Most words evolved as a description of the outside world, hence their inadequacy to describe what is going on inside me.
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Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop.... Words are at times good for looking back, but they are confining when I need to act in the present.Hugh Prather
Support your friends even in their mistakes. But be clear, however, that it is the friend and not the mistake you are supporting.
Hugh Prather
Perfectionism is a slow death. If everything were to just like I would want it to, just like I would plan for it to, then I would never experience anything new my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. When I make a mistake I experience something unexpected.
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Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.
Hugh Prather
My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
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