“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered…
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives…
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies…
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat [...]

There have been many times in my life when I’ve thought, “I never want to be like my parents.” I’ve gotten frustrated, hurt, or angry at some points (whether I had a right to or not). Now I’m not so sure I feel that way any more. I’m almost positive that I don’t.

No, I [...]

I think I’m getting too restless.

I want to get out of here, go do something I’ve never done, go create something, experience life in the beauty of relaxation, work on something that is a heck of a lot more valuable to SOMEBODY than studying thermophysics.

I’m getting lazy, and I want to stop working. [...]

I want to be a person who cares about who you are.

You aren’t a handshake or a fake smile to me. You aren’t just another person who knows my name and thinks it’s really awesome that I took the time to pretend to remember you. I don’t CARE if 1000 people know my face, [...]

Life is balance. Faith is balance. Politics (oh help) is balance. There are always extremes, and undoubtedly someone will always claim both extremes on either side of just about EVERYTHING to be truth. I have found, in many many cases, that truth comes from the balance of both (schoolwork vs. friends, over-defensive vs. doormat, legalism [...]