Micros: #1 — Captain Of My Soul


I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

• William Ernest Henley

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

• Albert Camus

I’ve been thinking about these quotes for a little while now. For a long time I’ve felt like my life has been a losing game. Yet, recently, I have felt a small shift. Perhaps it is a result of having more experience in life, but I feel more like I understand what the idea of patience — or, perhaps, the future — is. I understand that our lives are the result of our actions; that we can only truly grow if we move forward every day.

I’ve spent a long time thinking about whether life is worth living. Why pursue these goals in the first place? I still don’t have a fixed answer. But I know one thing: I must at least try to make life worth living — find some kind of meaning. And if I can’t, then that will be my answer. I will try to engage in — think of — life as a process rather than a outcome with fixed results.

Hupogeios

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