An Ode to 2017 - Quote Unsplash

It has been a year,
Probably the most eventful year of my life.

Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash
I will begin with a quote unsplash. I love these quotes. I collected them throughout this year.You may find them inspiring too!

But we are always searching for truth…. That is constant. - Kurisu
Can we really ignore our existence or our purpose? Not for long. We always look for meaning, truth, or whatever you call it. We, humans, may appear different and have different beliefs, but in the end, we are always searching.

Doubt ourselves, lose our way, but never stop walking. - Gin
We don't always know what is the right thing to do. We don't always know what to do with our lives, and that is ok. Without doubts, we will never be open about ourselves. Without constant thinking, we will never learn and grow. Time will never stop. Change will never stop. We also need to never stop, walking, changing, thinking, doing.

 Struggle valiantly through life while waiting for a miraculous encounter. - Taki
Now, this is romantic. Life can be boring. Especially nights like tonight when I know I should start doing homework, but I just don't. I am tired, and I am deliberately cutting time from my sleep to do other things. But that is ok, because we are beautiful. When you picture "struggle," you may not see a pretty scene, but if you look deeper into the soul, the "never give up" mentality is beautiful. We look towards future, towards the possibility of a miraculous encounter.

Champions are not the problem; it's the execution. - Uzi
Sometimes, actually, almost always, things do not go our way. We do not succeed. We fail. We automatically blame everything around us, but often times, it is our execution that is the problem. This is especially true in sports, or something we've practiced repeatedly. We need to think. It is hard to think in the heat of the moment, but we have to think to execute something that will surprise our opponents, or the world.

We are born with infinite possibilities, only to give up one after another. - Miyazaki
 I would like to think the future has infinite possibilities, but is that really true? We are born with infinite possibilities. They are created when we become a small part of our world. As we grow up, as we go to school, conform to society, the things we can do become narrow. It is almost as if society has written our future. Knowing this, we should cherish our possibilities, because even if it is limited, it is vast enough for the whole world to be surprised.

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