You must imagine
the life that you wish to live,
you must believe it.

(via tylerknott)

He asked why people are sad. “That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.

I myself did not know what I wanted. I was afraid of life, I struggled to get rid of it, and yet I hoped for something from it.