BE SLOW WITH PEOPLE.
ONE MUST PLAN A ROUTE.
THE GAUNTLET. NOW OR NEVER BABY.
THERE ARE TIMES WE ALL NEED TO SHAKE OURSELVES FROM THE ROUTINE, HABITS AND CONVENTIONAL PACE OF OUR EVERYDAY, TO DRAW OUR SWORDS AND FACE A CHALLENGE WITH CONVICTION AND VALOUR. THUS, THE GAUNTLET. //
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UNFETTERED : READY FOR DESTRUCTION, TENDERNESS & FLIGHT
THE SEARCH FOR PERMANENCE IS DERIVED FROM A DESIRE FOR REFUGE FROM DANGER & THE LOVE OF HOME. THESE ARE THE DEEPEST INSTINCTS THAT DRIVE US TO PHILOSOPHY // bertrand russell
IF YOU CAN’T BE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE MOST
ENGRAVE IT IN STEEL + CARRY IT WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES
RAYMOND CARVER, THE SHORT STORY WRITER AND POET, WORKED AS A CUSTODIAN AT NIGHT. HE WOULD START HIS SHIFT AT 6PM, DO ALL HIS DUTIES IN AN HOUR OR TWO, THEN SIT AT A SMALL DESK IN A DIMLY LIT CORNER OF MERCY HOSPITAL AND WRITE UNTIL THE SUN CAME UP.
HE PROBABLY GOT FIRED.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BY ANY MEANS
IT HELPS TO SEE THINGS THIS WAY
