I wanna fly like a bird

Believe you can and you’re halfway there

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

The only thing standing in your way

You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way.
- Jennifer J. Freeman

The thought that something is holding you back

What’s holding you back is the thought that something is holding you back.
- Ralph Marston

May you always do what you are afraid to do

A head full of fears have no space for dreams

What is a friend?

A friend is like the plant that grows in the same place as where you planted the seed. And this plant provides all of your needs and tranquilizes your anxiety. They nullify your fears and follow you to find peace. So many people will plant seeds and nothing will grow and yet they will still be misguided in to believing this is the actions of a friend. Others will spend no time planting the seeds and expect that plant to grow. This is not the basis of a true friendship either.

When they speak their mind and you have no fears to disagree. When they’re silent and yet you know their thoughts. When they’re gone and you don’t miss them, because what you love about them becomes more clear in their absence, than when they’re standing by your side. A friend does not try to dry up the ocean of your happiness, nor put out the fire of your wrath. They don’t resent your fortune, nor smile at your grief. They accept you for either and love you for neither.

A friend is as loyal to you as you to them. They do not lie, because they know you can accept the truth. They do not steal because they know you can accept the truth. They do not steal because they know you would give it to them if they asked, and they would supply you the same. They recognize your dreams and do nothing to stand in the way of them, but rather guide you toward them.

They do all this, because they know you would to the same. A friend is a rare commodity that a person will only find a few times in the span of their life. During the hours of days spent freely, these hours should be spent with them. For hours are minimal and if they truly are a friend, these hours belong to them.

It is important when finding a friend that you keep them, by making absolutely sure you are one as well.

Magic is believing in yourself.

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.
- J.W Van Goethe.

If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you

If you can’t find a solution, change the rules

If you can’t find a way, create one

Believe the one reason why it will work

Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will.

What you know in your heart

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

Those who see the greatness within you

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers,
the believers and the thinkers, but most of all,
surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you,
even when you don’t see it yourself.
- Edmund Lee

People who dream and support and do things

I want to be around people that do things.
I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what other people do.
I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.
- Amy Poehler

To live the life you want

The first step to living the life you want is leaving the life you don’t want. Taking the first step forward is always the hardest. But then each step forward gets easier and easier. And each step forward gets you closer and closer until eventually what had once been invisible starts to be visible. And what had once felt impossible start to feel possible. 

Playing a poor hand well

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but playing a poor hand well.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Follow your obsessions...

Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
- Frank Kafka

Steal like an artist...

1. Steal like an artist.
2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.
3. Write the book you want to read.
4. Use your hands.
5. Side projects and hobbies are important.
6. The secret: do good work and share it with people.
7. Geography is no longer our master.
8. Be nice. (The world is a small town.)
9. Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)
10. Creativity is subtraction.

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