"Aren't rhetoricals supposed to be answered?.. Don't answer that."

It takes guts to continue;
to proceed with your job.
It's always procrastination
that never returns your lob.

And while learning to forgive
takes time to practice,
Learning to forget takes
a bout of amnesia.

People don't want to know
what's right or wrong.
They usually don't think
about it for very long.

Only when they realise
their deadly mistake,
they'd try their best to salvage
the situtation--

-- Yeah, like that's gonna work.

While there is
no better way to
keep score on things,
Money is a lousy way.

My best friend and I can do
anything or nothing
and still have the best time.

Actually, a stranger and I can do
anything or nothing
and still have the best time.

So take the chance
and party hard.
Then settle down
and make your mark.

Sometimes the people
you expect to kick you
when you're down
will be the ones
to help you get back up.

And at times when I'm angry
I have the right to be angry,
but that doesn't give me
the right to be cruel.

But why be angry?
You'll just be punishing yourself
for someone else's mistakes.

True friendship continues to grow
even over the longest distance.
The same applies to true love.

There are many ways of
falling and staying in love.
And there is no better way
to describe it.

And there are people
who love you dearly,
and everyone has a few
somewhere or another.

They just don't know how to show it.
Make the first move and demonstrate.

Although the word "love"
can have many different meanings,
it loses value when overly used.
Never say what you don't mean.

But just because someone
doesn't love you the way you want them to
doesn't mean that they
don't love you with all they have.

Experience is about
counting the days that matter
rather than
counting the days that slipped by.

While trials and tribulations
forges a soul of strength,
optimism preserves it.

Never tell a child that
their dreams are outlandish.
A tragedy it would be
if they believe it.
Young hearts have strong potential
but weak frames.

Sad to say,
your family won't always
be there for you.

It may seem funny,
but people you aren't related to
can show the same amount of
care and concern
and teach you to trust people again.

Families aren't necessarily biological.

And no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you
every once in a while
and you must forgive them for that.

Still, it isn't always enough
to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes you have to learn
to forgive yourself first.

Time and tide waits for no man;
The world doesn't stop for your grief.

Our background
and circumstances
may have influenced
who we are,
but we are responsible
for who we are,
and what we are becoming.

Credentials do not make you
a decent human being.
Morality does.

Two people can look
at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.
That's when differences step in.

My friends fight,
I'm forced to choose sides
even when I don't want to.
Moral dilemmas never fail to exist.

And so does irony.
When I sit on the fence,
that's when they unite...
... against me.

And no matter how hard
you try to protect them,
they will eventually get hurt
and you will hurt in the process.

And it's hard to determine
where to draw the line
between being nice,
not hurting people's feelings
and standing up for what you
b-e-l-i-e-v-e.

That's when we realise that
we don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.

And just because two people argue,
it doesn't mean that
they don't love each other.
Similarly,
just because they don't argue,
it doesn't mean they do.

And one shouldn't be so
eager to find out a secret.
It could change your life forever.

No matter the consequences,
those who are honest with
themselves get farther in life.
Of course, lying proves to be
effective in the short run.
That's where long-sightedness
come in.

Friends are mathematically impossible,
where amount accounts for nothing.
It's the kind of relationship you maintain
that quality counts for everything.

When you think
you have no more to give
and a friend cries out to you,
you will find the strength to help.

Of course, one's bound to be lonely
sooner or later
if you're always acting as the pillar.
Unless you crumble first.

And your life can be changed
in a matter of hours
by people who don't even know you.
Influence is a magical thing.

Writing, as well as talking,
can fulfill emotional needs.
It's a good stress reliever.

There's no excuse to go bitching
on the internet and via MSN.
Private blogs aren't private;-
The internet is never private.

People rarely practise
what they preach.
It has and always will be
a constant battle between
selfishness and selflessness.

And for all that's worth?
I've learnt that...
...it's taking me a long time
to become the person I want to be.

Alas!
The paradigm that we live in
is not all that is offered to us.

Or is it?

Think about it.