“Cultivate purpose vs finding it”
Andre Agassi (paraphrased)
When the traffic goes from 65 miles per hour to a standstill – look for an opening off the road and keep your eye on the rearview mirror.
– Especially when your whole family is in the car and a construction truck behind you doesn’t seem to be slowing down
In arm wrestling, not losing is a whole lot easier than winning. This must be a good lesson for other areas of life.
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I am not looking to change the world; the world seems to do a fine job of changing by itself. I am working on changing myself to be more of me.
It is much better to give than to receive. Especially advice!
Be aware of the walls inside.
Sometimes it’s best to build doors, For the walls, We build inside ourselves. Sometimes, It is best to just knock down the wall.
Sleep on it.
Laughing is so much fun.
There are some spots that itch, That you need another person to scratch.
It is nice to have people to love.
Be aware. Who knows what you have been sleeping through the past few years. I know some people that have woke up to find themselves married to a stranger, with kids running around, in a house with no history, working at a job they stumbled into ten years prior, and did not know how to find their way out. Be aware.
When you put money in a bank they give you interest in return for being able to use that money for other purposes. When you put time into other people they give you interest as well but it comes in a different form.
I doubt the doubts ever go away.
Sometimes you have to take your own advice.
Paradise is always on the other side of the fence.
Detours take you to places you have never been. But they’re best to take when you have extra time.
You can play cards with novices. But the cards can still determine who wins.
Remember to allow yourself to erupt. Even lava, cools down eventually.
There are a lot of lessons one can learn from the ocean. The first is make sure you know how to swim before you get in too deep.
– The Birch Rule
“Happiness is a how, not a what; A talent, not an object.”
– Hermann Hesse
The more rigid one’s mind. The harder it is to see another point of view. The harder to understand others.
Hardwood grows slowly.
– Jewel
Always best to know where the toilet paper is, before you sit down and take a shit.
Take a rock and drop it into water for five minutes. Take the rock out of water and cut it in half. The inside of the rock is dry.
Take a sponge and drop it into the same water for five minutes. Take the sponge out of the water and cut it in half. The inside of the sponge is wet.
So it is with learning!
If you always take the downward path. Once you get to the bottom, You won’t have the strength to get back up.
When you jump off a ledge. There is no going back until you hit the ground. Probably should make sure, you can survive, Before jumping.
You know you have self-confidence and independence. When you are able to ask for help or assistance.
Water is much better at adapting than ice. What you believe is truth should be more like water.
If you can’t learn to forgive, At least learn to forget. And if not forget, Then accept.
To do and then plan has much merit. For to plan and never do. What benefit ever comes from that?
If you are going to pick your nose in public. Do it quick.
Make yourself uncomfortable, If you want to learn and grow.
Don’t wait for mid-life, For your mid-life crisis.
I like my last question to be – what question(s) did I miss?
It’s always best to ask a question even when you think you know the answer.
If you want to have a big funeral, die young.