If I'm going to do something that could be provocative or unconventionally relevant, like getting out of this mess I find myself in, I have to be prepared to put myself in a place where I feel unsafe, not completely in control. I have no fear of failure whatsoever, because often out of that uncertainty something is salvaged, something that is worthwhile comes about. Progress is not possible without failure. And each failure is a lesson learned.
Unnecessary failures are the ones where I try to second guess my purpose and little comes of that situation except inner conflict, a kind of inward humiliation.
We don't live in a world where we have to follow the rules, where decisions are based strictly on yes and no answers. We live in a world where we're able to pretend to adhere to their rules while we play by ours. Greatness never comes from accepting convention, but from believing in possibilities.
I don't believe the world will ever see anything like us again; nothing like the tension between our freewheeling attitude and the more conservative tactics of the rest of the world; nothing like the passionate bond between us; nothing like the intensity of our united-front ferocity; and nothing like our self-aware sense of the forces working for and against us.
When you're done attempting to apply boundaries in your mind, try to realize there's a limited amount of things you are sure about, but an infinite amount of things you can't be sure about; so before you act or elaborate on your motive or a train of thought, it might be good to think about where that train is headed. Towards an answer, or away from it. Don't always expect to find answers, but aspire to ask and answer questions.
Don't try to understand everything. Just understand everything is there.
