Dreams of Reason

It isn’t a matter of wanting it or not. It’s a matter of what you think you can accomplish. You can make a boat but you can’t make the ocean. You can make an airplane but you can’t make the air. Your powers are much less than your dreams of reason would have you believe.

Michael Crichton in “Jurassic Park” 

Dreams are a wonderful thing to have but sometimes they can be just that: dreams. It's good to hope and to try to accomplish something big, but sometimes you have to be satisfied with accomplishing a little less than what you were hoping for. This does not mean you failed. Instead it means that you held on to your dream, even if you had to edit it some.

This quote is for August 27, 2017.

Reality Snaps You Awake

You spend your life in a comfortable dream state, believing in destiny. Then reality snaps you awake. Bad things happen as often as good things. Turns out we're nothing more than chemicals hurtling through space, haphazardly bouncing off each other, feeling stupid we ever believed there was some grand plan. 

Olivia Moore in iZombie "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues"

Although it is human nature to want to put a grand scheme or destiny behind life, things just happen randomly. There is not a balance between the good and the bad and life can always be unfair to us. I think the best we can do is just sometimes is just hang on for the ride. 

This quote is for August 26, 2017.

A War's Raging

Sometimes you leave the ones you love. But if it's love they won't give up, cause they know a war's raging and you gotta choose. These days are tough, these days are long. Sometimes it's hard, you carry on. 

Needtobreathe in "Happiness"

Sometimes the best thing a person needs to do is leave their old life behind in order to find themselves. Unfortunately, this might mean leaving the ones they love behind. This is hard for the people they leave behind. If you love someone, there may come a time when you need to let them go and always have a welcoming home when they come back.

This quote is for August 25, 2017.

Deciding to Fight

Fighting isn't about knowing how, it's about deciding to. The decision wasn't an intellectual one, it was an overcoming of the emotional barrier, that in any civilized society, prevented people from doing damage to each other. 

Neal Stephenson in "Seven Eves" 

I think that the fight instinct is buried deep in everyone. However, I think that this instinct only manifests itself in those that have the courage or desire to take responsibility for their own wellbeing. This is not a judgement or insult to those who do not have the will or instinct to fight.

This quote is for August 24, 2017.

Sit in Our Library

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. 

Mr. Gold from Once Upon a Time “The Crocodile”

I think this is the most wonderful experience you can have while reading. If a book makes you feel like you are traveling to another world, then you have found a book worth keeping.

This quote is for August 23, 2017.

I Know My Home

I know which place I'm from. I know my home. When I'm in doubt and struggling that’s where I go. An old friend can give advice, when new friends only know a half story.

 Lukas Graham in "Mama Said"

I think a stable and healthy home is vital because the people in your home are the family that know you, sometime almost more than you know yourself. A home is where you can be yourself without the pressures and expectations of the public world. If you don't have a support system and a safe place, then you will struggle with coping with life. 

This quote is for August 22, 2017.

Arrogance and Ignorance

There is arrogance and ignorance in spades here. Funny how often they go hand in hand.

Andrew Fukuda in "The Hunt"

It is ironic and unfortunate how those individuals who are the most ignorant are the ones that are the most arrogant about their intelligence. And also how unfortunate that the people that have good ideas are often drowned out by ignorance or are too humble to bring their ideas into the public. 

This quote is for August 21, 2017.