Leveling Up~

The path gets higher & higher…

The battle gets fiercer & fiercer…

The load gets heavier & heavier…

The climb gets steeper & steeper…

The process gets harder & harder…

The expedition gets longer & longer…

The leveling up gets slower & slower…

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Trusting the lifetime of experiences…to get better & better~


Song of the Day: Iris - Aoi Eir 藍井エイル

Does Progressing In Itself Mean Anything?

Striving is one thing…but striving may not necessarily equate to progressing?
Moving is one thing…but moving may not necessarily equate to progressing?
Waiting is one thing…but waiting may not necessarily equate to progressing?

Practicing is one other thing…but it may still not really equate to progressing?
Improving is one other thing…but it may still not really equate to progressing?
Persisting is one other thing…but it may still not really equate to progressing?

Progressing only means something…when there's some realistic goal-setting?
Progressing only means something…when there's some means of measuring?
Progressing only means something…when there's some basis for forecasting?

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So without even having a believably achievable dream to begin with…does progressing in itself mean anything~


Quote of the Day: God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine. -Francis Chan

Failing Fourth~

With every experience a growing one~

With every experience a learning one~

With every experience a practical one~


With every experience an improving one~

With every experience an educative one~

With every experience an expanding one~

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No longer is it about how fruitless & miserable the failure I see…but rather how constructive & purposeful it is~


Quote of the Day: Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. -C.S. Lewis

How Before When~

When "when" & "how" are both unknowns…"when" seems more pressing a question?

But honestly…it's harder to imagine "when" when it's already hard to imagine "how"~

Thankfully…I now know that not knowing is not the big deal as it is made out to be…

So instead of trying to imagine "when" or "how"…I'll simply do all as I'm led to…now~


Quote of the Day: I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. -Philip Yancey

The Fourth~

It's my fourth visit for the fourth time…

My fourth attempt in the fourth year…

Going forth…genuinely going fourth…

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& now here I'm waiting again…for the fourth outcome~


Quote of the Day: Faith is believing that God is going to take you places before you even get there. -Matthew Barnett

A Little More~

A little more time~

A little more effort~

A little more focus~

A little more practice~

A little more patience~

A little more dedication~

A little more endurance~

A little more persistence~

A little more perseverance~

For a little more improvement…

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Committing myself to a little more…a little more each day~


Piece of the Day: Stay Hungry - Hajime Hyakkoku 百石 元

Quote of the Day: For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at. -Geddy Lee

If It Encourages Me~

Tiny little bits of improvement will lead to huge massive leaps of progress…

Short moments of contentment will lead to lengthy periods of satisfaction…

Invisible signs of perseverance will lead to visible manifestations of growth…

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Cumulatively & positively…eventually~


Song of the Day: aLIEz - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki
```Leben…was ist das?
```Signal…Siehst du das?
```Rade…die du nicht weisst
```Sieh mit deinen Augen```

Quote of the Day: When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. -Isak Dinesen

Test Runs~

Yes they may be flexible…spontaneous…& unconstrained…

Yet they may be unstable…inconsistent…& unpredictable…

Yes they may be troublesome…challenging…& exhausting…

Yet they may be necessary…fundamental…& unavoidable…


Piece of the Day: 輓馬レース - Shusei Murai 村井 秀清

Quote of the Day: Practice puts brains in your muscles. -Sam Snead

Gauging Distances~

Nimble movements~

Strong muscle memory~

Accelerated reaction times~

Smooth eye-body coordination~

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All of it requires resolve…focus & practice to develop~


Piece of the Day: 一歩一歩 - Kousuke Yamashita 山下 康介

K-ON!!!

Finally! Finally…I've completed the series of this popular title:

[けいおん!] a.k.a. [K-On!]

[けいおん!!] a.k.a. [K-On!!]

[けいおん! 映画] a.k.a. [K-On! The Movie]~

Two seasons + a movie = heartwarming~
Actually it had taken an incredibly long time for me to complete the series…mainly because I was really on the verge of ditching it so many times took really long breaks in between almost every other episode throughout its first season…

Until I happened to come across some video recordings of the actual seiyuus (voice actresses) for the series at it live…& then all of a sudden I had obtained all the motivation that's needed to get past Season 1 & into Season 2 already LOL…

Like seriously…had wanted to get to where all these great songs make their debut!

[K-On! Houkago Tea Time - No Thank You!] Live Concert~
[K ON! Houkago Tea Time - Pure Pure Heart] Live Concert~
Apparently they had picked up the same instruments of their respective characters that they voice…& turned the fictitious band into a real one (at least for a few songs played live) in a 放課後ティータイム (Houkago Tea Time)'s live concert!

Admirable~

Impressive~

Amazing~

Inspiring~

Now now…I'm finding a little motivation to work on the bars for my F&Bs as well!


Piece of the Day: Have Some Tea - Hajime Hyakkoku 百石 元

Session 5~

Even if a slight gain of knowledge by what may just turn out to be the equivalent to 0.000000000000000000001% of a subject matter that may be perceived to actually matter or at the very least to be of any interest can't seem to make any difference…

Gain it~

Gain it~

Gain it~
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Having any interest in anything & gaining something…beats having no interest in anything & gaining nothing~


Quote of the Day: As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. -Charles Morgan

Learning By Mistakes?

But exactly how many times must I repeat the same mistake until my brain actually registers the mistake & finally elicit the ideal response for which it is trying to learn?

How is it that I'm not learning successfully even after all the mistakes I'm making?

Like seriously…even the same ones that I've made for the hundredth time already?


Song of the Day: Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. -Billie Joe Armstrong

Just Try Still~

Try again~

Try harder~

Try again~

Try harder~

Try again~

Try harder~

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Even after being already sick of failure…just try still~


Piece of the Day: Human - Ken Arai ケン アライ

Quote of the Day: Never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning. -Roy Bennett

Slow Progress IS Progress~

Comforting myself…

Supporting myself…

Encouraging myself…

Convincing myself…

Reassuring myself…

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However little & slow it is happening…it is still progress after all~


Quote of the Day: Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. -George Orwell

Learning ABCs~

Trying to learn ABCs at my age is so hard it's terribly grueling…

But if I give up on working on the foundation yet AGAIN now…

This bitter cycle of disappointment & regret may not ever end…

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I wish that my younger self would have done me a favour by learning what should probably have & would probably have been easier for me-then than me-now…

But well…me-then had not…& it's not like I could return to the past to change it…

So as a younger self now to my older self of the future…all I can promise is this…

I'm trying!


Song of the Day: Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
```It's like you're my mirror…
```My mirror staring back at me```

Quote of the Day: The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is now. -unknown, Chinese Proverb