"The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings…
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become."
-Buddha

"Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth."
-Archimedes (287 BC - 212 BC), 300 B.C.

"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it." -Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)

"The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each."
-Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

I haven't really thought of the past much in a while for I seem to be constantly fixated on where I am, and where I’m headed. Not to mention that reflecting is often emotionally taxing for me. If I think about the good times I end up missing them, and if I think about the painful things I’ve endured, I end up reliving them over and over in my head. I don’t wish to dwell on the past yet perhaps I... have been ignoring it a little too much.
So many changes have occurred that moments in time become increasingly fleeting. I get so caught up in trying to create a different life at times that I lose sight of the ones I have already lived.
I have decided to meditate deeply, really do some time travel, revisit the highlights and the challenges of my journey up to this point. It’s been a flood of memories, some very painful, some inspiring. It has given me perspective and made me realize that my spirit shall not be tamed... it shall be unleashed.
-E