Inspired by the thoughts of Jeff, www.myung.org.

The learning process is too much of a gradual realization for the present to maintain a healthy velocity - too often, it is too late. Writing keeps the mind in check.

Is a perpetually-changing status quo even a status quo? Friendships and relationships are based on familiarity and routine, yet the stability of routine is too unstable, and the familiarity of routine too unfamiliar. Ex: Remember that friend you used to do everything with for over 3 months, but now you doubt if you'll even ever speak again? Can you ever really predict who is going to be temporary, and who is going to be forever? 

It is weird for me to think that by the end of this coming school year, I will have been at Yale for as long as I was at Berkeley. Have I made as many lifelong relationships? Will Yale ever be as close to my life as Berkeley is/was? 

"3) always see the silver lining
a) There is a lot of fucked up shit in this world, but you should always try to maintain a global perspective. There are a few times when you are allowed to show pain and anger, but you should really save yourself for those bigger events … eg death of a loved one. Try to find the significance of an event in the grand picture. Maybe receiving that speeding ticket actually will help you avoid a fatal traffic accident in 2 years. Maybe losing 100 bucks at the casino today will prevent you from having a gambling addiction when you have a family. Maybe the heart break you suffered from the breakup will allow you to be a more empathetic lover in the future. Maybe your friend’s shit-talking will make you sharper when you make friendships in the future.If you can gain a life lesson from everything that’s fucked up in your life, you’re that much more equipped to handle tough situations in the future and people will look to you for leadership/strength during those times." - myung