2004-2005 INVEST INCREMENTALLY IN SOMETHING THAT MAY ONE DAY BECOME BEAUTIFUL. IF YOU COULD CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE THEM. TELL SOMEONE SOMETHING THAT SHE DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW. YOU ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THINGS THAT OTHERS HAVE ALWAYS SEEN IN YOU. COMPLETE TRUTH AND HONESTY DO NOT EXIST. EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IS GETTING OLDER. AIRPORTS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF HOME. WHEN THE END IS NEAR IT'S ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT. YOU USUALLY DON'T CHOOSE WHEN HISTORY IS BUILT OR WITH WHOM IT IS BUILT. ANSWER UNASKED QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. YOU CANNOT KNOW NOW WHAT NOW WILL MEAN TO YOU LATER. CAPTURE HISTORY WHILE YOU STILL CAN. IF YOUR TIME IS NOT YOUR OWN IT SHOULD BE. WE BECOME STUCK SO EASILY IN THE PRESENT. THE MOST FRIGHTENING PERSON YOU COULD EVER MEET IS YOUR CARBON COPY EQUAL. WHAT DROUGHT AND NEGLECT CAN BRING IS NOTHING NEXT TO THE RAVAGES OF INCOMPETENCE. IS THERE ANYTHING TO LEARN FROM WATCHING OTHERS SAY GOODBYE? THE ONLY WRITING YOU SHOULD EVER READ UNABRIDGED IS YOUR OWN. IS IT WORTH DISCERNING TRUTH FROM THAT WHICH IS MOTIVATED BY TRUTH? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL TO IMPRESS PEOPLE BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE REMEMBERED. THE SAME EVENT WILL MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR EACH PERSON INVOLVED. SOME FEELINGS DON'T HAVE NAMES. MANY WILL NEVER LISTEN AND MOST WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND; SPEND TIME WITH THOSE WHO SOMEHOW DO BOTH. THE YOUNG COUPLE STUMBLING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT MAY NOT BE DRUNK AT ALL, BUT ACTUALLY INCAPACITATED BY LOVE AND LAUGHTER. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS ABSURD. TRY APPLYING ADHESIVE LINT ROLLS DIRECTLY TO YOUR CAT. FROM YOUR SEAT ON THE BUS, YOU SEE A DISABLED MAN IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR PUTTERING UP THE SIDEWALK. HE IS WEARING A WHITE T-SHIRT THAT SAYS, "DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE?" LIFE DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER, YOU JUST GET BETTER AT IT. 2006 MAKE AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE BEFORE IT APPEARS AND BEFORE IT IS GONE. THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDE WILL BE IMPERCEPTIBLE. ADVOCATE CHANGE. INSECURITY TEACHES MODESTY. THE FUTURE IS EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY A PROBLEM EXISTS. CHOOSE YOUR DIRECTIONS WITH CARE BECAUSE LIFE IS FAR TOO SHORT TO FULLY EXPLORE ITS DEPTH AND POTENTIAL. FIND AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE WHO HELPS YOU DISPEL YOUR FEARS. EVERYTHING SOCIAL COMES BACK TO BIOLOGY. YOU WILL MISS THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT ANTICIPATE MISSING. YOUR IDENTITY IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT TO OBSERVE YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. DESPITE HOW HARD YOU MAY TRY YOU WILL NEVER THINK TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO THE PLACES TO WHICH YOU ARE GOING. SHY PEOPLE AREN'T CLUELESS. THAT WE MUST FIGHT FOR PROGRESS IS EMBARRASSING AND SHAMEFUL. ADMIT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACES ALL ALONG. