I’d like to be more hopeful, but what are the chances of that?
— TJW
I’m trying to judge myself less harshly, but so far it’s been a total failure.
I’m trying to give up self-improvement, but I still have a long way to go.
I’m trying to be less competitive, but I’m still worse at it than other people I know.
Desire redirected transforms.
Desire suppressed intensifies.
What we contemplate, we become.
Desire indulged widens.
Break the spell of urgency. Then see what is needed. Then do it.
Weber’s First Law of Cosmology:
Something is better than nothing.