Before you launch, secure the pad.
Before you spring, fix the board.
Before you kick, remember to start.
Posts Tagged ‘before’
20161129
In aphorism, proverb, quote on 20161129 at 23:5520160731
In aphorism, bon mot, proverb on 20160731 at 23:55The moment you decide that you deserve better is the moment that you know better—and already in this moment, you are better off.
The fool wears chains to the tune of gold—grounded in insecurity, weighted by vanity, and convinced they are better off decorated than liberated.
As if the limits of mortality were not damning enough, the fool boasts of his own.
If a fool looks for dirt in the cleanest of waters, he is sure to succeed—if only in finding his reflection.
The fool dismisses a dozen opportunities before asking for a second chance.
Regret is the currency of the fool and the agency of the wise.
Waking up is hard to do, but it’s the only way to welcome in a new day.
What is the difference between mail and email? a LETTER
20131009
In poetry, rumination on 20131009 at 21:03《the way》
dear little one,
the world is yours.
the world was yours
even before you belonged
to it.
it was, is, and will be
your redemption as often
as it will be your nemesis.
do not be afraid, for fear
will not carry your burdens
nor will it shelter you
from the elements.
have hope as much as will
allow triumph
over the ills of present,
but none so much that
you deceive yourself
of the realities of the future
or the consequences of the past.
days of sorrow will weave
a tight knit alongside joy,
neither with warning
nor with limitation.
you shall persist because
you know of nothing else,
not only because you will it.
for as a mortal, possibility
is as finite only as is time.
what tomorrow will bring you,
yesterday has already taken
away, with a fluidity that
surprises with subtlety.
you will love and hurt,
feel pain and transfer pain.
you will always forgive
because the alternative
is no alternative.
fairness and justice
will oft be at odds
with one another and for you.
you will not always deserve
your destiny, but you will
decide not to deny it.
for tonight, the sun sets low,
but tomorrow, high,
high shall the sun rise up.
oh, little one, until tomorrow,
good night.
20120509
In aphorism, proverb, question on 20120509 at 23:58A fish out of water is the first to evolve.
I’d rather that you are loyal to the truth, than to me. For I will change, and you may not change with me. But if I am loyal to the truth, and also are you loyal, then always will I find your loyalty near.
A half truth is a whole falsity.
There is a war between the ego and the superego that started before time itself.
If you cannot do it right, is doing it wrong better than delaying doing it or simply not doing it?
Only in the midst of hardship, does our true character.
The fool fail to see the light -lo, they are blind even to the darkness that envelops them.
Light is born in the darkness, though it is not of the darkness.
One minute, the fool in darkness; the next minute, the wise enlightened.
The fool are not below wisdom, the wise are not above foolery.
20120215
In aphorism, poetry, proverb on 20120215 at 23:54Hope can ease your burden, but only you can carry your load.
For my news, I read the funnies. For my fun, I read the news.
Ask not a fish for the forecasted precipitation.
A fish’s forecast is cast.
To be imitated is to have inspired.
Who suprastands another, awaits a lesson to befall.
《prayer》
Could I want, what more
Than to realize the error in my ways
I pray it come before
the end of my days.
《unequivocal》
vanity = beauty + pride
pride = vanity – beauty
beauty = vanity – pride
《conflicted》
he said he didn’t like conflict.
i said i didn’t understand-
passive aggressive behavior
is more conflict than i could stand.
20110721
In aphorism, proverb on 20110721 at 21:03Solidarity before compassion;
Compassion before forgiveness;
Forgiveness before peace.
Forgiveness and accountability are not mutually exclusive.
Forgiving and forgetting are not synonyms.
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