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT OTHERS ARE PLANNING. IT IS PAINFULLY EASY TO SHOW SOMEONE THAT YOU CARE AND YET WE STILL HESITATE. YOU WILL NOT APPRECIATE YOUR HEALTH MOMENTS BEFORE YOU BECOME SICK. MAKE IT HAPPEN. CONSIDER HOW ALL NEW EXPERIENCES MAY BE THE FIRST OF MANY. FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE WORDS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL A CERTAIN WAY. PEOPLE WILL TRY HARDER WHEN THEY KNOW THEIR GOAL IS ATTAINABLE. GOING-AWAY PARTIES ARE LESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING AND MORE FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING LEFT. IT'S ALWAYS HARDER TO IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVEN'T OBSERVED. WE FEEL THREATENED BY WHAT WE ARE NOT. THE RISKS REQUIRED OF DEFEATING YOUR DEEPEST INHIBITIONS ARE WORTH TAKING. NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO HUNT YOUR WHITE WHALE. EVENTUALLY YOU WILL BECOME OVERWHELMED AND FULL OF DOUBT. YOU WILL SCRAMBLE TO INTERPRET THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOMETHING YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED. DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE AND THEN TAKE NOTE OF WHOEVER TRIES HARDEST TO FIND YOU. BE ADVISED THAT YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS WILL BECOME PART OF HISTORY. ANY MOMENT COULD BE LIFE-CHANGING. YOU WILL SEE EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE FORETHOUGHT AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND. REJECTION IS MADE DIFFICULT PRIMARILY BY THE WAITING THAT PRECEDES IT. TRYING NEW THINGS IS IMPORTANT NOT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO STAY ENGAGED FROM THAT POINT ON BUT SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO RETURN TO IN THE FUTURE. THE MECHANICS OF ROMANCE ARE CRUEL. IT IS PAINFUL AND NECESSARY TO WATCH SOMEONE ELSE LEARN WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW. YOU CANNOT DEVELOP AN OLD RELATIONSHIP WITH A NEW PERSON SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER TRYING. SOMETIMES COMPETITION IS NOT AN OPTION AND OTHER TIMES IT IS NOT OPTIONAL. GOING THROUGH LOVE AND LONELINESS IS LIKE BEING BIPOLAR: YOU HAVE TROUBLE REMEMBERING WHAT ONE STATE FEELS LIKE WHILE YOU ARE IN THE OTHER. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO ANSWER UNEXPECTED QUESTIONS. BEWARE TIME COMPRESSION: WHAT FEELS LIKE LAST WEEK MAY HAVE HAPPENED YESTERDAY. IN THE END YOU WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS. WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU MATTERS. YOUR LIFE IS COMPOSED OF A FRIGHTENINGLY FRAGILE STRING OF UNLIKELY EVENTS. LEAVE IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS WHERE THEY WILL BE REDISCOVERED. THE FIRST AND LAST TIMES ALWAYS SNEAK UP ON YOU. THE PAST IS SPECIAL AND ELUSIVE. SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TAKES TIME. IN THE FUTURE YOUR HOME WILL MELT AND YOU WILL SEE YOUR REFLECTION IN THE PUDDLE. MILESTONES CAST CALM SHADOWS. NOSTALGIA PROVIDES YOU WITH MEMORIES SCRUBBED OF ALL CONTEXTUAL FEARS, ANXIETIES, AND CONCERNS. LEAVE A NOTE JUST IN CASE SOMEONE SHOWS UP TO READ IT. INTROVERSION IS SAFE. THROUGH SPONTANEOUS AND SELFLESS GESTURES YOU WILL CHALLENGE OTHERS. LOCATE A SAFE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE WORLD SLOWLY BECOME UNAWARE OF EVERYTHING. BUILD YOUR MACHINE INCREMENTALLY WITH PATIENCE AND RIGOR, FORESIGHT AND FOCUS. YOU WILL LOOK UP FOR LIGHT AND INSTEAD HEAR NOISE. YOU WON'T REALIZE HOW SPECIAL FRIENDS ARE UNTIL YOU STOP MAKING THEM. LOCATE YOUR FAVORITE STATE OF MIND AND TAKE SOMEONE THERE. CERTAIN TRUTHS CAUSE US TO TEMPORARILY GO BLIND AND DEAF. HESITATION WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONS WITH PARALYZING SPEED. GIFTS ARE WORDS SO CHOOSE THEM CAREFULLY. THE BEST IDEAS SPAN MONTHS OR YEARS. 