I realized something today while I was sitting between the gnarled roots of an ancient Mahogany outside of the Estacion, Pati strumming Urania somewhere in the distance with Genaro. There’s no one in this entire world that can make you truly happy except yourself.

How you project yourself, how you act, react, and tangle with the inevitable sadness and pain that life throws at you, that’s where the ultimate decision lies - change the offending input, or change your mindset. That’s all there is when it comes down to it; funny how simple that concept is, yet how difficult it is to actually execute. Why can’t we just love life and breathe love all the time?

These past few days have been rough, but I hope I never forget that passivity can never be the precious tool for sculpting cold marble into an object of beauty.

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