breeze blowing smoothly through my hair.

JJR

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The Beginning

The first words, the first look, the first smile, and the first feeling of excitement and thrill were many days ago -- years ago. Since then some parts have changed, have grown, have strengthened, or have weakened. Some parts are more honest and others more hidden. Like all that makes our world, this too has undergone change. Change is always constant and always present. Only change is truly reliable. My hope is that change will ensue for the better, for the stronger, for the more honest, for the more happy -- regardless of the past and regardless of the present. The key is not merely to endure change. The answer is not to sit back and hope. One must confront change in full armor. One must pack ambition, determination, strength, and discipline beside awareness, understanding, and passion. Then one must take these weapons to battle and fight with skill and knowledge --- and above all else one must secure love and take care never to lose sight of it --- never to leave it unprotected --- never to let it fall or be stolen.

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The day you are born change begins, the battle begins, and the journey toward the end never ceases. The day you are born, you begin to wither for youth is always at the mercy of time and time never stops.




JJR

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