See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace. When it’s vain to try to dodge it, Do the best that you can do; You may fail but you may conquer, …
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George Washington, Humility and Strength by Gregg Hake
There is no harm in always leaving room for the possibility that your perspective may be limited, even if you have done your very best. Humility averts the pitfalls of hubris, prejudice and fanaticism. Humility is the harbinger of nobility and dignity. In true humility lies a fountain of inexhaustible strength and determination.
Words to live by from Abraham Lincoln and Gregg Hake
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
The Smoking Carnivore
Wellbeing is not a static state obtained through steely determination. True health is the result of constant adjustment, continual adapation to the circumstances at hand. It is not a fixed and rigid place devoid of pleasure. Neither is it achieved through gluttony and hedonism. Wellbeing is found not at the extremes, but somewhere in the middle.
Gregory Hake 