... 461

It is confusing when I take desperate longing for premonition. Alas, it happens a lot lately. I guess longing doesn't fade with time, it only accumulates.  

... 460

"The opposite of love is power, not hatred."
Carl Jung

Intriguing concept but I can't tell if it's true. I've been a subject to power long enough to abstain at any cost from even the smallest chance of being under someone else's control again so,consequently, there wasn't much love either. Which kind of proves the point doesn't it?

... 459

People amaze me. Don't rush to get excited - I didn't say they amaze me in a good way. It's their stubborn blind self-confidence that I find mind-boggling, the innate conviction that the world should welcome them with an embrace, that it owes them everything and that they have the right to claim it based on no other ground but their mere presence in this world.

I know, I have a trust issue.

... 458

This black beauty kept me company during my usual Sunday visit to my favorite café:

Indeed, she wouldn't win any beauty contest. But she's so playful and sociable that I find her to be absolutely adorable. If only my benevolence extended to humans in the same gracious manner as it does to animals.

... 457

When you were a kid, did you wish to grow up so you could do whatever you want? But when you finally grow up you realize that you'll never again be as free as you were when you were a kid.
Ironic, isn't it?