2007 YOU WILL FEEL VULNERABLE AT A TIME AND PLACE NOT OF YOUR CHOOSING. FROM OUR FEARS WE MUST SALVAGE OUR HOPES AND PLACE THEM SOMEWHERE SAFE UNTIL OUR FEARS NO LONGER EXIST. EVEN THE ORACLE IS WRONG SOMETIMES. LONG-STANDING TRADITIONS END SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE LAST ACT SHALL BE WRITTEN FIRST. UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO EXECUTE. COGNITIVE ASSOCIATION IS POWERFUL. RECEIVING HELP, NEEDED BUT UNSOLICITED, IS HUMBLING. VITRIOLIC WORDS HAVE ONLY ONE PURPOSE AND MEAN NOTHING. LONELINESS IS NEVER AS DISTANT AS YOU MAY THINK. SCRAPS OF HISTORY FRIGHTEN PEOPLE WHO DO NOT ARCHIVE THEM. BEFORE RE-ATTEMPTING AN EFFORT THAT HAS FAILED CONVINCE YOURSELF HOW AND WHY IT SHOULD NOW SUCCEED. PROGRESS WILL FLOOD THE SORDID PLAINS OF INJUSTICE AND MOVE MEN. GUILT KEEPS YOU HONEST AND PRODUCTIVE. FANTASIES BEGIN AS SECRETS. THANK YOUR MISTAKES FOR MAKING YOU BETTER. IF YOUR PERSONALITY IS A MISTAKE OF NATURE THEN BEING YOURSELF WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR. LONELINESS SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL INVISIBLE BUT NOT IRRELEVANT. PEOPLE CLIMB AND DESCEND STAIRS GENERALLY UNAWARE OF THOSE NEARBY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING THEM. PURE HONESTY IS DANGEROUS AND DISRUPTIVE. STAND BACK AND ALLOW YOUR ROADBLOCKS TO DETERIORATE WITH TIME. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE CONFUSE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENT. METAPHORS ARE EVERYWHERE. WE MUST SHARE OUR MOST PROFOUND THOUGHTS. THOSE WHO APPEAR GOOD AND HONEST ARE MORE COMMON THAN THOSE WHO ARE. SEEING YOUR PAST SELF IN SOMEONE YOUNGER PROVES YOU HAVE GROWN. CONNECTIVITY OFFERED BY NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TENDS TO INDUCE FURTHER ISOLATION. YOUR EMOTIONS ARE SABOTEURS. YOU WILL FEEL BOTH PAIN AND JOY OR NEITHER. IF YOU ARE RIGHT THEN IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO ALSO BE CONVINCING. SECURITY WILL SHOW YOU WHERE HAPPINESS HIDES. WITH THEIR PROMISE SOMEONE EXCEPTIONAL WILL REDEFINE YOUR NOTION OF SINCERITY. EXPERIENCE IS YOURS AND USELESS TO OTHERS. FINDING A COMPANION DEFIES STUDY AND REASON. THE WORLD IS FRAGILE BUT WILL NOT END EASILY. NOBODY NEEDS FAME. THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS HAUNT YOU BECAUSE EVEN IN HINDSIGHT THE RIGHT CHOICE IS UNKNOWABLE. YOU WILL REMEMBER AN ENTIRE SEASON BY A SINGLE STUBBORN MEMORY. CONSIDER WHAT DISTINGUISHES THOSE WHO CAPTURE AND HOLD YOUR ADMIRATION. PASSION BRINGS ORDINARY THINGS INTO FULL FOCUS. TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED US BEYOND OUR CAREFULLY EVOLVED BIOLOGY. SCHEDULE LIFE SO THAT YOU ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT. YOU CANNOT HELP EVERYONE WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP. SOMEONE WHO'S EASY TO FIND SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO'S DIFFICULT TO FIND IS TRAGIC. YOU ARE HELD PRISONER BY YOUR NEED FOR THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT. HOPE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DISAPPOINTMENT LIVE AND DIE TOGETHER. DON'T BE SCARED BY FACADES THAT RESEMBLE YOUR FEARS. IN A DREAM YOU WARNED OTHERS OF THE FUTURE BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE. PRIVILEGED INFORMATION EMPOWERS AND ISOLATES THE HOLDER. CONSIDER THE MOST LIKELY DISASTER AND PREPARE FOR IT. LONELINESS MAY BE DISPATCHED WITHOUT BEING