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07/10/26 A New Aphorism for a New Day

Mercy is not the opposite of desire. It’s the form desire takes when you let it breathe.

Blast from the past:

I am neither the
First, nor am I even one
But one of many

Whoever eats lasts
Seems to always end up stuck
With all the dishes

Blast from the past:

Anticipation,
To the possibilities
You are in my mind

Trying hard does not
Guarantee success, but it
Does make failure worse

Blast from the past:

Some call it half full.
Others, half empty. For me,
It is the wrong cup.

Do sheep dream of counting me?

Blast from the past:

People are usually nice when you treat them like a person.

No matter the effort,
One cannot purify
Someone else for them

Blast from the past:

This moment will pass
Like all preceding moments
And all yet to come.

When my disquiet
Constricts my own revival,
Drive a stake through it

Blast from the past:

Try. Fail. Try again.
As long as you’re converging
Defeats are data

The youth who tried to
Snatch the moon plummeted with
A star in her grasp

Blast from the past:

Inspiration waits
It never seems to find me
So I guess I’ll wait

Blessings and curses
Fade away. All you have left
Is you resilience

Blast from the past:

The possible does
Not concern me. Let it bring
Joy or pain

After finally
Catching you here in my trap,
Why do I feel bad?

Blast from the past:

Your own destruction
Is the result of trying
To defeat others

Tenacity doesn’t show in success but in how one handles repeated failures.

Blast from the past:

The road to a failed project is paved with a thousand miscommunications.