If you believe everything you read, better not read. — Japanese Proverb Spring, how glorious thou art. Birds all a flutter. Trees of blooming pink. Warmth and breeze and gaiety and love. But behind every flitting bird is an animal ready to poop on your car. And all those blossoming trees? Just little white flowers…
Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting. — J.M. Barrie, With great sorrow, I regret to inform you that this will be my last ever blog post. Sadly, schoolwork is just piling up. Outside demands are growing. And in truth, my motivation to continue writing this blog has abandoned…
Will is character in action. — William McDougall Us here at jaketeeny.com are dedicated to three things above all else: truth, justice, peace, humility, entertainment, psychology, philosophy, and the general promulgation of my amazingness. Being able to count accurately is not one of them. Today, I am thus sidelining my pride and publishing a correction…
Yesterday I was clever and tried to change the world. Today I am wise and try to change myself. – Rumi If I were to join a religion, I would be a disciple of Time. Both a stalwart monk and a proselytizing minister, a believer and a preacher of those twelve numbers and their ever-circulating…
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. — Soren Kierkegaard These last few weeks I’ve woken up with a sense of unease, an almost physical disturbance, like a picture frame slightly off level or a shoe lace that skipped an eyehole. An unsettling, really. An almost general sense of anxiety. But what could be causing it?…
In the end, no matter how famous you are, how much wealth you’ve accumulated, the vitamins you’ve taken, the exercises you’ve done, you’re bound to die.