Category: Of Grasshoppers

Student: Have you ever really wanted something?
Master: Have you ever really pursued it?

Student: So heavy.
Master: Build strength.

Student: Why can I not go back and correct my mistakes?
Master: Because now you must deal with the consequences.

Student: I do not like who I have become.
Master: You are as you have always been.

Student: If but e’vr so briefly, I experienced normalcy.
Master: What’s that?

Student: I never wanted to be the enemy.
Master: You can still be friendly.

Student: I don’t care anymore.
Master: No one else will either.

Student: In retrospect, I did it all wrong.
Master: What about all you haven’t done yet?

Student: This could be the last day of my life.
Master: This could be the first.

Student: I feel like I am fighting my destiny.
Master: Are you doing what you want?

Student: I am not in control today.
Master: Does one ever control the river? Just steer the boat.

Student: I am overwhelmed.
Master: Perhaps you do too much at once.

Student: I was very happy until I was told I wasn’t.
Master: With great effort, we climb to heights from which it is so easy to be knocked down.

Student: Correcting the results of my poor judgments is ridiculously difficult.
Master: Much easier to use good judgment in the first place.

Student: Look. A bus.
Master: Get out of the street!