I ran across a notebook I used years ago. I bought it on clearance after Halloween at Old Navy. It has glow-in-the-dark witches on it.

I used it for general note taking. There are some notes from my job two companies ago. A VERY specific grocery list; I didn't just list "potatoes" but "Alexia Natural Potatoes." Some guy's phone number. A few random doodles.

And then I found a page of quotes which puzzle me. I'm not a quote person. I don't actively seek out quotes or use them a lot, unless I'm quoting YouTube vidoes. ("LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!") I can't remember where or why I wrote these down. Judging by them, I must have been in a healing phase.

"The only journey is the one within."
-- Rainer Maria Rilke

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
-- William James

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wow. Do you feel reaffirmed? I know I do.

It's weird seeing this page, because it's SO unlike me. I wonder what spirit stole my hand and forced me to write these. But then I turn the page and find one more quote and realize otherworldly spirits were not at play. It really was me who wrote these down.

"Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas."
-- Unknown