Today’s Words of Wisdom
The more one relents one’s self to inaction, the less apt one is liable to be when the opportunity for action is ripe. The more one practices constant reaction in response to one’s environment, the more ready and willing one will be to act upon one’s opportunities.
— Kev Burns (from the TextDrive forum)
In the quest for self-improvement, the ability to smell your own bullshit is half the battle.
— Me
Kev’s words were just the thing I needed to read at the beginning of this particular week. As for my own aphorism — concocted earlier this month — I like to think that it makes up in pithiness what it lacks in eloquence. Maybe.
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