Shards of Bards

My dear,                  I can only project for so long into the future's gateway, and so I'll try to make the most of this little time I have with you. Today, I'll tell you words my father never told me, and one you shouldn't tell your son if you deem it fit. Be everything you can be, son -- everything but me. Let my path only motivate you whilst you thread yours. Don't waste your time trying to start from where I left off; rather, start from the scratch and let your own experience, failures, mistakes, and successes shape you into someone not me. We are two unlike beings, no matter how much we may look alike.    You see, son, I only see when I close my eyes. For I believe that the greatest ideas are born in the most silent of nights, the darkest of times, and the moment our fears are at its zenith. And so, I've taught my eyes to grasp every treasure the dark holds. Yet again, this is only my belief. You have it in you to believ...

One minute silence.... Let's sit back and remember the days you spent moping about an unfruitful relationship; the moments you cried for its failure, and smiled at the thought of it succeeding... If this hasn't happened to you, then.... One minute silence... Sit back and gauge yourself for yours that's coming, if not now but sometime in the future. See also:  Dealing with depression. . No one is worth dying over, not even you yourself! The reason you only pass through bad relationships or never have relationships is so you can recognize the right one when such comes, at the right time. . Focus on what deserves your attention now, and act accordingly to your priorities with a smart sense of attitude. Early relationships are like twitter trends, they hardly stick around for a week and when they do, you'd have lost your taste in them already. Only it's not your data that'll burn this time, but your emotional being as a whole. . It's a minute now!...

I got a message from a special someone yesterday. It read, 'the best things in life are free!', then I just smiled. (The kind of smile you smile when you finally realize that what you've been tearing the house down, scouring for, was right in your hands!) Only, this time, I wasn't searching for anything.... It came searching for me!  Enough with the parables.  . The best things in life are what money can't buy; what money could never qualify to rent; what everyone is born with; and, what one can always have if one chooses to (positive thinking!). The best things in life are privileges. Simply put, the best things in life aren't actually things! They are traits, and resources like love, dignity, family, time, resilience and several many others!  . Money can't get you love, it can only get you what looks like it, and make you believe it's the real deal. And so, focus on the things that are greater than money in measure. The things that everyon...