Unreasonable commitment is unreasonable

Unreasonable commitment is unreasonable. It happens before there’s a guarantee it will work. It’s out of proportion to what others think is standard. Unreasonable commitment is dedication, persistence, care, energy, connection and investment that doesn’t seem to make sense. You can’t do this in everything, and you probably can’t do it all the time. That’s why it’s unreasonable to expect.

Talent and potential mean nothing

Talent and potential mean nothing if you can't consistently do the boring things when you don't feel like doing them. Simple and shallow sound the same until you ask the second question. The person who earned their simplicity can go ten levels deep when challenged. The person who skipped the work falls apart at level two.

Asking for advice

You don’t have to be disliked even though people disagree with you. Asking for advice makes people think you’re smart because you are clever enough to recognize how clever they are.

All battles are internal ones

All battles are internal ones. Stubbornness and flexibility aren't opposites; they're responses to different inputs. Be impenetrable to social pressure and quick to adapt to evidence. When you are at peace, you don't pick fights, create drama, or worry about what others think of you.

Time may or may not heal

Time may or may not heal, but it draws enough distance for you to look at everything with objectivity. When the past loses hold over you, you can study it like a story and draw lessons for the future. That is the gift of time.

It is difficult to look into the eyes of people in hospitals

It is difficult to look into the eyes of people in hospitals. There are sad eyes, hopeful eyes, troubled eyes, searching eyes, and sleepless eyes. Eyes that look out and wonder why the world outside is still the same. Why doesn’t it pause for them? Eyes that are full of questions that no one has answers for. Eyes that will, in time, find a way to look at the world with grace again. Eyes that will, in time, let a smile touch them again.

When you create

When you create, your work, your creations, your art becomes a part of your personality. You naturally gravitate towards talking about things and people you like and admire. When you don't create, your opinion of other people's work becomes your entire personality. You naturally gravitate towards talking about things and people you don't like and why they must be ridiculed. Your need to constantly diss others comes from a need to assert your own personality. The right way to do that is to go out, get in the arena, create, and build.