If you’re a gardener then you know that you’d be crazy to plant seeds one day, then to return the next day and see no shoots and throw your hands up in despair, only to tear up the garden and replant.
And repeat the next day.
That’s obvious, right?
But that’s how life works too.
Results come from consistency, from nurturing a good idea over time.
Too many people start something new and don’t get immediate results/gratification so they move on to the next miracle pill.
And repeat…
The Law of Attraction is a popular idea that sells the idea that your thoughts can become things. It’s attractive because it sells that you don’t need to get off your ass, but it does people a disservice by not showing that it must be combined with the Law of Action and the Law of Gestation to be truly effective.
We don’t harvest in spring.
In the words of William Wallace, “HOLD!”
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.