REPLACED AND VICE VERSA. SOME THINGS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AND OVERLOOKED COMPLETELY. YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IS WIDE BUT WEAK. TRY VERY HARD TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS. YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF NOTICING ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CHANGE. TRUST ONLY DEVELOPS IN THE ABSENCE OF REASONS TO MISTRUST. PROCEED CAREFULLY WITH IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR WHICH YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS CANNOT REACH A CONSENSUS. ALCOHOL CAN ELICIT, EXAGGERATE, OR FABRICATE TRUTH. YOU SHOULD BE PURSUING OBJECTS THAT MAKE YOU CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR SURROUNDINGS. MISLEAD OTHERS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE COLLAPSE WILL BE UNEXPECTED AND BREATHTAKING. RARELY DOES DESPERATION SERVE ANYONE'S BEST INTERESTS. TO SOMEONE ELSE YOUR TIME IS A GIFT. SOME QUESTIONS DON'T MATTER BECAUSE EITHER ANSWER WILL EXPLAIN THE RESULT. YOUTH IS A DESOLATE ROAD WITH NO GUARANTEE OF LEADING ANYWHERE. YOUR IDENTITY EXISTS ONLY IN THE PAST. SEPARATING FROM THOSE YOU TRULY LOVE LEAVES YOU MOMENTARILY STUNNED AND VOID. YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND IS THE ONE WHOSE VOICE YOU HEAR INSIDE YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU NEED GUIDANCE. SHALLOW ADVENTURES PROVIDE SATISFACTION BORROWED FROM THE FUTURE. CONFUSE PEOPLE SO THAT SUBSEQUENTLY THEY MIGHT SEE EVEN MORE CLEARLY. INSTANTIATE YOUR DEEPEST HOPES INTO COMMON OBJECTS THAT YOU KEEP NEARBY. YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR ROMANTICIZED IDEALS WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER THEY CAN BE REALIZED. KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT ISN'T HELPFUL UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU ARE ALMOST READY TO FEEL AGAIN WHEN YOU FEEL NOTHING. MAKE LONG-TERM PLANS TO CREATE AND LEAVE BEHIND SOMETHING DURABLE. AT THE EDGE OF EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION YOU WILL BECOME ACUTELY AWARE THAT YOU ARE ALIVE. YOUR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF AN INFLUENTIAL EVENT IS SEVERELY LIMITED. VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WHOLLY INTERESTED IN YOU OR YOUR LIFE. ANOMALOUS FIRST EXPERIENCES MISLEAD YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THINGS REALLY WORK. YOUR NEWFOUND SKILL WAS PROBABLY MASTERED BY MANY OTHERS LONG AGO. THERE'S NO POINT IN BEING OFFENDED BY REALITY UNLESS IT CAN BE CHANGED. YOU MUST BE SMART, BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED, OR KIND; OTHERWISE YOU ARE NOBODY. BEGIN YOUR SEARCH WITH THE MIND-SET OF A LONG WAR. EVERYONE HAS A STORY THAT YOU WILL ONLY HEAR THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE. THE COMPANY OF HAPPY PEOPLE IS A HEALTHY NEXT-BEST ALTERNATIVE TO HAPPINESS OF YOUR OWN. A WALL OF HANDWRITTEN NAMES HALTS YOUR THOUGHTS AND OVERWHELMS YOU WITH SMALLNESS. LISTEN TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS SINCE IT SOMETIMES REMEMBERS DETAILS THAT WILL ONLY BECOME RELEVANT LATER ON. THROUGH CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND STRICTLY ENFORCED RULES YOU WILL PROTECT YOURSELF FROM YOUR OWN NAIVETE. INTENT IS KNOWN ONLY BY THE ACTORS. A SELECT FEW THINGS DEVELOP IN SPECTACULAR FASHION OR NOT AT ALL. TENDERNESS HAS BECOME BOTH RARE AND UNDESIRED. BEWARE THE MEANINGLESS TRENDS THAT LITTER HISTORY. IF YOU KNEW HOW MUCH EFFORT IT WOULD TAKE YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED. PROVIDENCE WILL FIND CREATIVE AND SUBTLE WAYS TO TEMPER YOUR PASSIONS. IN THE COLD LIGHT OF GOOD THINGS LOST YOU WITNESSED SOMETHING BETTER. BY COUNTEREXAMPLE ONE OF YOUR MOST SACRED TRUTHS CRUMBLED AND YOU WERE CHANGED. KNOWING THE FUTURE DEMANDS COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO EXECUTE IT. 2008 YOUR DARKEST MOMENTS LEAVE YOU ABANDONED AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU FAIL. BE WARY OF THOSE EAGER TO DICTATE AND THOSE EAGER TO ADHERE. SPEECH AND WORDS ARE CLUMSY BUT THEY ARE ALL WE HAVE FOR THE TIME BEING. WHEN THE ONLY THING ON YOUR MIND IS THE ONLY THING YOU WANT YOU ARE NO LONGER PREDICTABLE. THE MANIPULATED AND STARVING HAVE LITTLE REASON TO BELIEVE ANYONE. FOCUS ON A SINGLE FEAR AND CONQUER IT ONCE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT WILL TAKE. EXPLODING WITH EAGER SINCERITY YOU FRIGHTEN ALL BUT A VERY FEW. THE MOST SPECIAL THINGS ARE ALSO THE MOST DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE. THOSE WHO SPEAK WITH THE TIME THAT THEY MAKE FOR YOU ARE HOPING THAT YOU LISTEN. HONESTY IS A SECRET HANDSHAKE. IT TOOK YOU DAYS TO REALIZE THAT THE LIST OF NAMES LEFT ON YOUR DOOR WAS A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU WELL ENOUGH TO DESTROY YOU. ANY URGE TO ERASE PARTS OF YOUR PAST SHOULD BE IGNORED AT ALL COSTS. AT NIGHT YOU STAYED AWAKE BECAUSE HUMAN CONTACT WAS MORE VITAL THAN SLEEP. EXTREME POVERTY IS WISHING FOR NOTHING ELSE BUT FOOD AND WARMTH. THOSE WHO WIELD LOVE AS A BLUDGEON SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES BY PIERCING IRRELEVANCE. WHEN THE OPPRESSED ABSTAIN FROM RETRIBUTION THEY DEFY THE VERY WORST IN HUMAN NATURE. CREATE DELIGHTFUL LITTLE STORIES BY TALKING TO STRANGERS WITH ONLY A PEN AND A NOTEPAD. IN DEPRESSION YOU SUBCONSCIOUSLY JUSTIFY SLEEP AS A WAY TO REBOOT YOUR BRAIN. HALLUCINATIONS EVENTUALLY FILL VOIDS WHERE NEEDS ARE NOT MET. FRIENDSHIP IMPLIES EITHER A CEILING OR A FLOOR. WITH YOUR ACTS YOU REWARDED THOSE WHOSE ATTENTIONS YOU CAPTURED WITH WORDS. YOU WOULD DENY TRUE EQUALITY TO SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. YOU SAW A BRIEF AND PLAYFUL EXCHANGE BETWEEN OTHERS THAT ECLIPSED YOUR DESIRE FOR ANYTHING ELSE. HURRY AND SAVE THE DROWSY MASSES FROM THEIR CYCLIC IMPULSES. YOUR AUTONOMY IS HARDLY A BIRTHRIGHT AND MUST BE PLANNED. FROM THE BEGINNING DELIVERANCE WILL WALK EXPOSED TO EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT THWART ITS ARRIVAL. IN THIS WORLD YOU ARE BETTER OFF FEELING EMPTY THAN UNDESIRABLE. HELPING YOUR OPPONENTS IS EITHER SELFLESS OR STRATEGIC. TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU SEE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW. THE SECRET TO ROMANCE SURVIVES IN CHILDREN. OBSESSIONS THRIVE WHEN YOUR HEAD AND YOUR HEART AGREE. THE CONFLICTS WHICH YOU CAN NEITHER ESCAPE NOR RESOLVE WILL CEMENT YOUR FUTURE. THE STRANGER SITTING QUIETLY NEXT TO YOU ON THE BUS MAY BE AS CLOSE AS SHE'LL EVER GET TO MAKING A NEW FRIEND. ONLY AN ELABORATE APPARATUS CAN EXPOSE WHAT SOLITUDE LOOKS LIKE. AFTER MANY DAYS OF LIVING INDOORS YOU WILL STARE IN AWE AT YOUR CLOTHES IN SUNLIGHT. WATCH CLOSELY AND YOU WILL SEE ICEBERGS OF LOVE EVERYWHERE. SOMETIME AFTER BECOMING LOST YOU WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE EASIER TO FIND YOUR WAY OR BE FOUND. CONTROL IS ALWAYS TEMPORARY. SLOWLY POISONING YOUR CHILDREN IS UNTHINKABLE SO WHY WOULD YOU SMOKE AROUND THEM? THE BEST PARTNER YOU EVER HAD SHARED MOST OR ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG