BAD INFLUENCE 🦅

"If you do not consciously evolve, you unconsciously decay." — Bad Influence 🦅

I know that feeling. You have to do something. You have to change something radically, because you can't stay like you are for another second, or you're going to explode. ~Bad Influence 🦅

“Perhaps love is a little absurd to give someone the key to your heart, then spend your nights wondering whether they will ever return.” ~Bad Influence 🦅

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he is in prison.” — Bad Influence 🦅

At some point, you have to accept that you’re going to be the villain in someone’s story, no matter how carefully you explain yourself. You can apologize. You can clarify. You can try to show them your side. But sometimes, they’ve already decided who you are in their mind. Let them misunderstand you. Let them talk about you. Let them overlook you. You don’t have to spend your life trying to control someone else’s per…

You're going to be the villain in some people's stories and there's literally nothing you can do about it. You cannot explain or apologize your way out of their perception. Let them misunderstand you. Let them speak ill about you. Let them overlook you. It's not your job to manage their thoughts. Be true to yourself, to what's good. Time will vindicate you. ~Bad Influence 🦅

Suffering is how Life tells you that you are resisting or misperceiving what is real and true. It is the way Life suggests that you are not in harmony with what is. ~Bad Influence 🦅

Guilt can teach you, but it cannot heal you. At some point, the lesson has been learned and the punishment becomes another form of attachment to the past. Self forgiveness is choosing to carry the wisdom without carrying the wound. ~Bad Influence 🦅

“Forgive yourself is as important as forgiving others. Guilt is toxic, re-living the mistake over and over. Love yourself. Forgive yourself.” ~Bad Influence 🦅

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!” ~Bad Influence 🦅

Life is like watching a movie. You think you can, but in fact you can't choose. Your context determines your cognition and the result. That’s why learning makes it different result for your next move ~Bad Influence 🦅

We spend so much of our lives worrying about tomorrow that we forget to experience today. We stress over deadlines, relationships, money, expectations, and whether we’re moving fast enough compared to everyone else. Meanwhile, life keeps happening in the background  the sunsets we don’t stop to watch, the conversations we rush through, the moments that quietly become memories. The truth is, life is fragile. None of u…