The Book of Ashes

Everyone has the ability (Thomas and the rowboat in space example) 5:52AM

I once asked my brother Thomas to make up a story and he drew a blank. He told me he couldn't and that he lacked in imagination. I told him it was easy, you just sling together a few random elements in the essence of a story. He said he couldn't. I told him try it, make up some random elements. So he grumpily spurted forth, All right then how about a row boat in space. And from that day forth the image of a person rowing a boat through space has stuck in my mind. Forcing someone to overcome their fears can often produce amazing results. Thomas had the idea in his head that because he sucked at hand writing, drawing, painting, imagination and English in general that he would never be good. He proved himself wrong by getting his shit sorted out and getting a higher English mark than I did. A year or two later he quite surpisedly admitted that his hand writing was now quite good. This story holds many a lesson, the strongest being that you should never believe that you cannot do something, you almost always can (unless, like me, you once believed you could walk through walls, kids don't try this at home - it doesn't work!). Secondly the imagination is an amazing thing, cultivate it, keep the machinery in good use, for it shall keep you company for most of your life

Future potentials coming to a head... 9:53AM

Things are coming to a head. I don't know if you can feel it or not but the air is electrified right now with latent potential and many different futures competing for the one place. I am not focusing these futures, just dabbling my hand in here and there and creating the odd little swirl and those that are affected may choose to follow and those that choose not to actively participate won't. A few have fallen by the side already, I cannot stop to help them all. It is time to put the prediction science into practise, let the future roll off my tounge. I have just finished the Dune - Messiah book and it has me caught in its excellence. It is a good thing to note that I have an over active imagination. Sometimes when walking down the street you will notice someone looking at you, this is just a glance or they're boring and happen to be staring in your direction but in my world I note something quite different. Maybe they are people from the future, observing me and my behaviour, maybe they are from this time, trailing me for some reason, maybe they have mind powers and realise my potential, maybe I think too much...

I have noticed that as I walk down the street I tend not to slow down. If something or someone gets in my way, rather than turn to the side which slows one down I twist my shoulders (my widest part) so that I can fit through the gap. Momentum in the forward direction is conserved and side stepping is not required, efficiency in the face of overcoming obstacles. Note this doesn't always work out. If I misjudge then I can often bounce off the lampost I was trying to avoid

Making the diary entry area into a book 9:56AM

I have decided to give the diary entry area a new look and feel. It shall become a book and be quotable. You may notice similarities to other sources, this is not a coincidence, it serves a purpose for the future. I will probably do this tomorrow

Quote on statements being based on fact 11:53AM

""Most statements are based on fact, it is just a matter of determining how far they have deviated from their original starting point."