“I hope that this book has been helpful in some way in instilling a similar level of urgency in how you think about your life. You have a finite amount of focus, time, and energy to offer the world, and it can never be reclaimed once it’s spent. There’s no use in wasting your time lamenting the past, because you cannot change or control it. Rather, I urge you to focus on what’s next.
Ultimately, your life will be measured by what you gave, not what you received. Don’t hold out on the rest of us—we need you to contribute. Spend your life building a body of work you will be proud of. Engage today with urgency and diligence. Plant seeds every day that will yield a harvest later. Tomorrow is only an unfulfilled wish, so live and work as if today is all you have. If you do, you will be able to lay your head down each night satisfied with your work, and in the end, you will die empty of regret, but full of satisfaction for a life well lived.”
You are going to be dead soon enuf. Lots of Clever Folks believe it’s healthy, positive & productive to remember this. Every day. Stoic Memento Mori. Tibetan Buddhism .
It is not a selfish act to be your best self, to attempt self actualisation, safe in the knowledge that it is an arduous and lifelong journey, rather than a destination. Because, to be “less than” is depriving the Universe of the gifts that only you can give. Y’all are unique!
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