NIGHTTIME WINDOWS BECAME BACK DOORS AND THAT SPIRIT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOVER. WATCHING THE INVISIBLE ANTICIPATE HOW OTHERS MIGHT APPROACH THEM IS A BURDEN MEANT ONLY FOR GOD. YOUR MOTHER HAS AN STD. YOU MUST CONFRONT THE INSTITUTION YOU WISH TO DISMANTLE. TWENTY-SOMETHINGS SPEND TOO MUCH TIME CONFUSED WITHOUT KNOWING IT. WE ARE THE SLUMBERING FUTURE AND WE HAVE AWOKEN. URBAN NEGLECT WARRANTS THE PROBLEMS IT CREATES. THERE IS NO NEED TO CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH BECAUSE EVENTUALLY FOOD AND WATER WILL BECOME SCARCE ENOUGH TO CONTROL IT FOR US. YOU LOOKED UP AT THE EMPTY SEAT ACROSS THE TABLE AND WONDERED WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING THERE. RACISM SHOULD BE ERADICATED BEFORE POVERTY AND HIV. SEXISM WILL REMAIN INTRACTABLE UNTIL WE AGREE ON GENDER ROLES. YOUR LUNGS WERE CHARGED WITH HUMILITY AND PURPOSE BY THE WORDS I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU. PROGRESS IS MADE EVERY DAY AS THE BIGOTED DIE OFF. SOME LAWS STILL EXIST ONLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE SOCIAL REMEDIES THEY INHIBIT. THE GOOSE BUMPS ON YOUR ARMS WERE CAUSED BY SOMETHING REAL. PRESIDENTS WHO CANNOT SYNTHESIZE GOOD POLICY FROM BAD ADVISORS ARE AT BEST USELESS AND PROBABLY DANGEROUS. WHETHER YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR. GIVE ME WHAT I WANT WITHOUT STEALING OR LYING. CONCEALING YOUR EYES TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE IS COWARDLY. AFTER HE BREAKS DOWN YOUR FRONT DOOR HOW WILL YOU KILL HIM? YES AND NO ARE LESS DISTINGUISHABLE WHEN ANSWERING TO FEAR. LOVE PROPELS THE FIERCEST, MOST DEBILITATING FORM OF EMPATHY. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WILL ALLOW US TO WITNESS MASS PANIC ON A SCALE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. A PART OF YOU IS CHANGED WHENEVER YOU ARE GRABBED BY THE HAND AND TAKEN SOMEWHERE FUN. THE TRUE MEANING IS A DOG WHISTLE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE AND NOBODY ELSE. THE WORLD IS RIDDEN WITH TRAPS AND BURDENS BUT WE MUST INTERACT WITH IT OR ELSE WE WILL GO CRAZY. YOU WILL PROBABLY BE KILLED BY SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SEE. LOYALTY IS A LOADED WEAPON. AFTER GLIMPSING THE TRUTH YOUR HEART BEATS DIFFERENTLY. YOUR ANXIETY COULD BE MASKING SOMETHING MUCH WORSE. WHEN ALL AT ONCE THEY BEGIN TO REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE YOU WON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP THEM. CORPORATIONS KEEP YOU ALIVE. THERE'S NO REASON TO IMPEDE OTHERS WITH YOUR CONFUSION SO DON'T. YOU'LL GET THEIR REAL ANSWER IF THEY BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU WON'T ASK AGAIN. HAVING YOUR LIFE TAKEN AWAY AND GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE WORSE. THE LIGHTS UP AHEAD DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE BUT THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO STOP YOU. IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF LIVING AMONG PERMANENT REMINDERS OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE LEARNED. INQUIRING ABOUT OTHERS' WELL BEING IS A GOOD EXERCISE WHEN YOU ARE IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN. LIFE-ALTERING MISTAKES HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU OVERCOME THE INERTIA OF FIXING THEM OR STUMBLE INTO SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH THE STRENGTH OF BETTER JUDGMENT. THE CONFLICT-DRIVEN MEDIA WILL ELEVATE SLANDEROUS DRIVEL AND CALL IT BALANCE MAKING OUR