Pictures in an Exhibition

When I stare at a photograph of myself, who do I see looking back?

Am I the person I thought I would be when I was younger?

Down what path am I going?

State Street Residential

“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

This proves to be quite a difficult task. How many people do we know that truly live up to this? I’m sure most people have a few special people that they would do anything for. But what about people outside of that group?

In a similar vein, why do we do things?
Is it possible to do something completely selflessly?

Even if we’re not “gaining” anything when we do something nice for someone else, aren’t we still anticipating something in return? Appreciation? A sense of feeling good that we did something helpful?

Whenever we do something for other people, there’s always some kind of benefit, material or immaterial, that we expect for our own gain, isn’t there?

So, can we do anything that isn’t, at least in part, for ourselves?

The New Year

Why do we always wish for it to be a time other than the present?

"Man, I can't wait for..." "I wish it were..."

You just have to wait a while, and it will come. In the meantime, you can focus on other things, good things, fun things.

Nostalgia. "Oh, I wish I were little again..." "I wish I was just starting high school/college..."

It's ok to look back on memories fondly, but don't long for those times. You can't go back to them. Just remember how they were good. And realize... in the future, this, right now, will be the past that you are looking back fondly on.

So enjoy today, and realize that life is good.