Weekly Challenge

*Do not let a day pass without making one person feel good.* 

Vampire Weekend- "I Think Ur A Contra"

"I had a feeling once

that you and I
Could tell each other everything 

for two months.

But even without hope, 

with truth on our side
When you turn away from me, 

it's not right."

~Vampire Weekend

"Time Snatcher"- A Poem

The clock reads: "Count Your Blessings."
What it left out was: "...because you can't count them forever."
The little hand clicks away and seems to 
Take,
Take,
Take,
Until there is nothing left.
It is like a time snatcher, a clock.
A lifeless thing that's purpose is to tell you how many ticks you have left until the end. 
It's funny.
We wear them on our wrists,
Hang them on our walls,
Glance at them every five seconds,
And yet,
We don't realize that we are staring death in the face.

Skyline Of Trees

Triple Dog Dare You

I once read a quote that claimed: “Sometimes the worst advice you can give to a person is ‘be yourself’.” Now, at first I thought it was a completely insane quote and the guy didn’t know what he was talking about. But after I contemplated it for a while, I realized he had a point, because a lot of people don’t know who they are. So telling someone who doesn’t know who they are, to be themselves, is like asking a teacher to teach a potato Algebra 1. In other words: it’s impossible. So what if you told the person to be original? As in being new, fresh, inventive, or one-of-a-kind. Why is it so hard for people these days to be original?

"Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone."

- Susan Powter

 

ALONE.

Sounds scary right?

So take the easy way out and follow people’s shadows.

Go ahead.

I dare you.

Because in the end, I’ll be myself and be doing what I love,

And you’ll still be following those shadows.

But... why?

"Isn't it ironic?

We ignore the ones who adore us,

Adore the ones who ignore us,

Love the ones who hurt us,

And hurt the ones who love us."

-Anonymous