So, umm, exactly how many stoic quotes from a bunch of dead philosophers can you throw at us in this Diary, Cat?

AS MANY AS IT TAKES!

Although all these dead guys are, indeed, DEAD, that their wisdoms have survived the test of time only proves their modern relevancy. We live in a world chock full of black and white thinkers who think in extremes without even trying to consider the MANY different facts, angles, and perspectives of a situation. Umm, hi, there! Not only did I use to be one of them, such rigidity was almost my downfall! The ancient philosopher mindsets, however, continue to remind us about the many beautiful shades of grey in this all.

With that, and in honor of the 40th birthday of one of THE best movies of all, my beloved Rocky IV, please let me remind you that there is SO much more to see here than really meets the eye, and even MORE at stake if you somehow miss the memo. Remember: RIGID things break, but FLEXIBLE things can bend, twist, and MOVE like a butterfly when life’s stinging you like a bee.

Meanwhile, if I can change, YOU can change! I am, after all, the embodiment of survival of the fittest. I’ve “adapted, overcome, bent, twisted and SURVIVED” by refusing to just keep standing there rigid and stubborn as FUCK while life’s wolves tried to devour me.

CHANGES

Changes … time’s making changes in my life. Rearranging … can’t seem to stop the hands of time. I remember … I was so young … I was much too young to see. Now I’m older … growing older … and I see things differently. Faces .. strange faces cloud my mind. Empty traces … make it hard for me to find. Somewhere in the distance, is there Someone who awaits for that moment I am taken over by the hands of fate? Oh, can’t you see? It’s changing you and me. Time’s makin’ changes. Time’s makin’ changes in my life. Times rearranging … it’s changing you and me. {Tesla}