I am in competition with you.

I am never not in competition with you.

It does not matter how well I stand on my own; how did you do, and can I do better?

… Competition

What if I can’t save anyone other than myself?

What if every person already has everything they need within them?

… Save

You have to be sleep to dream.

You have to be misguided to believe that a dream is reality.

You have to be my oppressor, to sell me a dream, when I ask for freedom.

… Dream

What we hear is the result of sounds that we perceive in our external environment.

What we listen to is the result of sounds that we digest into our internal environment.

… Listen

A billboard provides a platform where the ordinary can appear larger than life.

Mesmerized by the magnitude of its presence, it can be easy to assume that the object on display is greater than our reality.

… Billboard

A bridge provides a structure that can carry us over an obstacle.

Every bridge has its capacity; and man made structures have an expiration date.

… Bridge

We don’t realize how much stuff we have until we move.

It’s easy to live in a place for years without feeling the presence of the things we’ve collected. Once we make accommodations for an object to exist in our space, it leisurely hangs around and becomes part of our environment.

… Move

Every time we create, we benefit from letting go of everything we’ve ever created. The more we create, the harder it is to let go.

Everything that existed in the past, has already been created. Everything available in the present, is a reflection of what has been released from the past.

… Let go

In a competitive race I politely said “excuse me” to the opponent I was about to pass. There was a brief and awkward laughter between us– Who say’s excuse me when they’re trying to win a race?

I won that race. But, the common courtesy I extended in a moment that did not require it, has always stuck with me.

… Excuse me

A group of people who actively work to bring each other down are described as acting like “crabs in a barrel.” In conversation, the analogy goes like this:

“They (said group of people) act like crabs in a barrel, once one of them get to the top, the rest try to bring them down.”  

… Hot water