I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.
I never had much interest in being a child. As a way of being it seemed flat, failed to engage.
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
Anti-depressants helped me get up in the morning and stopped me from being sad, but what they also do is stop you from being happy. So I was just in this numb state. I stopped laughing at jokes, and that's just not me.
Everybody gets bored or rather emotionally flat sometimes, but most players are not so honest as Tomic. They have sponsors that need to be happy, and they want to keep the tour happy.
My mind no longer has romantic abysses, but has become shallow, with many little gaps and cracks.
Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
