Real Value

Have finished a chapter of the new book that my husband and I bought. Will be posting noteworthy quotes from the book so I won't forget. Here's one:

Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do not do, what you do not allow yourself to be dragged into. Learn to judge all things by what they cost you. As Nietzsche wrote, "the value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us."

Numbed

Numb, frozen and anesthetized
Trying to understand and realize
Actions, words and thoughts in my mind
Caught up in the frenzy
Passion, emotion, agitation
Couldn’t make sense
Doesn’t add up
Can’t make it up
Why did it happen?
Why did you do it?
Rage, rant and rave
Still numb, frozen and anesthetized.