If your views are dated, shift them. If your hopes have faded, lift them. If your instincts hurt you, fight them. If your thoughts desert you, write them.

The times were tough, but I still tried. The road got rough, but I’ll still ride. The price grew high, but I’ll still pay. They said goodbye, but I’ll still stay.

Every day we live means one less day we have till dying. Try to seize each day, and when it’s difficult, keep trying. Life will twist and turn and will astonish and amaze. Go enjoy the ride before you find you’re out of days.

There’s never been a mountain height too high for some to climb. There’s never been a wall that will not wear away in time. There’s never been a sea that spans too far for ships to sail. When obstacles arise, explorers find ways to prevail.

As steady as a statute, as guaranteed as fate, as patient as a portrait, for you I’ll always wait.

Science doesn’t care if you accept it or deny it. Math will still be there if you embrace it or defy it. Truth is always true no matter how you try to spin it. The world won’t wait for you to recognize that you are in it.

A.I. does not love. A.I. does not mourn. A.I. does not die. A.I. was not born. A.I. does not want.. A.I. does not share. A.I. does not dream. A.I. does not care.

Before you critique, first try to create. Before you reject, first try to relate. Before you condemn, first share your concern. Your judgment improves the more that you learn.

My kitchen table wobbles slightly as I type upon it nightly. Having served its daily purpose, it becomes my writing surface. On its wood, my words ingrain between the scratches, scrapes and stains. A kitchen table, late at night, provides support while writers write.

Seems like every book collection has an outcast on the shelf. A dust-encrusted novel eft unnoticed by itself. Its solitary placement is a function of neglect, Till the day it gets cracked open, proves its worth, and wins respect.

Full of stubborn hopes? Embrace them. Dreaming distant dreams? Go chase them. Talents you can share? Don’t hide them. Joys in life are rare- Provide them.

Though you might not get paidand you might not get praise,take time to read bookswith the kids that you raise.

They say A.I.’s awesome, but I tell them, look, there’s nothing it says I can’t learn from a book.

The future, for each one of us, does not extend forever. We’re only here a couple years for earthly life endeavors. Our mortal tour’s not evermore, though legacy lasts longer. Devote your mind to leave behind a world you’ve helped make stronger.

If I should go before my time,I hope I will have left behindA legacy of things I’ve saidAnd words I wrote that others readThat helped uplift and helped remindThat life has many joys to find.

When every swipe and scroll is saved and every click is tracked, the wondrous thing with reading books is books don’t read you back.