Words To Live By

I know that there is probably an unlimited number of really good quotes out there from various people, and many of them seem life changing when heard at just the right time. I don't know if this will have the same effect on you that it did on me (or if you've heard it before, and so this will be really anticlimactic) but here is something I always want to remember:

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last is dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

-Alfred D'Souza

Chills. I have occasionally wondered what the world would be like if we all learned completely from each others mistakes, to the point that they only needed to be made by one person, and then everyone following them would know not to do that. Of course, this makes no sense for a multitude of reasons, but it is really mind-boggling to think about how many times throughout the history of people each mistake has been made. But that is just human nature. I can't even tell you how many times I've really learned a lesson for myself, then realized that someone had been telling me this thing over and over, and it just hadn't quite sunk in. Which leads to another good thought I got from this song by The Kinks, a sorely under-appreciated band (an opinion I may have because I personally am just beginning to appreciate them):

"This time tomorrow, what will we know?"

We really learn and change and grow so much every single day. I now realize that I need to make it a conscious goal to learn and change and grow as much as I can every single day.