1. Independence
2. Self-confidence
3. Persistence
4. Creative thinking
5. Being thick skinned
6. Knowing who you are and what you want from life
7. Setting clear goals – and going after them
8. Staying focused
9. Optimism
10. Passion and a zest for life.
Oh there are more, but I like the number
11. Find purpose. Breath in the thought that there is something you have to do—something no other can achieve. Don’t let go of that common thought of humanity that says,
“I want to be extraordinary.”
I’ve been away from myself
for so long now.
I’ve been away for so, so, long.
I’ve been away
from myself
for so very long.
Time
ticks
away.
We’re all one
step closer
to insanity
when we look
at the clock
all day.
Our life
is lost
with every movement
of the old
clock’s cruel
hands.
And yet
we won’t ever
part ways with
it—with him;
with them;
nor you
from me.
You—and I—
are one
step closer
to our limit—
our mental edge.
Or maybe
that’s just how
it seems.
Maybe
I’ve already taken
that final step
toward
my sweet
insanity.
