Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
After a storm comes a calm.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.