The DON'TS to remember:
Don't wait for time. Make it.
Don't wait for love. Feel it.
Don't wait for money. Earn it.
Don't want for the path. Find it.
Don't wait for opportunity. Create it.
Don't go for less. Get the best.
Don't compare. Be unique.
Don't avoid failure. Use it.
Don't dwell on mistakes. Learn from them.
Don't back down. Go around.
Don't close your eyes. Open your mind.
Don't run from life. Embrace and enjoy it.
This has been like my 'guideline' about life; keep an open mind and embrace whatever comes to you, and be happy with what you have, instead of asking the impossibles.
I'm sure time will come when I can finally eat a whole tiramisu cake.
I shouln't pray about it every night. ![]()
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Loneliness - The pain of being alone.
Solitude - The glory of being alone.
Is it possible to feel both at the same time?
Why, yes.
I feel it all the time when I'm alone in the mornings, afternoons and night. You enjoy the quietness, the sound of silence-- which sometimes go eeeeeee-- when no one barges in the door and tells you to look for something; the very peace you look for. But it does get lonely when you're at it for a period of time, and you start to look around and say to yourself, "Where is everybody?"
But I just tell myself that I won't be minding their businesses, so long as they don't disturb my peace-bubble when they know I don't want to be disturbed-- I snap at people harshly. Maybe just a wee bit.
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3 THINGS TO WATCH: Speech, Behaviour, Action.
3 THINGS TO CONTROL: Tongue, Temper, Temptation.
3 THINGS TO LOVE: Purity, Honesty, Hardwork.
I couldn't say more.
It's true I watch my tongue, behaviour, and what I do.
One wrong step and I'm quite doomed. Been proven the hard way.
The second one I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for. It's hard to control my tongue, because what I say usually just slips out and produces bad effects (no, I don't swear) especially when I am angry, or irritated.
Temptation I don't think so... I'm highly deprived (in my own little way) of everything at the moment, and I don't see where temptation could be.
And of course, the last, are the actions that are loved and adored.
Who wouldn't want to have those characteristics?
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I decided to pay attention to my pastels instead, as they've been quite unused, and I've had them for over a year already.
I like this post, so much to contemplate. Remember there is a big difference from being alone to being lonely.

I am alone a lot, but thank goodness rarely every lonely.
How's your painting coming Recurra? Oh and how's Fibbi?