Writing to impress others is the surest path to pretentious mediocrity.
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
Impatience kills quickly.
Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.
Every advantage is temporary.
Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.
If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.
Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.
Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.
If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.
I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.
Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
Poetry is a connection to a change within you.
As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.
The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.
Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.
Your own guilt is your own fault.
Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it
I want to do a good job living today.
If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.
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