Fond Reminders

Follow progress and the end follows also;

Follow the end and lose sight of progress.

Precisely the man I am today contradicts the man I was yesterday;

The man I am tomorrow is but my shadow in brighter light.

The harsh truth is sweeter than the affectation of love,

when that pules and whines.

Conformity only profits the sovereign,

when solidarity is the norm.

All the measures of how begin and end with the answers of why.

Prophesy speculates the past,

but knowledge only speaks of now.

Motivation is lacking when all about you fumes distraction;

How then can you breath?

Aptitude is the tendency of insight;

What then do you see in yourself?

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