“Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance“ - Confucius

So much power and in responsibility should never be entrusted to someone who cannot handle it with grace, control, or wisdom.

This morning, I woke up, got ready to go to Harris Hall to study, and was out the door without a second thought. Simple, I do this everyday.

I had a seamless morning routine, no delays, no setbacks, no moments of overthinking, I just got ready in one fluid motion. While this isn't rare, I was recall a year ago when I prayed for days like this - and was thankful.

I headed outside to go to school and the weather was lovely, the climate a warm 68 degrees, the breeze was strong enough to take solace in, and it was exactly the right amount of sun. It was mostly covered but you could see light breaking through the clouds, teasing you with the its radiant upcoming unveiling.

The world felt at peace and in turn I felt it too.

On my ten minute walk to the hall, I saw two groups of elementary kids, just headi...

Ignorance is being almost unbelievably unaware but do we have a choice in the matter?

Well, the truth is that it's better to be ignorant, because it's better not to feel.

Right?

I think some part of us actually is aware of our own ignorance and knows that we are choosing to avoid the feeling.

We ignore the pain, the grief, the suffering...

but when does an emotion become powerful enough for us to go to great lengths just to not experience it?

It makes sense. We already know its not going to feel good so let's be smart and not risk feeling it.

Wouldn't you rather just not have to deal with it? Remain blissfully oblivious? Why not just wipe it away from our memory?

It's interesting what negative emotions c...

I wonder why authenticity and vulnerability are so rare especially when they make you different and desirable.

I think the standard of beauty or intelligence should be how comfortable you are sharing yourself with others around you.

being able to free your thoughts from the weight of everyone else’s opinion, even if just for a moment.

It’s a skill that I think needs to be recognized more often.

Because sometimes I look around the room and see multifaceted mirrors of society on everyone’s face— and feel fear.

Fear that I will never be able to trust them, or truly know them. And I feel the same fear for myself.

But there are some exceptions to this disheartening reality.

And those exceptional individuals are so brave. They are truly genuine and authentic in ways that you couldn’t imagine.

I wish I was a reader and I wish I was The kind of daughter that calls her mom With stupid questions or anything at all

And I wish that I was smaller or I wish I was Better at being kind to the one body that I've got After all, it keeps me breathin' 'til the day it just cannot

I wish I didn't feel like a burden All the time Wish I were certain I wanna live this Kind of life

I wish I didn't linger on every thought Reshaping every moment to the point of losing touch Wish I was in my body 'stead of hovering above

And I wish that I was harder and I wish I was Less of a feeler so it wouldn't hurt so much But I offer all my pillows and I give my bed to lay I'm a shoulder for a cry until the tears melt me away

I wish I didn't feel like a burden All the time Wish I were certain I wanna live this Kind of life

is it though?

There are so many to choose from...