JOB IS THAT MUCH HARDER. STUPIDITY THRIVES BECAUSE EMOTIONS ARE EASY. WHETHER YOU NOTICE THE THINGS THAT ALMOST DID OR DID NOT HAPPEN WILL SHAPE YOUR CONSCIENCE. WE MUST ALLOW MEN TO HELP US OR ELSE THEY WILL DISAPPEAR ALTOGETHER. THE FEW THINGS THAT YOU LOVE BUT RESIST ANYWAY ARE KEY. THE TRUTH BECOMES SOMETHING ELSE WHEN IT CAN NO LONGER BE BROADCAST. UPON PREVIEWING YOUR LIFE FREE OF DISCONTENT YOU CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE UP AGAINST. WE SHOULD BE TERRIFIED BY OUR WILLINGNESS TO TORTURE OUR ENEMIES. TECHNOLOGY IS POWER IS LOCATING SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE FOUND. NUANCE AND COMPLEXITY ARE FOR HERETICS. SUMMER BECAME THE PRISON THAT CAUSED THEM TO FLEE CLIMATE CHANGE. WHAT DIDN'T MATTER DISAPPEARED AND WITH SUDDEN CLARITY YOU KNEW WHICH RULES TO BREAK. BY THE STRENGTH OF YOUR IMAGINATION YOU BUILT THE FUTURE AND LIVED THERE UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO LEAVE BEHIND. YOUR CRITICS CAN SUCCEED WITHOUT MAKING SENSE BUT YOU CANNOT. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IF YOU HAD UNDERSTOOD FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE THAT THERE WAS A SECTION OF YOUR DNA THAT COULD SWALLOW ENTIRE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE AND RENDER THEM FRUITLESS. THE END OF THE EPOCH IGNITED YOUR SENSES AND THE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD GO TO CONSIDER ALL OTHER PLACES EXISTED ONCE AGAIN. YOU FOUND THE QUIET REGION INTACT AND FROM THERE YOU SAW THE BEGINNING WHILE IT WAS STILL THE BEGINNING AS IT COULD ONLY BE SEEN IN HINDSIGHT. BLAMING YOUR CHILDREN FOR THINGS THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER IS CHILD ABUSE BUT CHILDREN DON'T KNOW THAT. THAT YOU HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING ALLOWED YOU TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A BRILLIANT THOUGHT AND A SLEEPING PILL WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT. WITHIN THE PLOTS AND WHISPERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SHE LEFT BEHIND YOU FELT THE CONTOURS OF WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN SHE RETURNED. MEN BECOME MEN WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH WOMEN ARE CONDITIONED TO WAIT RATHER THAN PURSUE. THE REST OF THE STORY WAS ALWAYS BEHIND YOU. WE ARE SAFE BECAUSE WE ARE THOSE WHO ARE MEANT TO RETURN AS THE BEST OF WHAT YOU REMEMBER. WHEN YOU LOVE THE FUTURE RIPPLES ACROSS YOUR SKIN AND YOU ARE MADE WHOLE. THEY SLEEP AMONG US INDISTINGUISHABLE BUT TREMBLING WITH AWARENESS AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE SUSTAINED ONLY BY WHATEVER FLOWS THROUGH THEIR VEINS. CONDENSE YOUR MESSAGE UNTIL IT GLOWS WITH POWER. ELECTRONS ARE POOR CONVEYORS OF LOVE AND THOSE WHO KNOW THIS WOULD WAGE WAR TO TRANSMIT THEIR WORDS ON PAPER. ATTACHMENT BEGINS WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE AS SPECIAL AND AGAIN WHEN YOU SEE HER AS HUMAN. YOU IGNORED EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE COERCED YOUR INTUITION BECAUSE YOU KNEW THERE WERE MORE SUBTLE FORCES AT WORK. THE SUBTEXT IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WOULD STRIP YOU NAKED IF IT COULD DO SO WITHOUT YOU NOTICING. YOU OPENED YOUR EYES AND SAW THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE TEAR AWAY INTO A FILAMENT THAT WOULD HAVE GUIDED YOU TO SOMETHING FRESH AND PURE BUT YOU HESITATED SO IT NEVER EXISTED. NOT AS A HEDGE BUT AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST ITS CRUSHING WEIGHT YOUR PASSION MUST BE DIVIDED.