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Today, I'm in work. Yesterday, I was in work. Yes, while most of society has been enjoying a long weekend off, I've been working.
I once came across a man, perhaps in his late 20s, tatty clothing, ratty beard, solemn looking. I asked him what he was doing in this part of town. "I've been running for 15 days straight" he said.
People are constantly telling me to "be myself", but what if I don't know who that is. Maybe I am not truly happy with the way I have been modelled and there are things I want to change.
When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace.
The Awakening (Author unknown) A time comes in your life when you finally get…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head...
IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait...
Baz Luhrmann - Sunscreen Lyrics Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97 Wear sunscreen If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be It.
It's been a bit of a strange fortnight. I quit my job and I finish at the end of the month.
It was a very l o n g day. My mate Chloe was totally annoyed with me. I thought to myself. Why me. Harriet Harrison, Chloe said she was never going to play with her ever.
I don't understand myself, i'm popular, I really am.
To make a long story a lot shorter I am not the sort of person I would like to spend the rest of my life with. I have many flaws which are both irritating and down right rude.
Thank you so much to all the people who have listened to me for the past few days.
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts.
Do you sometimes wish you were a bit taller or better looking. Do you worry about the fact that your not "cool" or not seen as a well respected person.
“Girls are like apples...the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt.
Ladies and gentlemen of the class 99... Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
It's hard to change friendship into love but it's even harder to turn love into friendship.
Tell yourself at night before you sleep that you are a vessel made to tap in to the greatness of gods.
Love doesn't just happen, it grows. It's like a ball of plasticine that you have to shape and mould and take apart and put back together.
All fingers are not the same in length but when they bend all stand equal Life becomes very easy when we bend and adjust to situations.
Although we want to achieve, we always stop ourselves. A trick to stop worrying is to ignore the 'what if?'s that your conscience asks you, and get on with the task at hand.
There was once a cat and a tiger. The cat taught the tiger everything he knew. One day the tiger turned on the cat; the cat ran up a tree. That was the one trick the cat never taught the tiger.
When you get to old age and near your death bed, you spend a lot of time thinking about the life you led.
12 years ago everything was simple. Everything was easy. No tears, no pain. No worries about what people will think, no worries about what people will see.