The world will ask you who you are,and if you do not know, the world will tell you.
~ Carl Jung
I concur
If there is something I could do or something I could say that would make you be happy just being with me, I'd do it.
I'd do it in a nanosecond, but I ain't got no control over any of that.
~ Ted Lasso, in Ted Lasso
A Man’s Poem
When I was young, I thought I’d live forever.
When I was young, I thought fun was the thing.
When I was young, I cared little for what others thought.
When I was young, I knew not what regret felt like.
When I became a dad, I thought I might not live long enough.
When I became a dad, I thought fun was for the kids.
When I became a dad, I cared deeply what the kids thought.
When I became a dad, I understood what regret was.
When I was old, I realized I’d not live long enough.
When I was old, I thought fun was the thing, again.
When I was old, I cared little for what others thought, again.
When I was old, I deeply understood what regret felt like.
Now that I’m old, I yearn to be young again!
~ Dan Mills
Applies to personal goals AND with relationships...
If you really wanted it, you would make time for it.
~ Bret O.
One of the saddest things…
‘I have led a toothless life’, he thought.
‘A toothless life.
I have never bitten into anything.
I was waiting.
I was reserving myself for later on - and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone.’
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Gossip and the Three Sieves - Socrates
In Ancient Greece, Socrates had a great reputation for wisdom.
One day, someone came to find the great philosopher and said to him:
"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”
"A moment," replied Socrates. "Before you tell me, I would like to test it with the three sieves.”
"The three sieves?”
"Yes," continued Socrates. "Before you speak about others, it's important to take the time to filter what you mean. I call it the test of the three sieves.
The first sieve is TRUTH. Have you checked if what you're going to tell me is true?”
"No, I just heard it.”
"Very well! So, you don't know if it's true. Let's move on to the second sieve, that of KINDNESS. Is what you want to tell me about my friend something good?”
"Oh, no! On the contrary.”
"So," questioned Socrates, "you want to tell me something negative about him, and you're not even sure it's true? Perhaps you can still pass the test of the third sieve, that of UTILITY. Is it useful for me to know what you're going to tell me about this friend?”
"No, not really.”
"Therefore," concluded Socrates, "what you were going to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor useful. Why, then, did you want to tell me this?"
"Gossip is a bad thing. Initially, it may seem enjoyable and fun, but ultimately, it fills our hearts with bitterness and poisons us."
I remind myself of this often
Fitness isn't about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.
~ Mackenzie Smith
Me, too...
I want it to be the way it was between us…
~ Daenerys Targaryen to Jon Snow, in Game of Thrones
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