I've Come To Realize What A Hard Simple Truth It Is: One Must Pursue The Dream To Live The Dream.

Existentialist statement or some 8-bit fun times.

Just over a year since my first tumblr post, I give you Mike Tompkins in an original song! Written and produced by him for the movie, BULLY. I've loved watching his music progress over the past year, hope you enjoy this!

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Never regret something that once made you smile.

-Amber Deckers, Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide

When will you shine with me? Please I'm begging! Where are my, where are my, Where are my soldiers at?

I've been a big fan of Yuca for a few years now, and their new single fits the theme this week, so here enjoy! You can find them on facebook, too. Also, congrats to me for the 101th post today! I hope this blog has left some of you inspired, made some of you pause and think, or made someone open to some new ideas. I hope it continues to do so for another 101 posts -- if I can make it there!

Thanks for following until now!

I am much more independent than I originally thought, and much more capable when I am alone then what I thought I would be.

Cake: no longer a lie.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

- Frederick Douglass

Sometimes it's hard to just keep going But faith is moving without knowing

Unbreakable, Fireflight