Caught.
I'm caught between 2 promises ; both of which I can't keep at the same time.
"the easy choice, the easy answer, is the one that hurts the fewest people"
easier said than done; cliche.
The things you think of during finals week, eh?
I'm caught between 2 promises ; both of which I can't keep at the same time.
"the easy choice, the easy answer, is the one that hurts the fewest people"
easier said than done; cliche.
The things you think of during finals week, eh?
It's funny how one day could change the rest of your life, forever.
That one F in that one class. That one person you (don't) meet. That one call you didn't make.
It's not even a day anymore, actually. It's that one action that you know that no matter what you do, and no matter what you could have, should have, or would have done, the outcome will forever be implanted in your head, be it good or bad.
I'm working with some high school seniors and their college apps. Their drive and motivation is so compelling and heart-warming, it makes me want to push myself harder, because I definitely had an easier time with everything than they did. But shoot, some of these kids are really effing amazing. Near 4.0's with a bunch of extra-curriculars, including shadowing at hospitals as Freshman in high school! I didn't do that till ... well, college. It's just that they didn't have the same resources available to them, yet we still got people who will ditch a class and get better opportunities than these students who work their butts off to even be consider a contender to go to a 4-year university.
Thinking... and over-thinking... isn't healthy.. I know it, but I do it anyway. Why? Because... I ... just can't break out of this mindset right now. And what sucks even more, is that I know why I can't, and the only way I would be able to start ... or rather, stop, over-thinking... isn't a choice I can easily take up. I mean, we all supposedly move on from subjects like this right? Welp... years later.. still here.
i hate when the teacher ends a lesson early and gives the class time to talk with each other because im always just sitting there alone for 10 minutes like
The man who saved the world:
Stanislav Petrov was manning surveillance equipment for the Soviet Air Defense Forces when he noticed something strange on the screen. Soon after, warning signals started flashing with the report of an incoming nuclear missile from the USA.
Seeing only one missile, he figured it was a mistake, assuming Americans wouldn’t send only one missile if they wanted a nuclear war.
Soon thereafter, many more started appearing on the screen.
Nevertheless he trusted his instincts, and rather than contact his superiors he waited to see what would happen. He waited past the perceived time on impact. There was no damage - the warnings were due to a system malfunction.
Had Petrov not defied protocol and contacted his superiors, a real retaliatory strike may very well have been fired in response - igniting nuclear war between the USA and Soviet Union.
September 26, 1983 - 29 years ago today.
({and we’d all be dead})
Stan’s the Man.
this deserves a reblog
you go, sir.