While I'm Not Advising You To Assault The Opposing Attorney In The Middle Of Court, I Do Believe In Following

While I'm not advising you to assault the opposing attorney in the middle of court, I do believe in following your passions, wherever they may be. But seriously, there is a time and place for things.

83. HOWARD THURMAN: Ask yourself

Someday I’d like to write a book about death. 

Living with a Chronic Disease (by hankschannel)

Beautiful words by Hank Green on accepting reality and moving forward with optimism and strength. This is Daoism in action.

Updates!

Wow, it's been more than a month since my last entry, and nearly two months since I've written anything at length! I've been busying saying yes to things in my life as they come up, but I want everyone to know that I have not forgotten about this blog. I have a bunch of things I still need to write about, and hopefully I will get to at least some of them before the holidays. Until then, welcome newcomers! And hello to old friends! Feel free to ask me questions or submit interesting things!

The universe simply is, and must be accepted as such. That's what makes it so fun.

You Can't Plan It

A few days ago I posted a funny screencap that I made called “I’m Still Alive”.

Today it has almost 26,000 notes, which is bizarre for a number of reasons. The reality is that I wasn’t even going to post it. I thought it was funny, but since you can’t plan on what’s going to hit and what isn’t on the internet, then it seemed passive to me.

Similarly, every week when I arrange a song for you, I have no idea what the response will be. My Game of Thrones arrangement was perhaps one of my favorites, but it went nowhere. It took me 80 hours to complete, and it was a massive undertaking. It was also timed perfectly since I released it when Game of Thrones started its new season.

But then it failed. It got a few notes, few purchases, and although I was scared (scared as in “umm, how am going to eat this week?”), I was mostly dumbfounded.

On the contrast, some of my biggest arrangements are ones that I was doubtful about - either because I was unsure about how my arrangement turned out, or because I hadn’t heard of the band and assumed others hadn’t, too.

Over the years, I’ve witnessed companies strategize and come up with some crazy buzzword or graphic trending chart, but then they learn that nothing goes as planned. Take a look at My Little Pony - they marketed the show to young girls, but guess who their biggest audience is? 35 year old males.

It’s a bizarre concept - the idea that you can’t plan things. So every week I’m reminded more and more about the unpredictability of the internet. And while some would be frustrated about it, I’d have it no other way. It’s fascinating.

A moment of silence, in darkness, in one solitary breath, can be enough to open up the entirety of the universe.