Honesty is the best policy and it's something I find extremely hard to avoid at times. Call me outspoken and rude but now I'll actually try to speak my mind whenever I can, which is not as easy to do, as it is to say. I guess sometimes the past does get the better of the present and maybe even the future, but taking risks and making decisions (although you're not perfectly sure what it'll lead to) is a major, if not the only, step one can take towards knowledge and excellence. Everyone has a moment in life where they tumble and find it hard to stand back up again, but we mostly, if not always, find the way to free ourselves from being "oh-so-screwed-up".

If one despises you for telling the truth and nothing but what you feel, let them be; as it is true that one should rather be hated for who they are, than loved for what they're not. Short quotations such as those can always change they way you think and the ones who say or make these short sequences of words can be truly inspirational and helpful towards others. Why do some people insist on asking questions which are rather straightforward? Some questions they know the answer to?

If one finds that the only possible way to avoid problems is to physically run away or hide from them, it places oneself in the category of 'defeat'. You're not succeeding in any way possible by running away and the only way to conquer barriers is to face them, no matter how difficult it may seem. I wish I'd think about that sometimes.

If something is extremely hard to cope with, maybe it was supposed to be that way. If one is forced away from someone, maybe the two individuals were never supposed to meet in the first place. If one continuously walks on a road towards failure and misery, maybe they were initially bound to be upset and in 'a mess'. There is the saying that one should never lose hope but sometimes you really sit down to ponder and to try and really think about whether it's true or just a load of rubbish.