there is a difference between being interested in someone and being committed to them. when they are simply just interested, they do what needs to be done when it’s convenient for them. when they’re committed, they’ll do whatever it takes.

one day,
someone will meet you

&

just want to love you

just because

you are

so fucking

loveable

&

that is all

Admiration turns into imitation, and then, if not checked, it can lead to a distortion. This distortion affects the imitator’s perception of the original and lead to an identity crisis for them. They might begin resenting the original borrowed identity because it’s a constant reminder that their own is not entirely authentic.

someone will love you in all the ways you need. don’t stop looking for that person

If you have friends who make you say interesting things, you can rely on their prompts: talk to them and then write what you said.

You are always internalizing the culture around you. Even when you wish you didn’t. So you better surround yourself with something you want inside—curate a culture.

Don’t let a comfortable salary and a circle of unambitious friends deter you from chasing the best version of yourself

You‘ll look back with regrets, wondering how much more you could have achieved if you’d had the courage to walk alone and take big risks just once in your life

I may speak in different languages of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if I do not have love.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.

Love never ends. There are gifts of prophecy, but they will be ended. There are gifts of speaking in different languages, but those gifts will stop. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will come to an end. The reason is that our knowledge and our ability to prophesy are not perfect. But when perfection comes, the things that are not perfect will end. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways. It is the same with us. Now we see a dim reflection, as if we were looking into a mirror, but then we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as God has known me. So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

I think this is the right attitude. Now is always a good time to make the future a better place by having kids, making art, anticipating and preventing harm, building companies, inventing things, and so on. If we do this, the worst thing that can happen is that we live meaningful and dignified lives. The best—given the trend lines we’re on—is unimaginably good.