TeaTalk:101

  Flowers that only bloom at night are barely flowers. Through the golden hours of the sunrise and past the cerulean of midday, the photons are soaked into the leaves, powering the flower’s survival. They're alive. When they’re old enough, mature enough to handle themselves, they finish the equation, and the lonely leaves reroute and form a bud. The stem works in tandem to the winding roots, who’s reaching through the depths of the earth to ensure their genus survives. The bud is ready, with all the right conditions, to carry on the legacy. Armed with the pollen, the fruits of labor produced by the roots and leaves, the flora is ready to present. The flora is nightshade. Nightshade, that is highly toxic. Nightshade, who provides cover during the sun’s sleep and born of photons they’ll never see. Nightshade, that only looms at night. Nightshade, that worked so hard to bloom, only for no one to ever see them. Nightshade, the lonely bloom that stands alone, for anyone who gets too ...

  “The quest for knowledge is hemmed with peril.” You don’t see it, not at first. Maybe not ever But it's stitched within the fabric of every pursuit…but what happens when the threads come loose? When you can see a hole in the fabric, but it’s not enough of a rag to throw away? You hold onto it. With the unraveled raw hem, no backstitching to keep it in place, you realize the downsides, but don’t have it in you to let go. I know it’s a fruitless task, but I want to unravel the fabric, despite knowing you will hang on to it. Being in every club, every AP class, is it worth it? Advanced academics have become our radium—our light at the end of the perilous tunnel of school. It’s the wisp, leading the way to college. Crowding yourself with enough AP’s where studying doesn't stop until the next day starts, leaving food in lieu of competitions for the 10 extracurricular’s you have…when will that light finally shine? When will be be led out of here? I'm holding onto the damn ...

I’m not going to lie; I embodied a nerd while writing this- I fully pulled out my AP World notes from 6 months ago just to make the reference I wanted to : D   "Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today" -Sensei Wu, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu Along with being one of the greatest quotes to come out of cinema, Sensei is a prime example of logic. Bro is the most anti-procrastination guy possible . Sensei is not akrasia. Not only does he act in his own self-interest ( though not always the best idea, Morro deserved better), but he helps others do what’s right.   When posed the question that akrasia undoubtedly fosters, I can’t help but feel that people act against their own self-interest out of instinct and innate desire .   Socrates, the keystone philosopher of Ancient Greece, was an Epic in his own right: he died because he asked too many questions, his desire for knowledge all consuming, and his insistent inquiries causing him to fall off the tightrope...