Too Good To Not Share

Thanks to Neil Gaiman (again) for linking this in his Journal:



How can you not smile after this?

You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down
And you can't keep draggin' that dead weight around.
If there ain't all that much to lug around,
Better run like hell when you hit the ground.

When the morning comes.
When the morning comes.

You can't stop these kids from dancin'.
Why would you want to?
Especially when yor already gettin' yours.
'Cause if your mind don't move and your knees don't bend,
well don't go blamin' the kids again.

When the morning comes.
When the morning comes.

Let it go, this too shall pass.
Let it go, this too shall pass.

Let it go, this too shall pass.
(You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down. No, you can't keep lettin' it get you down.)

When the morning comes!

Shattered

Sometimes when you think the world is crashing down around you, it's just the sound of the glass walls of your cage.

[listening to: "True Faith" by New Order]

See it through

Never give up on something you care about.

Never stop fighting for what you believe in.

You are stronger than you feel.

You have more control than you think.

See it through to the end.

This, then, applies to us all, especially now.

Time to be real

The last couple years have, to put it bluntly, sucked.  Now that I am pulling ahead of the fog and the darkness I find myself questioning some fundamentals, and also preparing myself for maybe some new realities.

These are things I want, things that are good and will be good for me.  Some day maybe I can tell you about them.

But not now, not yet.

"This above all: to thine own self be true" - Bill Shakespeare

[listening to "Bliss" - Muse]

All along you must have known

Anything worth having comes with a price to pay.

I decided earlier this year...or maybe it was late last year...that I wasn't going to let life pass me by anymore. I thought to myself, "self, you need to seize opportunities no matter how slim the chance or how difficult the task or how high the cost. If the choice is between trying now or regretting not trying forever, then there is no choice."

So, while not many of these opportunities have presented themselves thus far, I am still living by this credo.  I am hoping that it works in my favor in 2010.

I'm feeling a bit better about things close to me.  The world is still a giant ball of crap, but to be honest I can't really worry about that too.  Until I need to fly somewhere and the TSA snaps on the rubber glove, I need to keep my sphere of concern limited to more immediate and personal matters.

Things that make me happier. Or at least less sad.

I've been smiling a lot more.  This is a Very Good Thing.

[listening to "Good + Bad Times" - INXS]