marco is dead.

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

-Alexander Theroux

If "irritating" is the word
Let's us hope that we'll never fall in this category.
Let's us all remain in the fake and phony world.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy

- unless you let him.

-Napoleon Hill

Emotions can be suppressed.
It is thru experience and constant training.
Then we develop such a skill
to block all feelings and sensations.
Numbing whatever external factors that
bring resemblance of the unhappy past.

When one door closes another door opens;

but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door,

that we do not see the ones which open for us.

-Alexander Graham Bell

It's time to open your doors
to those who care for you.
It's time to accept the fact.
It's time to move on with life.

You can shed tears that she is gone,

or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,

or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,

or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember her only that she is gone,

or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind,

be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what she'd want

smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

-David Harkins

At times, when times are harsh.
Just need to take a deep breathe
and think about the bright side of life.

For every negative thing,
there is always a positive side to it.

If you truely love somebody,
wouldn't you want that person to be happy?

Some say it is an "excuse" for losers.
But I say it is a "reason" to move on.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart

- Anonymous

Carrying your negative emotional baggage requires energy

that could be put to much better use

Say goodbye to it,

let it go,

and get on with your life.

- Lucy MacDonald

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

- Roger Ebert

There are sometimes in life.
When you fall down
and you feel like you don't have the strength to get back up
Do you think you have hope?
Because I tell you, I'm down here.
Face.. down
and I have no arms and no legs
It should be impossible for me to get back up?
But it's NOT ...
You see, I'll try 100 times to get up
and If I fail 100 times.
If I fail ..and I give up.
Do you think I'll ever gonna get up?
NO..
But if I fail, I try again,
and again, and again..
But I just want you to know that it's not the end.
It matters how you finish
Are you going to finish strong ?
And you will find the strength to get back up.
Like this...
-Nick Vujicic

People who need people are threatened by people who don’t.

The idea of seeking contentment alone is heretical,

for society steadfastly decrees that our completeness lies in others.

–Lionel Fisher,

Celebrating Time Alone: Stories of Splendid Solitude

Solitudinarians live simple.
Unaffected by the complicating factors around them.

Solitude is the great teacher,
and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.
–Deepak Chopra

Isolation is the best medicine.

No matter how lonely you get or

how many birth announcements you receive,

the trick is not to get frightened.

There’s nothing wrong with being alone.

–Wendy Wasserstein, “Isn’t It Romantic”

The greatest fear is often an illusion
when people can't adapt to the changes in the environment.
Once you are used to the change,
the fear will naturally subside.

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences

beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention

Be alone, that is when ideas are born.

-Nikola Tesla, quoted in Thomas P. Hughes’s American Genesis

: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm

It's not about hate,
neither is it love.
It's all about themselves.
They need what others dread
and they dread what others need
"Solitude"
The state of being alone.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

-Lance Armstrong

The mind is our greatest weapon
Are we hungry enough to win ?
Do we have the heart of a winner ?

Love the moment.
Flowers grow out of dark moments.
Therefore, each moment is vital.
It affects the whole.
Life is a succession of such moments
and to live each,
is to succeed.

-Corita Kent

Sit down, reflect about what you have done.
There is no need for a listening ear.
Only you, and you alone can solve this.
For whatever reason that cause you
to be what you are today.
Life still goes on...

"I've noticed your hostility towards him ...
I ought to have guessed you were friends."
- Malcom Bradbury

Can the fear ever subside ?

If sleeping can solve my problems, I rather sleep forever.

-Anonymous

A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.
The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter:
"Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."
The little girl said:"No, Dad. You hold my hand."
"What's the difference?"Asked the puzzled father.
"There's a big difference," replied the little girl.
"If I hold your hand and something happens to me,
chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand,
I know for sure that no matter what happens,
you will never let my hand go."

- Read it somewhere

Next time when we hold someone's hands.
Make sure that person will hold yours.
And wouldn't it be comfortable to know that no matter what happens.
That person will always be there for you.
If only we can find such a person...

多少的爱说不出口

就让时间帮我说话　

我...一个人拼命挣扎

总比两个人

一起难过还好吧

李玖哲- 解脱

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.

Only through our love and friendship

can we create the illusion for the moment

that we're not alone.

-Welles, Orson (1915-1985)

American Film Maker

It is only an illusion ...

It is better to be lonely than to miss somebody

-Anonymous

The person you miss may not miss you in return

Soon you'll realise that the best friend you ever had

Is still yourself ...

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley

Gilbert O'sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)

In a little while from now,

If I'm not feeling any less sour

I promised myself to treat myself

And visit a nearby tower,

And climbing to the top,

Will throw myself off

In an effort to make it clear to who

Ever what it's like when your shattered

Left standing in the lurch, at a church

Where people 're saying,

"My God that's tough, she stood him up!

No point in us remaining.

May as well go home.

"As I did on my own,

Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday,

I was cheerful, bright and gay,

Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,

The role I was about to play

But as if to knock me down,

Reality came around

And without so much as a mere touch,

Cut me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt,

All about god and his mercy

For if he really does exist

Why did he desert me

In my hour of need?

I truly am indeed,

Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that

There are more hearts

Broken in the world

That can't be mended

Left unattended

What do we do?

What do we do?

(instrumental break)

Now looking back over the years,

And what ever else that appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to have cried the tears

And at sixty-five years old,

My mother, God rest her soul,

Couldn't understand, why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start with a heart

So badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

No words were ever spoken

And when she passed away

I cried and cried all day

Alone again, naturally

Alone again, naturally

It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself.

-Anonymous

《寂寞的季节》(Season Of Loneliness)

作词：娃娃　作曲：陶吉吉

风吹落最后一片叶　我的心也飘著雪

爱只能往回忆里堆叠　oh~　给下个季节

忽然间树梢冒花蕊　我怎么会都没有感觉

oh~　整条街　都是恋爱的人　我独自走在暖风的夜

多想要向过去告别　当季节不停更迭　oh~

却还是少一点坚决　在这寂寞的季节

艳阳高照在那海边　爱情盛开的世界

远远看著热闹一切　oh~　我记得那狂烈

窗外是快枯黄的叶　感伤在心中有一些　oh~

我了解　那些爱过的人　心是如何慢慢在凋谢

多想要向过去告别　当季节不停更迭　oh~

却还是少一点坚决　在这寂寞的季节

又走过风吹的冷冽　最后一盏灯熄灭

从回忆我慢慢穿越　在这寂寞的季节

还是寂寞的季节　一样寂寞的季节

If growing up is the process of creating ideas

and dreams about what life should be,

then maturity is letting go again.

-Mary Beth Danielson

It's time to let go this emotional baggage

You always admire what you really don't understand.

-Blaise Pascal

There are two kinds of failures:

those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

-Laurence J.Peter

Failure is the opposite of success

It refers to the state of not meeting an objective/goal.

Are we sharp enough to spot them?

Or are we just too stubborn to admit our failures

Thinking about the quote above

There are actually two ways to interpret this quote

Are you able to spot them ?